Something is building on the horizon. 6 short sight word warm up stories to open your reading session before the main story starts. Story 5 brings a lot of variety in a memory match, word sort, word scramble, and movement activities all in one place.
Full Product Description
The sky looks different. Something cold is coming.
Storm Rolls In Warm Up Kit is the Story 5 opener for the Fishing Dock Series. Six short sight word stories that set the mood before the main story — cold sky, dark clouds, the feeling that something is about to happen. The stories are still simple. The atmosphere is not.
This kit builds on all five stories of sight words that have come before. By Story 5 your reader has a real bank of words they know. This kit helps them hold onto all of it while adding the new words they need for what comes next.
What Is Inside
✓ 6 short sight word warm up stories — controlled high frequency vocabulary, words that repeat on purpose until they move from recognition into retention
✓ 6 warm up question and answer activities
✓ Memory Match
✓ Throw and Say Sight Word Practice — cumulative 30 words from across all 5 stories.
✓ Jumping Activiites — two full pages of bounce and spell activities, challenge round included, cumulative word list
✓ Word Sort
✓ High Frequency Word Scramble — unscramble the words, connect them back to the stories
✓ Write Say and Remember — see the word, write it, write it from memory
✓ Sight Word Practice — Beat Your Time sheet
Story 5 sight words:
clean · cold · cut · done · draw · drink · eight · fall · far · full
What Makes Story 5 Different
The Throw and Say grid in this kit is cumulative — 30 words from across all 5 stories. By the time a reader gets to Story 5 they should be able to move through that grid with confidence. If they cannot, don’t sweat it. Just go back and practice more.
Who This Is For
- A reader who has worked through Stories 1 through 4 and is ready for Story 5.
- A parent or tutor who wants a comprehensive cumulative review built into the warm up before the main story.
- A homeschool family using structured literacy who needs age appropriate sight word practice with real variety and no repetitive worksheet feel.
- Anyone who wants to use the warm up stories as a standalone lesson.
How to Use It
Use it at the start of every session before opening the Storm Rolls In decodable reader. 5 to 15 minutes to get your reader engaged and comfortable with reading.
Works as a standalone lesson. Works even better paired with the Storm Rolls In decodable reader.
Format
Instant digital download
Print as many times as you need.
No subscription.
Also Available
Storm Rolls In — Decodable Reader Story 5 — the full story that pairs with this kit
Back at Camp Warm Up Kit — Story 4 if you are working through in order
Fishing Dock Series Complete Bundle — all 6 stories and all 6 warm up kits
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Everything I share here came from years of sitting across the table from a kid who learned differently. The printables in the shop are what we actually used. If you are looking for something age appropriate and built for an older struggling reader, start here.
I am a mom sharing our story with dyslexia. This is not professional educational advice. Every child and every family situation is different.