Martha’sMistake Poppy O’Neill Esther Hernando Lettersfor and Sounds RevisedAge57+
Martha’s Mistake
Written by Poppy O’Neill by Esther Hernando
Illustrated
Martha is drawing a picture of a dinosaur. She chooses blue for the water and green for the dinosaur’s skin. 2
Oops! Martha has made a mistake. “Now my picture looks awful!” she thinks. 3
Martha scratches out her mistake, so no one will see that it’s there. 4
But, it’s no help. In fact, the mistake looks even bigger now. It’s getting gigantic! 5
Martha keeps scratching. She hopes that will cover up her mistake but it just makes it look worse.
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wonderful! She wants her drawing to match Paul’s picture. 7
Martha
sneaks a look at Paul’s work.
Paul’s looks
Phonemes covered: /air/ are, ear, ere /ar/ a, al /c/ ch /ch/ tch, ture /o/ a /oo/ oul, u /or/ a, al, au, aur, oor /r/ wr /ur/ ear, or /z/ ze collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat When Martha makes a mistake at school, it gets bigger and bigger! Martha’sMistake Phase 5 Set 4 A contemporary story
