Before you start: this is Lesson 102. It uses only sounds already taught in Lessons 1–101. 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.
“Jill's pup Bud is small and harmless.”
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. Jill looked in two spots first. What did she find?
A box full of rags, and dust under the bed. Both were useless.
2. What was Jill's plan with the sock she still had?
She held it up to Bud's nose so he could smell it and find the other one.
3. When has someone been helpful to you? Tell me about it.
Any story is fine. Listen for them to use the word helpful.
Checked word by word: all 154 words in this
story use only sounds taught by Lesson 102, plus heart words already learned. Nothing here
needs guessing. The spelling ey, ou 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 →
Jill's pup Bud is small and harmless. He naps in a bed of rags by the door. Jill got up and had to get to school. She had one sock on and one off. The other sock was lost. Jill felt sad. First she looked in the box by her bed. It was full of rags. That was useless. Then she looked under the bed. Just dust. She looked in the sock bag as well. Jill sat down on the rug and felt sad again. Then Jill had a plan. Bud can smell! She held the one sock up to his nose. Bud got a big smell of the sock. He went to the big rug by the door. Then he dug up the lost sock for her. It was under that rug all the time. Jill was thankful and gave her helpful pup a pat. Now Jill has both socks on her feet.
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.