Yes — "how" is a Dolch 1st Grade sight word. It follows regular phonics rules, but it's taught for instant, automatic recognition because it appears so often in early reading.
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"How" follows the common "ow" sound also found in "now", "brown", and "down" — but as a key question word, it's taught early as a sight word so children can recognize question sentences at a glance.
Group the "wh" question words — how, who, what, when, where, why — as a themed set; they tend to appear together in early lessons.
Word Wizard teaches "how" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "how" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "how" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "how" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
Word Wizard turns sight word practice into a game — Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It and Write It, from Pre-K through Grade 5.