Before you start: this is Lesson 22. It uses only sounds already taught in Lessons 1–21. If they have not done those yet it will feel too hard — ask their teacher where to start.
1. Say the practice words on the words page, then the heart words. A heart word has one part that cannot be sounded out — the little heart marks the bit to just remember.
2. Read the story on the next page. If they get stuck, don’t say the word. Point under the letters and say: “Say each sound, then say them fast” — “mmm – aaa – p … map!”
3. Read it three times — they color a circle each time.
4. They draw what happened, on the top half of the next page. No picture to copy — their drawing is how you see what they understood.
5. They write one sentence, on the lines under their drawing. The sentence to read aloud is in the box below.
“Ten kids sit in the sun.”
Once at normal speed, once slowly, and have them say it back before they write. If they get stuck on a word, say its sounds together — don’t spell it letter by letter.
Practice, not a test — don’t mark it wrong. If a word is misspelled, read it back exactly as they wrote it and let them hear the difference.
A wrong word, or a guess? Don’t say “no” — point at the word: “Try that one again — say each sound.” Fixing it themselves is the win.
Sounded it out twice, still stuck? Tell them the word and carry on. A few told words do no harm.
Stuck on nearly every line, or fed up? Stop — that is fine. Try an easier lesson, or this one tomorrow. Five happy minutes beat twenty cross ones.
1. Where was Kip napping at the start?
In the mud. Line two says it. That is the problem Kim notices.
2. What did the kids use to make Kip a den?
A big tin bin and some mats. Lines five and six say it. Let your child reread rather than telling them.
3. Which part will you draw — Kip in the mud, or Kip in his new den?
Either, as long as they say what made them pick it. Line two is the mud; line seven is the den.
Checked word by word: all 65 words in this story use only sounds taught by Lesson 22, plus heart words already learned. Nothing here needs guessing.
The story is on the next page →
Ten kids sit in the sun. Kip is a pup. Kip naps in the mud. Kim gets sad. The mud is not a bed. "Kip can get a den," said Kim. The kids get a big tin bin and mats. Kim tips the bin and sets mats in it. Kip gets in. It fits! Kip naps. "Kim did it," said a kid, and Kim nods.
Read it again if you need to. Then draw what happened.
Your grown-up will say one sentence from the story. Say it back, then write it.