Annie Apple and the ants

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Annie Apple was sitting happily in her apple tree when all of a sudden she felt something moving on her back!

Go on a phonics reading adventure with your Letterland friends in this special series of 26 books. Carefully designed imaginative stories allow you to share the reading experience with levelled sections for your child to read with minimal support.

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Child-friendly phonics

Read together, read alone, read aloud!

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By Lisa Holt

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About this book

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Read the part that suits your reading ability - take turns!

Each story begins with an introduction to the character, it’s shape and sound.

You will then go on an imaginative adventure with the character.

Fluent reader

Beginner reader

Story or rhyme featuring lots of alliterative words.

Also available to download and listen to.

These words can be read by just sounding and blending the letters into words. t a p tap Letters are introduced in ‘satp’ order as detailed on pages 2-3.

Early reader Sentences made up of words using the 26 letters of the alphabet in their most phonically regular form. Also included are a few carefully chosen high-frequency ‘tricky’ words such as ‘are’ and ‘the’ with irregular sounds. Irregular parts are in blue.

Note: All text is printed on a shaded background, to help those with visual difficulties.

For more information about this series, including free audio downloads of all the stories, see:

www.letterland.com/Alphabet-Storybooks

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About this series A popular order for learning the alphabet letter shapes and sounds is: satp inmd gock eur hbfl jvwx yzq. The words in the speech bubbles/labels on the right hand picture page contain only letters learnt in this teaching order, guaranteeing a source of decodable reading practice for a beginner reader.

Story title

Letters

Decodable words for beginner reader

Sammy Snake isn’t satisfied

satp

pat, sat, tap,

Annie Apple and the ants

satp

a, pat, sap, sat, tap, tapas

Talking Tess and her tent

satp

pat, sat, tap

Peter Puppy at the play park

satp

pat, tap

Impy Ink is at the sink

satpi

pat, pitta, sip, sit, tip

Noisy Nick in the night

satpin

Nip, pan, pants, pin, sip, snap, spin

Munching Mike and the moon

satpinm

a, insist, mamma, man, map, mist, mitts, pasta

Dippy Duck and the dentist

satpinmd

and, damp, did, it’s, pad, sip, sit, spit, tip, tips

Golden Girl and the gap

satpinmdg

a, add, gap, gasp, mint, pig, sand, snap, tag

Oscar Orange at the docks

satpinmdgo

a, dog, mop, odd, pot, spot, stop, top

Clever Cat and the cake

satpinmdgoc

add, can, cost, gossip, got, it, non-stop, stamp, tap

Kicking King and his socks

satpinmdgock

kiss, kit, mascot, pink, smack, snack, sock, spots, tick, tock

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Story title

Letters

Decodable words for beginner reader

Eddy Elephant and his pet Uppy Umbrella is so upset Red Robot and the recycling Harry Hat Man and his habit Bouncy Ben and his bike Firefighter Fred and fire safety Lucy Lamp Light likes to listen Jumping Jim is just jumping Vicky Violet and the vet Walter Walrus and the weather

satpinmdgocke

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a, desk, nest, Ken, leg, Ned, peg, pen, pet, sock, stick, ten cups, duck, dust, gust, it, mop, mud, mug, nuts, on, sand, snug, stuck, tum, up, upset a, bag, can, carrots, compost, cress, docks, it’s, kit, not, on, pot, red, rag, rocket, rot, rucksack, tin, truck and, caps, hats, hiss, hop, hot, hum, it’s, not, snap, sun, tap, top back, bag, big, bug, bump, bun, get, it, on, picnic, tips

Fix-it Max can’t fix that!

Yellow Yo-yo Man and his yogurt Zig Zag Zebra and the buzz Quarrelsome Queen and her quiz

satpinmdgockeur hbfljvwx satpinmdgockeur hbfljvwxy satpinmdgockeur hbfljvwxyz satpinmdgockeur hbfljvwxyzq

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satpinmdgockeu satpinmdgockeur

a, crumpet, facts, fan, fantastic, Fred, huff, nuts, plan, pop, puff a, bell, clip, clop, frost, lamp, lick, list, lock, lollipop, lots a, big, fun, it’s, jet, jug, jump, just, not, sad, sec alpaca, ahem, but, cat, drat, duck, end, rabbit, spot, top, Val, van, vet cliff, dam, help, well, west, wet, wind, windmill and, bed, box, Fix-it, help, index, just, leg, Max, next, relax, rest, six drink, dull, hot, madras, mat, mint, yes, yet, yum a, an, buzz, drink, fizz, frizz, help, insect, odd, snack, will, Zak, zip drat, drink, ha ha, liquid, pond, quack, quill, quilt

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Let’s meet Annie Apple!

Listen

In an apple orchard in Letterland there is a little talking apple called Annie Apple. She is a very happy little apple who is often very active appearing in lots of words. Can you hear her saying ‘a’ in words like ‘apple’, ‘ant’ and ‘arrow’?

She loves to swing in the trees like an acrobat and chat to her animal friends. Can you spot any of her friends in the picture?

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One day, Annie Apple was sitting happily in her apple tree when all of a sudden she felt something moving on her back!

“A, a!” she cried. “What’s that tickling me on my back?”

A little ant had landed on her head and more ants were climbing up her apple tree. She was amazed to see how many there were.

As they crawled all over her it tickled so much that she thought she may have an accident and fall out of her tree!

ur turn Yo

An ant on her back.

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A, a!

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“Go away, ants!” she cried, but more and more arrived. Annie anxiously called out to see if anybody nearby could help her.

“A, a! Help me, please!”

Soon, Sammy Snake came slithering along. “I’ll save you!” said Sammy. Sammy tried to get the ants off but the ants were all sticky and covered in sap from the tree.

“It’s such sticky sap!” said Sammy, sadly. “Now I’ve got ants stuck to my back, too!’

ur turn Yo

Lots of ants stuck on.

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Now Annie and Sammy had to shout out to see if someone else could help. “A, a, a! Help us, please!”

Talking Tess was taking a stroll near by and heard the terrible noise. “Annie Apple is in trouble! I must try to help,” she said.

“I’m very tall so maybe I can tap the ants off the tree.”

Tess gave the tree a tremendous tap and at least ten ants tumbled off but still a lot of ants were stuck fast. Tess looked down and saw they were all over her top and trousers, too!

ur turn Yo

Tap ten ants off.

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Tap, tap!

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Listen

Now Annie Apple, Sammy Snake and Talking Tess had to shout out to see if anybody else could help. “A, a, a! Help us, please!”

Peter Puppy was playing in the paddling pool and heard the noise. He raced over. “Perhaps I can pat them off,” he panted.

He patted at the ants, but soon he had ants all over his paws.

“It’s pointless!” he puffed.

ur turn Yo

He cannot pat the ants off.

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Pat, pat!

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Then Sammy had a super idea. “It’s so sunny today. Let’s take a trip away from the apple orchard and go and sit on the sand by the sea where there are no ants.”

“That is a good plan,” said Annie. “I like adventures.”

“Perfect,” said Peter Puppy, as he prepared a picnic of tapas.

ur turn Yo

A plan! Let’s pack a picnic.

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Tapas!

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“Tremendous,” said Tess. “I’ll get us some tickets for the train.”

Sammy Snake slithered off to search for sun hats and sunscreen for everyone.

They all travelled on the train together and Annie Apple quickly fell fast asleep.

When they arrived at the beach, Talking Tess gave her a little tickle to wake her up.

ur turn Yo

Sam got sun hats. Tess got tickets.

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Pst!

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They quickly put on the sunscreen and their hats and dashed down to the water. After a lovely long afternoon playing in the sand and the sea, it was time to relax and just enjoy the sunshine.

So they did. They relaxed

and just . . . ur turn Yo

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Word Bank Decodable word bank 1

a

pat

sap

Decodable word bank 2

a hats pat tap

an let’s picnic ten

ant lots plan Tess

Beginner reader - Words on picture pages. These words use only letters that have been introduced in satp order.

sat

tap

tapas

Early reader - Words in child sentences. These words are made using the 26 letters of the alphabet only in their most phonically regular form.

ants not Sam

back can got off on pack sat stuck sun

Irregular or ‘tricky’ words he, her, of, the 22

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Comprehension 1. What was on Annie Apple’s back?

and

ants

cats

hats

2. What did Peter Puppy pack to take to the beach?

a sun hat

a pet

a picnic

a dog

slept

tap

3. What did they all do at the beach?

sat

ran

Activities

A Adult led

C Child led

G In groups

C

1. Ants are interesting little creatures. Go on a nature walk and see if you can find some. Use a magnifying glass to watch them. You can even get ‘Ant Farms’ so you can watch what they do underground.

A

2. Peter Puppy packed ‘tapas’ in his picnic. Tapas is a Spanish food. It is simple to make and tasty, too. Why not have a go at making some!

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Annie Apple

Harry Hat Man

Noisy Nick

Uppy Umbrella

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Bouncy Ben

Impy Ink

Oscar Orange

Vicky Violet

Clever Cat

Dippy Duck

Jumping Jim

Peter Puppy

Eddy Elephant

Kicking King

Quarrelsome Queen

Walter Walrus

Fix-it Max

FireďŹ ghter Fred

Lucy Lamp Light

Red Robot

Golden Girl

Munching Mike

Sammy Snake Talking Tess

Yellow Yo-yo Man

Zig Zag Zebra

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