Before you start: this is Lesson 107. It uses only sounds already taught in Lessons 1–106. 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.
“He tripped and dropped his net.”
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 Mom say Ravi had to do with the frogs?
Let them go. It is in the fourth line, inside the quote marks.
2. How did Ravi get the frog into the jar?
He sat still and held the jar down in the mud, and the frog hopped in.
3. Why do you think sitting still worked better than grabbing?
Any reason is fine. You want them to link the grabbing lines to the sitting still line.
Checked word by word: all 140 words in this
story use only sounds taught by Lesson 107, 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.
Heart words — read each one, then check the box.
The story is on the next page →
Ravi was running down the path. It was hot and the sun was up. He had a net and a small jar. Mom said, "Look at frogs, but let them go." She was sitting on a rock by the pool. A frog was hopping in the wet mud. Ravi stopped and grabbed at it. The frog slipped from his hand. He tripped and dropped his net. Next he picked up the net and tried trapping it. The frog just went hopping off again. Ravi sat still and stopped grabbing. He held the jar down in the mud. The mud was dripping from his hands. The frog went hopping right into it. Ravi grinned. He had a frog! Then he tipped the jar by the pool. The frog went swimming off. Mom was glad. "That was kind of you," she said.
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.