The Song

Early Reader No. 29

Story by Jennifer Cooper-TrentIllustrations by Anthony Mitchell

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Page 1a

Combinations

There is one double syllable word - ‘begin’. Continue as discussed in Story 21.

Phonic Decoding

Explain how ‘song’, ‘long’ share a common Sound of ‘..ong ’Explain how ‘sing’, ‘thing’ share a common Sound of ‘..ing ’Onset Variation : ‘str’ as in ‘strong’ | ‘wr’ as in ‘wrong’ |

‘th’ as in ‘thing’ | ‘sp’ as in ‘spring’ |

song long strong wrong

sing string thingSpring begin

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Page 2

Its Spring and wewant to sing.

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Page 2a

The thing we wantto sing is a song.

Page 3

We hit a string andwe begin to sing.

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Page 3a

The first song is a

long song.

Page 4

Next, we all sing a

sweet song.

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Then, we all sing a

strong song.

Page 5

We try again - this time we

sing a wrong song.

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Oh no! Now wesing a bad song.

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ding-dong ping-pong belong

bring wring

Extra Words

Comprehension

1. What season is it?

2. What did the children want to do?

3. What was the first type of song that they sang?4. What musical instrument was played?

5. What was the last type of song that they sang?

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Page 6a

Complete the sentences with these words.

Spring, sing, strong, want.Its ______ and we

____ to sing.

We ____ a ______ song.