A Wait in the Rain
DAD Fiction L & S Readers L & S Phase 3 - Book 4 - ai, ee
feet been meet
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).
Polysyllabic Word: Tricky Words: me Aileen my be you
wait pain aim see
week need weep rain hail Decodable Words Using Focus Phonemes:
A Wait in the Rain
Story by Fraser Milne Illustrated by Suze McElroyDAD
DAD
Dad, can you pick me up?
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The rain and hail are bad.PENNYPENNY
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Aileen, aim to meet at the log hut. I will be quick.
I am wet as a fish. I cannot feel my feet. Do not weep Aileen, we will meet. I am in my jeep. 4
It feels as if it has been a week, you need to be quick.
DAD5
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Dad, I am in pain. I need you to pick me up quick. I am in the log hut Aileen. Can you see my jeep? 7
DAD
Aileen! Can I get a hug? 8
Comprehension Questions:
1. Where did Aileen’s dad tell her to meet? 2. Have you ever had to wait for someone? 3. Why do you think blue and grey text bubbles were used? 4. How did it make you feel?
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
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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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Lost at Sea 2. ay,
Dad 3.
Astronaut 4. Split
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Christmas Eve 7.
Detective 8.
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Funniest Conversation 3.
Parents’ Day 4.
Art Gallery 5.
Bug Boy 6. -tion,
Space Station 7.
Duck 8. Homophones - The Blue Knight L & S Readers L & S SMART KIDS Controlled text to support the Letters and Sounds phonics programme. ISBN 942-1-002413-80-2 Letters and Sounds © Crown Copyright. This book is not endorsed by the DfE. L & S Readers Progression - Fiction Phase 3
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Phase One (Wordless Books) 1. - Buying an Ice Cream
- Baking a Cake
- Shopping 4. - 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 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
ch, sh, th, ng - Fish and Chips 4. ai, ee - A Wait in the Rain
igh, oa - At Night 6. oo, oo - Look at my Things
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
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Phase Five
ou,ea,ie,ir,oy -
ey, aw, ue - My Annoying
wh, ph, ew, oe, au -The
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Tomatoes
Alt. c, g - Going to
Alt. ch, y -
Alt. a, e, i, o, u - The Unicorn
Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey -
Surfer Phase Six
-s, -es - Mango the Magician
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-ment, -ness - The
-ful, -y, -less, -ly -
-sion, -cian -
un-, dis- - Unlucky