Free Resources from So Simple Sight Words

Sight Word Hunt

For Volumes 1 and 2 of So Simple, I made some Sight Word Hunt pages. The words are in different fonts, but are still all lowercase letters.  This makes for more interest, and helps those students who are still emerging readers and writers to pay attention to the pattern of each letter regardless of font. 

These worksheets are fairly straightforward, where the learner will circle the sight word in the color code given in clouds under each word to hunt. The colors in Volume 1 are the same on each page (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) as emerging learners are often learning sight words and color words simultaneously. I wanted this stage of learning to just have limited challenges.  

In Volume 2, I added a few more color words in the color clouds here and there as students should be more advanced in this area by the time they’re in Volume 2 of So Simple Sightwords. I also added an extra word that will NOT be circled. The student will write this word and then make a sentence using the uncircled word.  This allows for some writing practice and a quick extra assessment for the teacher or parent.

Word Detective Worksheets

For Volumes 3 and 4 of So Simple, I made some more challenging worksheets for a little fun review of sight words. These can be used as a class, in partners, or individually depending on skill level and overall reading ability.

There are ten words listed at the top of each page. The first clue will narrow down the word choices for the Mystery Word. Once the first clue’s word list is made, only those words can apply to the next clue, and so on. I added a “make a sentence” portion at the end for a bit more practice and a quick extra assessment for the teacher/parent. 

Each worksheet covers the words covered in five days of instruction per the teaching manual, but of course they’re flexible enough to be used as you see fit with your learning group! 

F, J, T Practice Worksheets

If you have a learner confusing the "curly" letters—f, j, t, here are some exercises to help distinguish between them visually while working on the letter sounds as well. This is a one-on-one activity for emerging readers with a focused-practice version on one letter at a time, and a mixed-practice version for extra reinforcement. Remember, this is about initial letter sounds and letter recognition; the learner is focused on letter recognition, not decoding the sentences quite yet!

"Sitter" & "Stander" Song List

Download this list of some of my favorite songs I used to start the day. Here's how it would work. I would start by playing the piano daily, then move to 2 “sitter” songs. We remained seated and these songs would either have sign language or simple hand motions with the rhythm to begin getting the hemispheres of the brain “talking” to one another. Next, we would do two “stander” songs. We had a great collection of dances using cross-brain movements. There are many studies showing that choreographed dance steps help raise reading and math abilities. Beginning each day with the same routine was essential to lowering the affective filter, especially in students who arrived at school from very unpredictable environments.

Word Club Worksheets

This is a compilation of free worksheets featuring my favorite sight word activity for whole brain learning. Word Clubs are a great way to help students examine words to develop thinking skills that underlie content learning, such as identifying similarities and differences and classifying. Here are some “paper and pencil” versions, and you can use my screen versions (on the phone or on your Smart Board) from Instagram and Facebook on Word Club Wednesday!