**** Complete with a PowerPoint presentation of the book which contains a wide range of different teaching activities ***** Book 16: Sid New Words at - Decodable Sid - Decodable Plot Summary Mat meets Sid the Horse and teases Sid by pulling his tail. Sid gets mad and kicks Mat. Mat decides he wants to ride Sid but Sid bucks him off. Finally, Mat lures Sid with a big apple. As Sid is moving along with Mat on his back, he suddenly stumbles into a pool of water. Sid gets the apple and Mat gets wet. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (A to E) Trace the letters below – both upper case (big) and lower case (small) – then copy each pair twice in the free space on the right-hand side.

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (K to O)

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (F to J)

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (P to T)

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (U to Z)

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – Without Lines

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 1

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 2

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 3

Test Your Spelling Skills Mixed Spelling Challenge 1 Look at the words below. There are five words spelt incorrectly in each box. Put a circle around each one and write the correct spelling underneath: Examples... earings shoos coat jeens jumper skirt glasses jackit dress trousrers Answers included.

Test Your Spelling Skills Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct No. 1 – Days and Months To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line: Example words Sunday _________________ _________________ Monday _________________ _________________ Tuesday _________________ _________________

Test Your Spelling Skills Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct No. 3 – Clothes To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line: Example words... socks _________________ _________________ pants _________________ _________________ trousers _________________ _________________

Test Your Spelling Skills Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct No. 4 – Colours To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line: Example words... green _________________ _________________ blue _________________ _________________ orange _________________ _________________