Story Time:
Let's Put It All Together!
Parents & Instructors,
Once your young reader is familiar with letter sounds and the basics of CVC blending and segmenting, they are ready to experiment with short phonics stories. Please support and guide your learner through these stories as they will encounter words that they are not yet familiar with. Follow these steps when beginning to read with your young learner:
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Read-aloud: First, read the story aloud. Engage the reader with the illustrations.
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Guided reading: Encourage your young learner to read along with you. Guide them through the story and encourage them to sound out the CVC words.
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Independent reading: Step back and allow your reader to take the reigns.
The Cat & The Rat
Read through this simple short story about the cat and the rat with your parent or teacher. Practice sounding out each letter and putting them together to make a word.
This is Pat.
Pat is a cat.
Pat is a fat cat.
This is a hat.
Pat has a hat.
Pat is a fat cat with a hat.
This is a rat.
The rat sat by the fat cat with a hat.
This is a mat.
The rat and fat cat with a hat sat on the mat.
The Dog & The Hog
Read through this simple short story about the dog and the hog. Practice sounding out each letter and putting them together to make a word.
This is a dog.
The dog is on a log.
This is a hog.
The hog is by the dog on a log.
Oh no!
This is fog.
The fog is on the dog and the hog.
Bye bye fog!
The dog and the hog go on a jog.
Practice with These Fun Videos!
Tell your visitors your story. Add catchy text to describe what you do, and what you have to offer. The right words can inspire and intrigue your audience, so they’re ready to take action on your site. To start telling your story, double click or click Edit Text.
These videos offer wonderful practice in beginning reading skills. Listen to each one first and then practice blending and reading the CVC words.
"Pat the Cat" enforces skills in /-at/ rhyming, blending, and recognition.
Additional Questions & Practice:
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Take turns reading each page.
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Point out the words that rhyme.
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What other words rhyme with /pat/ and /cat/?
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Can you make your own story about Pat the Cat?
The "Learn to Read" series focuses on early literacy skills and the development of word recognition and blending skills.
The "Bob Books" series develops emergent reading skills with simple text and amusing stories. Books 1 and 2 are a great place to begin for a developing reader.
Additional Reading Resources
How are you doing? Are you looking for more reading resources to practice your skills? Take a look at these fun book series and interactive games to keep you learning and having fun!
Bobs Books First Stories
Step Into Reading
Usborne Phonics Readers
Clifford Interactive Stories
Progress Evaluation Rubric
How is your young reader doing? At this time in a Road to Reading, your learner should have become familiar with letter sounds, blending and segmenting CVC words, and practical application of reading skills. The rubric below has been created to assess skills in the three following areas:
1.) phonemic awareness, 2.) phonological awareness, and 3.) reading fluency. Reading is a long road to mastery, but the evaluation rubric is made to provide insight into how young learners are progressing in the initial steps of reading fluency. If your reader needs to strengthen their reading skills further, you may continue to refer back to the rubric to track their progress.