Rat in a Sack
Story by Fraser Milne Illustrated by Suze McElroyPhase 2 - Book 4 - ck,
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rug
rat ran
Tricky Words:
sun pick up get sack pen the into to
Teacher Notes: These readers use a controlled text based on the Letters and Sounds systematic phonic progression (shown on the back cover). The text only uses decodable regular words and tricky words (frequently used words not decodable at this phase).
Decodable Words Using Focus Phonemes:
Rat in a Sack
Kim sat on a rug in the sun.
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A rat ran on the rug.
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A cat ran on the rug.
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Kim gets a sack.
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The rat runs into the sack.
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Kim picks up the sack and runs it to a pen.
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The rat is in the pen. Kim and the cat nap on the rug.
Comprehension Questions:
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1. What is the cat doing when it runs onto the mat?
2. Why do you think Kim put the rat in the pen?
3. Do you think the rat is happy in the pen?
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
-er / nouns - Parents’ Day 4. -ment, -ness - The Art Gallery
-ful, -y, -less, -ly - Bug Boy
-tion, -sion, -cian - Space Station
un-, dis- - Unlucky Duck
Homophones - The Blue Knight
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Phase One (Wordless Books)
- Buying an Ice Cream
- Baking a Cake
- Shopping
- Walking the Dog
- Car Wash
- Gardening
- Doing the Dishes
- Catching a Fish Phase Two 1. s, a, t, p - Pat 2. i, n, m, d - Dad in a Pit
g, o, c, k - Tim’s Dog 4. ck, e, u, r, h - Rat in a Sack
b, f, l - Run in the Fog
ff, ll, ss - Big Bad Bug
Revision - Nuts in a Sack
Revision - Rick Rabbit Phase Three 1. j, v, w, x - Jess at the Vet 2. y, z, zz, qu - Fix-It Fox
ch, sh, th, ng - Fish and Chips
ai, ee - A Wait in the Rain
igh, oa - At Night
oo, oo - Look at my Things
ow, oi - Cow’s Boil Up
‘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
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