Walking the Dog
Phase 1 - Book 4 - pre-reader Illustrated by Suze McElroy Letters and Sounds
Parent / Teacher Notes:
These pre-reading books have been designed to develop language, communication and vocabulary skills.
Listen to the student as they turn each page and retell the story in their own words.
Students will often choose to read the story in first-person
narrative, starting sentences with I, we or let’s e.g. I took my dog for a walk. You may want to start by discussing the cover and choosing a name for the character to encourage the use of second-person narrative e.g. It was a sunny day, so Toby took his dog for a walk.
Use the discussion questions on the back-inside-cover to further comprehension, vocabulary and expressive language skills.
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1. Who did they meet at the park?
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How did the dog get dirty?
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What do you think happened next?
1 2 3 4 5 6 SMART KIDS Letters & Sounds - Fiction Series Phase One (Wordless Books) 1. - Buying an Ice Cream 2. - Baking a Cake 3. - Shopping 4. - Walking the Dog 5. - Car Wash 6. - Gardening 7. - Doing the Dishes 8. - Catching a Fish Phase Two 1. s, a, t, p - Pat 2. i, n, m, d - Dad in a Pit 3. g, o, c, k - Tim’s Dog 4. ck, e, u, r, h - Rat in a Sack 5. b, f, l - Run in the Fog 6. ff, ll, ss - Big Bad Bug 7. Revision - Nuts in a Sack 8. Revision - Rick Rabbit Phase Three 1. j, v, w, x - Jess at the Vet 2. y, z, zz, qu - Fix-It Fox 3. ch, sh, th, ng - Fish and Chips 4. ai, ee - A Wait in the Rain 5. igh, oa - At Night 6. oo, oo - Look at my Things 7. ow, oi - Cow’s Boil Up 8. ‘r’ controlled - The Letter Phase Four 1. cvcc - Camp at the Pond 2. cvcc - The Lost Nest 3. cvcc - Hulk’s Golf Day 4. ccvc - Green Tree Frog 5. ccvc - The Best Dream 6. ccvc - What is That Smell? 7. cccvc & cvccc - Lunch 8. cccvc - Splendid Spring Night Phase Five 1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy - Lost at Sea 2. ay, ey, aw, ue - My Annoying Dad 3. wh, ph, ew, oe, au -The Astronaut 4. Split digraphs - Prize Tomatoes 5. Alt. c, g - Going to the Circus 6. Alt. ch, y - Christmas Eve 7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - The Unicorn Detective 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Channel Surfer Phase Six 1. -s, -es - Mango the Magician 2. -er, -est - Funniest Conversation 3. -er / nouns - Parents’ Day 4. -ment, -ness - The Art Gallery 5. -ful, -y, -less, -ly - Bug Boy 6. -tion, -sion, -cian - Space Station 7. un-, dis- - Unlucky Duck 8. Homophones - The Blue Knight