Jess vet box van jam six wax six fix mix
Tricky Words:
well will
go to the
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).
Jess at the Vet
Story by Fraser Milne Illustrated by Suze McElroyThe kids’ dog Jess is not well.
Dad tells the kids,
“We will go to the vet.”
The kids get a box for Jess.
The vet tells the kids, “Jess has a bad back.”
Lorem ipsum
F RU IT j a m
The vet has a pot. In the pot, she puts jam, wax and six pips.
Wag, wag, wag.
The vet rubs the mix on Jess. The mix is a fix. Jess gets up.
Comprehension Questions:
1. What was wrong with Jess? 2. What did the vet do to fix Jess? 3. Can you remember what went in the vet’s mix?
Each series has been written with a slightly different progression to offer reading oppor tunities at more stages.
Phase Three -
Fiction
Series
1. j, v, w, x - Jess at the Vet 4. qu - Fix-It Fox 7 ng - Fish and Chips 9. ee - A Wait in the Rain 11. oa - At Night 12. oo, oo - Look at my Things 14. oi - Cow’s Boil Up 16. ‘r’ controlled The Letter
Phase Three - Non-fiction Series 2. y - Jim the Vet 3. z, zz - The Bug 5. ch - The Quiz 6. sh, th - Ash and the Shellfish 8. ai - Set Sail 10. igh - Moths 13. ow - At the Zoo 15. ‘r’ controlled - On the Farm
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