Tadpoles

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Oster

Keading

Donaldson: : wg mee

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oe Talk together )

Ask the child to

Point to each pattern in the box on the back cover and say the sound that it makes in words Tell the child that each of these letter patterns can make the same sound

Look out for these letter patterns in the story and try to remember the sound they make

Read the story >

Remember, children learn best when reading is relaxed and enjoyable so give lots of praise Encourage the child to try to read any words they do not recognise by saying the sounds of each letter pattern separately (e.g /-e-//-y), then running the sounds together quickly If the child finds it difficult to say the sounds, say the sounds for them first, then see if they can hear the word

Explain that it is important when running the sounds in a word together to check to see if it sounds like a real word as some words are less regular (e.g here) Read these words to the child if they do not recognise them Point out the letters that make the usual sound in each word

(e.g the h in here) This will help the child to remember these words

See inside back cover for other activities

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Can you see some black dots inside the jelly? Those dots are

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The dots are growing tails They are baby tadpoles!

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Quick, tadpoles, swim away! Here comes a big fish!

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Can you see some bumps on

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This tadpole has all its legs Its tail is shrinking

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its legs

ith he Lake

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Check comprehension 9

Ask the child

@ How does the tadpole change as it turns into a frog? (It grows back legs, then front legs It loses its tail.)

Check phonics (letter-pattern sounds) >

Ask the child to

@ Find and read some more words on page 3 which contain a long vowel sound (grow, jelly)

@ Point to the letter pattern that makes the long vowel sound in these words

(ow, y)

@ Find and read some more words which contain a long oe sound (those, growing, tadpoles, tadpole, only, no)

@ Point to the letter pattern that makes the long oe sound in the words (o-consonant-e, ow, o)

@ Find and read some more words which contain a long je sound (inside, tiny, hide) @ Point to the letter pattern that makes the long je sound in the words (i-consonant-e, i) = at