Seek the Sneaky S

This Seek the Sneaky S worksheet is designed to help Kindergarten and Grade 1 students strengthen letter recognition, phonemic awareness, print concepts, and early reading fluency through an engaging search-and-find activity. Students carefully read simple illustrated sentences and circle all uppercase and lowercase S/s letters, building visual scanning skills, attention to detail, and foundational literacy accuracy using familiar vocabulary and predictable sentence patterns.

Skills Reinforced

• Letter Recognition & Discrimination (K-1): Identify and distinguish uppercase and lowercase S/s within words and sentences.
• Phonemic Awareness: Reinforce the sound-symbol relationship for the letter S in meaningful reading contexts.
• Reading Foundational Skills: Support early fluency by encouraging careful word analysis and left-to-right tracking.
• Visual Comprehension & Focus: Develop visual scanning, print awareness, and attention to detail while reading.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to align with early literacy standards and best practices.
• Engaging Letter Hunt Format: Keeps young learners motivated through an interactive “sneaky letter” theme.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Suitable for literacy centers, morning work, small groups, intervention, or homework.
• Fine Motor Support: Circling letters helps strengthen pencil control and hand-eye coordination.

This printable worksheet helps students master alphabet recognition, phonics awareness, and early reading behaviors by locating specific letters within connected text. By practicing focused observation and letter identification, learners build confidence in reading accuracy, visual tracking, and sentence awareness. It is a simple, effective resource for both classroom instruction and homeschool literacy practice.

This worksheet is part of our Spot the Letter collection.