# Sightword Worksheets > Educational app for teaching foundational sight words as part of a reading curriculum. (iPhone/iPad app by Bob Baratta-Lorton.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sightword-worksheets/id499941376 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Bob Baratta-Lorton](https://appshunter.io/developer/499646138) - Category: Education - Price: Free - Rating: 3.70/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.6 · 28 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2012-02-15 - Data updated: 2026-06-11 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sightword-worksheets/id499941376/reviews.md ## What is Sightword Worksheets? Center for Innovation in Education Sightword Worksheets Dekodiphukan Description The thirteenth of the fourteen apps that comprise the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program. The Reading Program is a reading and writing curriculum for beginning readers and any child who has already experienced difficulty in learning to read. 99% unique – 100% effective - 100% free Background for the fourteen apps The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program also known as Dekodiphukan (pronounced decode if you can) was developed by the Center for Innovation in Education whose many other offerings include Mathematics Their Way, the first non-traditional math curriculum adopted in by the State of California. Dekodiphukan has been in use in classrooms across the United States and Canada since 1985. The Program has been used to teach thousands of children to read and to write regardless of background or supposed lack of reading readiness. To date, no child using the program in a classroom setting has ever failed to learn to read or to write. This Dekodiphukan reading and writing curriculum is now a series of fourteen apps plus a parent-guide for the iPad that, within a period of six months to a year (or occasionally a bit longer for some special needs children), will enable every child using it to read and to write. Reading with enjoyment. Writing creatively. Dekodiphukan is a full fledged curriculum. It is a set of specific learning activities, not a set of games. The curriculum’s fourteen apps are all free with no ads - popup or otherwise - included. While the apps may be downloaded all at once and stored in a folder on the iPad, no more than two or three of the apps are used at any one time by the child. Sightword Worksheets The thirteenth of the Fourteen Apps Seventy-five words comprise half of all the words that appear in books written in English.  Mastery of these seventy-five words as sight words allows a child to recognize fifty out of every one-hundred words in almost any book.  Sixty-five percent of all the words the child will encounter in his or her first years of reading consist of just one hundred basic words.  The Sightword Worksheets teach this basic vocabulary. The “sight” in Sightword refers to the ability of the child to recognize the word instantly on sight, without the need of sounding it out.  The child who reaches this level can already sound out each word and, in fact, must do so to learn the word.  The Sightword Worksheets are not surrogate flash cards whose purpose is to cause the child to memorize words for instant parroting on demand.  Rather, they have as their purpose allowing the child to internalize a basic vocabulary of words that he or she can read and write quickly and with ease. Knowledge of—as opposed to memorization of—a basic set of words gives the child an extensive writing vocabulary for use in his or her creative writing activities.  A child who can already spell words like “the”, “is”, “and”, “we”, “they”, “with”, “on”, “can”, “down”, “all”, “from”, and so on, without having to stop and think about spellings, finds it much easier to write out what he or she wants to say.  Conversely, a child who must ask for assistance with even the most basic words spends so much time thinking about how to write and spell the words in the story that he or she can quickly lose track of what it was he or she wanted to say. The Sightword Worksheets are introduced after the child has completed all of the Writing Worksheets at both the two and three-sound levels.  This means that as the Sightword Worksheets are introduced, the child is already well practiced in use of the Decoding Chart. Sightword Worksheets Introduced after the child has completed the Writing Worksheets at the two and three-sound levels Teaches the child a basic site vocabulary of 157 words Audio tests are provided to insure the child knows the words ## Key features - Teaches foundational sight words - Part of a comprehensive reading curriculum - Aids in developing reading and writing skills - Focuses on vocabulary internalization - Supports creative writing activities ## Recent user reviews (1 of 1) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sightword-worksheets/id499941376/reviews.md ### 5/5 — The Guide – how to use the Sightwords Worksheets *2012-02-27* My five star rating cannot be based entirely on my actual use of this app, since the instructions say it will take six months to a year for the program to complete the process of teaching a child to read and the program has only recently been released in app form. However, I used the classroom version of the program in my school and found its statements of 100% success to be quite valid. I am writing this review in response to a negative review posted for the Writing Worksheets app (the eleventh of the fourteen apps) claiming the app is worthless because it contains no instructions for how to use it. It occurred to me after responding to that particular review that it would better serve potential users of the program if I posted a similar review for all fourteen of the apps that make up this program, since none of the apps are meant to be used in isolation. The Apple App Store description for each of the fourteen apps indicates its position in the learning sequence. For app eleven, the Writing Worksheets app, to be useful, the use of ten other apps would have to have preceded it. Apparently the author of the review to which I responded skipped steps one through ten and started at step eleven - a problem easily remedied by starting at step one and not at step eleven. The reviewer also stated that no instructions were available for the app in question. This is an interesting assertion, since on the descriptive page in the Apple App Store for each of the fourteen apps there is an App Support button that, when pressed leads directly to a web page called “The Guide”. The title of the page provides a hint as to its purpose. In addition, written in red underneath “The Guide” title is the phrase “bookmark this page”. Clicking on icon image for any app on The Guide leads directly to that app’s set of instructions. Clicking on the Developer Web Site link in the App Store links to the Home page of the Center for Innovation in Education’s web site. The Guide is available there by clicking The Guide button at the bottom of the page. Clicking on the FAQ link at the very bottom of The Guide produces a set of instructions for how to create a permanent “The Guide” app for the iPad. Clicking on the Dekodiphukan book cover on the Center’s Home page also leads to The Guide app-making instructions. The classroom program from which these fourteen apps were created is an excellent program. How well the apps recreate this learning experience on the iPad remains to be seen. However, for the program to have a chance to accomplish in home-schooling environments what it has done in my classroom, it must be viewed as an actual curriculum with a beginning, middle and end, and not as a set of isolated experiences to be done at random. ## Frequently asked questions about Sightword Worksheets ### What is Sightword Worksheets? Sightword Worksheets is the thirteenth app in the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program, designed to teach children essential sight words. It focuses on internalizing a basic vocabulary for reading and writing. ### How effective is the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program? The program has been used in classrooms since 1985 and boasts a 100% effectiveness rate, with no child in a classroom setting failing to learn to read or write. This specific app helps children master foundational vocabulary. ### Does Sightword Worksheets have ads? No, Sightword Worksheets is completely free and contains no advertisements, popup or otherwise. It is part of a series of free apps from the Center for Innovation in Education. ### What age group is Sightword Worksheets for? The app has an age rating of 4+ and is designed for beginning readers and children who may have struggled with learning to read. It aims to enable every child to read and write within a year. ### What is the learning methodology of Sightword Worksheets? This app is a set of specific learning activities, not games. It focuses on internalizing basic vocabulary so children can read and write quickly and with ease, rather than rote memorization. ### On what devices can I use Sightword Worksheets? Sightword Worksheets is currently supported on iPads. It is part of a series of apps designed for the iPad platform. ### How often is Sightword Worksheets updated? The latest version of Sightword Worksheets is 1.3, last updated on December 24, 2025. Updates typically focus on improving the educational content and user experience. ### What is the user sentiment for Sightword Worksheets? Based on available data, Sightword Worksheets has a rating of 3.7 stars from 3 ratings. This indicates a generally positive but mixed reception from its users. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2025-12-24 - Bug Fixes and Improvements. ### 1.2 — 2025-07-28 - Support for new iOS releases ### 1.1 — 2019-11-30 - Support for new iOS releases. ### 1.0 — 2012-02-08 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Sightword Worksheets | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [青教赛](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id1474360060) | — | Free | Education | | [Letabu](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/letabu/id1475430520) | — | Free | Education | | [Assembly of Praise](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/assembly-of-praise/id1474179440) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Education | | [EdappiBondLite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/edappibondlite/id1469058820) | — | Free | Education | | [向上学生 – 小学生学习好帮手](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id1469182240) | — | Free | Education | | [Demon Connect](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/demon-connect/id1477666400) | 4.5 (61) | Free | Education | ## More apps by Bob Baratta-Lorton - [Dekodiphukan](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dekodiphukan/id499677046) - [Two-Sound Flipbook](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/two-sound-flipbook/id499728444) - [Three-Sound Flipbook](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/three-sound-flipbook/id499735475) - [Booklets](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booklets/id499757385) - [Reading Worksheets](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-worksheets/id499884790) - [Stamping Words](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stamping-words/id499896936) All apps by Bob Baratta-Lorton: https://appshunter.io/developer/499646138 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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