Inky Mouse & Friends Jolly Phonics Readers are fully decodable books for new readers The text in these Green Level Books (third level) uses only decodable regular words (words that use the letter-sound knowledge taught so far: the 42 letter main letter sounds, the alternative sound of ‹y› at the end of words like happy and sunny and the ‘hop-over ‹e›’ spellings of the long vowel sounds) and a small number of ‘tricky’ words (frequently used words that are not fully decodable at this stage).
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All the tricky words and letter sounds used in this book are shown on the front inside cover; these can be used as a quick practice activity before starting the book.
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Faint type is used for any silent letters, like the ‹b› in ‘lamb’.
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Comprehension questions and discussion topics are included at the end of each story. These ensure that children are not only able to read the text, but also find meaning in the stories.
Green Level Readers Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Other Green Level Readers: Snake’s Amazing Tales and Phonic’s Fantastic Facts Jolly Learning Ltd © Sara Wernham 2001 (text) © Lib Stephen & Kevin Maddison 2001 (illustrations) www.jollylearning.co.uk info@jollylearning.co.uk Tailours House, High Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6DL, UK. Tel: +44 20 8501 0405 82 Winter Sport Lane, Williston, VT 05495, USA. Tel: +1-800-488-2665
ISBN 978-1-84414-424-2
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The Tree That Blinked and other stories
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The Tree That Blinked
and other stories
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Say the Sounds
y
e_e
as in
silly
i_e
as in
these
as in
kite
o_e
u_e
rose
cube
as in
as in
a_e as in
cake
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Meet the Characters Bee
Rags
Inky
Ben
er Farmen Gre
Zack
Jess Sally Tolly
Snake Neb
ps
Phonic
Gram
y
Moll
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Bee fled back to Inky, Phonic and Snake. “Help!” she cried again. “That tree was looking at me.” Snake, Inky and Phonic looked at Bee. “I think she must have had too much sun,” hissed Snake, and shook his head.
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What’s in the book? What are Inky, Snake and Bee going to do with the chestnuts? What does Bee tell Inky and Snake about the tree? Why were the bats living in the tree?
What do you think? Why is Bee scared of the tree? How did the bats feel when they lost their home?
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Next weekend, Zack and Gramps went down to the boating lake again with Zack proudly carrying Jacamar. Look!
There were lots of boats sailing on the lake, as there was going to be a regatta. Zack and Gramps hoped to take part this time.
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Could you re-tell the story in your own words? Has anything similar to this story ever happened to you? Would you have liked this story to be shorter or longer? Were there any parts of the story that you didn’t like? Have you read any stories that are similar to this one? Would you enjoy reading this story again and would you recommend it to a friend?
Inky Mouse & Friends Jolly Phonics Readers are fully decodable books for new readers The text in these Green Level Books (third level) uses only decodable regular words (words that use the letter-sound knowledge taught so far: the 42 letter main letter sounds, the alternative sound of ‹y› at the end of words like happy and sunny and the ‘hop-over ‹e›’ spellings of the long vowel sounds) and a small number of ‘tricky’ words (frequently used words that are not fully decodable at this stage).
•
All the tricky words and letter sounds used in this book are shown on the front inside cover; these can be used as a quick practice activity before starting the book.
•
Faint type is used for any silent letters, like the ‹b› in ‘lamb’.
•
Comprehension questions and discussion topics are included at the end of each story. These ensure that children are not only able to read the text, but also find meaning in the stories.
Green Level Readers Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Other Green Level Readers: Snake’s Amazing Tales and Phonic’s Fantastic Facts Jolly Learning Ltd © Sara Wernham 2001 (text) © Lib Stephen & Kevin Maddison 2001 (illustrations) www.jollylearning.co.uk info@jollylearning.co.uk Tailours House, High Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6DL, UK. Tel: +44 20 8501 0405 82 Winter Sport Lane, Williston, VT 05495, USA. Tel: +1-800-488-2665
ISBN 978-1-84414-424-2
Ë|xHSLIOEy14 242z Reference JL240
The Tree That Blinked and other stories
•
The Tree That Blinked
and other stories