Book 35: Mat the Rat (I See Sam Series), Guided Reading Questions And Reading Certificate

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.

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Book 35: Mat the Rat

Review Word
nut, rat, set - Decodable

Plot Summary
Mat the Rat gets ready to go to the zoo. He
takes fish and peanuts for the animals. While he
feeds the seal, a baby elephant tries to reach a
peanut. Mat begins to tease the baby elephant.
Mama elephant is angry. She takes the nuts
away from Mat. But Mat soon becomes friends
with Mama Elephant and her baby.

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.

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.