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gr TM Grady loves to grab things! That is, until this little groundhog learns a great big lesson A Groundhog Named Grady by Teddy Slater illustrated by Tammie Lyon are read-aloud stories designed to teach children phonics in a fun and focused way Skills covered include long and short vowels, vowel pairs, bossy-r words, blends, digraphs, and more Set learners on the road to reading success with every book in this kid-pleasing series! Price: $3.50 U.S./$4.99 CAN This edition is only available for distribution through the school market EAN www.scholastic.com ISBN-13: 978-0-439-88469-3 ISBN-10: 0-439-88469-1 780439 88 4693 > gr gr A Groundhog Named Grady by Teddy Slater illustrated by Tammie Lyon SCHOLASTIC INC New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney Mexico City • New Delhi • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Designed by Maria Lilja ISBN-13: 978-0-439-88469-3 ISBN-10: 0-439-88469-1 Copyright â 2006 by Scholastic Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A First printing, December 2006 12 11 10 6 10 11/0 Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources TM Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Granny’s Garden Phonics Fact Gr is a blend Blends are two consonants whose sounds are blended together when you say them You can hear the gr blend at the beginning of Grady, groundhog, and great What other gr words can you find in this story? Look at the pictures, too! Grady was a little groundhog He lived with his family in a great big hole in the ground  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Grady had a mom, a dad, a grandma, and a grandpa He also had a big brother and sister named Grover and Grace  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources They all thought Grady was the greatest little groundhog in the world Except for one thing  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Don’t grab, Grady Grady was a grabber! Grady grabbed all the grapes out of Grandma’s fruit bowl  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Don’t grab, Grady Grady grabbed Grace’s green balloon  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Don’t grab, Grady And Grady was always grabbing Grover’s toy grizzly bear  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Ouch! Don’t grab, Grady Once Grady even grabbed Grandpa’s whiskers “Ouch!” Grandpa groaned  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources “Grady,” Grandpa grumbled “Would you please stop grabbing everything!” But Grady just grinned Then he grabbed Grandma’s glasses  One day, Grady’s whole family went for a group walk in Greenwood Grove 10 Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources A great big rosebush was growing by a gravel path Grady reached out to grab a flower “Be careful!” Grandma warned 11 But it was too late Grady grabbed the thorny stem “OUCH!” Grady groaned 12 Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources “Poor Grady!” cried Grace, Grover, Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa all together No one said, “That’s what you get for grabbing.” They didn’t have to 13 From then on, Grady never grabbed anything again Well, hardly ever! 14 Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources GR Riddles Listen to the riddles Then match each riddle with the right gr word from the box Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Box grow grasshopper grapes Grace green gray groundhog grandma grin grass 1 There will be six more weeks of winter if this animal sees its shadow Peas are this color This fruit comes in bunches 4 This is another word for smile 5 This girl’s name rhymes with place This grows all over the ground Little Red Riding Hood went to visit her 8 When you water a plant, it does this 9 You get this color when you mix black and white paint 10 This green insect likes to jump 15 Answers: groundhog green grapes grin Grace grass grandma grow gray 10 grasshopper GR Cheer Hooray for g-r, the best sound around! Let’s holler g-r words all over town! Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources There’s green and grab and grass and grandma There’s grow and group and grapes and grandpa There’s grouch and gray and more words still— Like grouch and greet and gross and grill G-r, g-r, give a great cheer, For the grandest sound you ever will hear! gr 16 Make a list of other gr words Then use them in your cheer  ...  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Don’t grab, Grady Grady was a grabber! Grady grabbed all the grapes out of Grandma’s fruit bowl  Phonics Tales: A. .. Don’t grab, Grady And Grady was always grabbing Grover’s toy grizzly bear  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Ouch! Don’t grab, Grady Once Grady even grabbed... Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Don’t grab, Grady Grady grabbed Grace’s green balloon  Phonics Tales: A Groundhog Named Grady (gr) © Scholastic Teaching Resources