Jake and his dad are heading back to camp. Something happened at the water today. 6 sight word warm up stories to open your reading session and build momentum before the main story starts.
New sight words. Same fishing setting. Low stakes and high payoff every time.
Full Product Description
Something happened out on that water. Something worth talking about around the fire.
The Big One Warm Up Kit is the Story 3 opener for the Fishing Dock Series. 6 short sight word stories set around Jake and his dad after a long day at the lake. After dinner. By the fire. Looking up at the stars.
Simple sentences. High frequency words that show up everywhere in reading. Built to feel like a win before the harder work begins.
Each story in this kit is short enough to finish in minutes. Each one is built around words that matter and that show up on every page of every book and trip struggling readers up every single time.
By the time your reader opens The Big One they will already know the words waiting for them.
What Is Inside
✓ 6 short sight word warm up stories. Controlled high frequency vocabulary, natural reading context, words repeated on purpose until they move from recognition into true retention.
✓ 6 warm up activities — one paired with each story.
✓ Going Back Activity — read a story, circle the target word, write a sentence, answer true and false questions, find a quote in the text
✓ After Activity — read the story, circle the word AFTER, write a sentence, fill in a blank, answer true and false questions, draw a scene
✓ Midline Challenge — Throw and Say activity
✓ Midline Crossing activity — cross body movement paired with word practice
✓ Sight Word Sprint — beat your own time.
✓ Trampoline or Jump Rope option — bounce and spell.
✓ Word grid — 10 target sight words in a visual grid for quick daily review
Story 3 sight words:
after · every · again · fly · an · give · by · going · could · just
Who This Is For
- A reader who has worked through Stories 1 and 2 and is ready for Story 3.
- A parent or tutor who needs a structured low prep opening to every reading session.
- Anyone who wants to use the warm up stories as a standalone lesson without the main story.
- A homeschool family using a structured literacy program who needs age appropriate sight word practice that does not feel like a worksheet.
How to Use It
Use it at the start of every session before opening The Big One decodable reader. 10 minutes is enough. The short stories and movement activities get the reader engaged and confident before the main story begins.
Works as a standalone lesson on its own. Works even better paired with The Big One decodable reader.
Format
Instant digital download — 1 PDF
Print as many times as you need.
No subscription.
Also Available
The Big One — Decodable Reader Story 3 — the full story that pairs with this kit
On the Line Warm Up Kit — Story 2 if you are working through in order
Fishing Dock Series Complete Bundle — all 6 stories and all 6 warm up kits
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.