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Week 12 · Top of the Word Tree

Thursday

Story day: the gold at the top
// ind, ild, old and olt, and a year of word parts
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Story day

The whole Sound Trail team sits on the top branch.

Lizzy, Riley, Samantha, Bruce and Donnie are all here.

"This is our last story of the year," says Ferris.

"Read it once. Then read it again, smoothly!"

Read it yourself

Point to each word.

Look for patterns and word parts you know.

Your grown-up can help.

Read it yourself
Freddy found an old map behind a big rock.
It told of gold at the top of the hill.
The air was cold, but Freddy did not mind.
He went up with Ferris and a kind little colt.
At the top, they did not find gold.
They found all of their friends!
"This is better than gold," said Freddy.
Try it
Read it again. Can you read it more smoothly?
Read it a third time. Use a happy voice for Freddy!
STORY CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Freddy find?
What was the air like?
Who went up with Freddy?
What did they find at the top?
STORY ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
SentenceTrue or false?
The map was behind a rock.?
They found gold at the top.?
The colt was kind.?
Freddy did mind the cold.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThey found friends, not gold. Freddy did not mind the cold.
FIND THE PATTERN IN THE STORY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which word has ind?
Which word has old?
Which word has olt?
Which word has er?
READ IT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
"This is better than gold." What does Freddy mean?
BUILD THE SENTENCE
  • Read each card.
  • Tap the cards in order to make a sentence.
1First
2Second
3Third
4Last
Read it yourself
old, gold, told, cold
behind, mind, find, kind
little, better, colt

Word Spot: leave, family, it's

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Leave: L-E-A-V-E.

Family: F-A-M-I-L-Y.

It's: I-T-S.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We will ___ after lunch.
A ___ of ducks swam by.
Look, ___ snowing!

What a story! Tomorrow is the biggest game of the year.

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