quick zip
Tricky Word: Compound Word:
yap buzz quack yes the cannot
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).
Fix-It Fox
Story by Fraser Milne Illustrated by Suze McElroyYazz the duck has a bad neck. Yazz cannot quack.
Rex the dog has a bad neck. Rex cannot yap.
Zed the bug has a bad back. Zed cannot buzz.
Comprehension Questions:
1. What was wrong with Yazz the duck? 2. What was the dog called? 3. What was wrong with Zed?
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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