Before you start: this is Lesson 92. It uses only sounds already taught in Lessons 1–91. 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.
“They ate sweet fruit and had cool tea.”
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. What did they have to eat in the boat?
Sweet fruit and cool tea. Find the line with the word "ate" in it.
2. How did Pam get the fish to let go of the boot?
She let a bit of fruit drop in. The net had not worked, as the fish was too fast.
3. What do you think the fish did next? Tell me why.
Any idea is fine. Ask what in the story made them think so.
Checked word by word: all 163 words in this
story use only sounds taught by Lesson 92, plus heart words already learned. Nothing here
needs guessing. The spelling ea, ey, ow can say more than one sound in English; every word here uses only the one taught so far.
The story is on the next page →
Pam and Ben went to the sea with Dad. They got in a blue boat by the shore. The moon was bright on the cool sea. Dad let them sit up on the seat. Pam had a net, and Ben had his boots on. They ate sweet fruit and had cool tea. A big gray fish came up to look at them. Ben jumped up so fast at the sight of it. Dad held Ben, but one loose boot fell in the sea! The fish took the boot and swam off fast. Ben yelled, and Pam held up the big net. She did try, but the fish was too fast. Then Pam had a plan. She held up the fruit. She let a bit of it drop in the sea. The fish came back up for the sweet fruit. It let go of the boot at last. Ben got the boot back with the net. One boot was wet, but he had both.
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.