Short A Reading: The Rat and the Jam
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Today I am practising: reading a short-a passage and using text evidence
The Rat and the Jam
A rat has jam. The jam is in a pan. The rat can lap the jam. A cat sat at the pan. The rat ran. The cat has jam.
Reading scope Short a CVC words, with the separately listed words prepared first.
Short-vowel word list rat, jam, pan, lap, cat, sat, ran
Prepare first a, has, the, is, in, can, at
An adult reads the title and questions. Check every listed word before independent reading.
What is in the pan?
What does the rat do with the jam?
Who comes to the pan?
Who has jam at the end?
Find and copy two short-a words from the passage. Say each sound, then blend.
Reread the passage. Tell an adult what happened, and point to one sentence that supports your retelling.
- Read the title aloud. Check short a and all the listed CVC words; teach or review every word in the 'Prepare first' list before reading. That list includes words with other vowels, consonant clusters, endings or less regular spellings.
- An adult reads the questions. Accept spoken answers or dictated notes so the writing demand does not hide the child's reading ability.
- If a word is difficult, point through its sounds and blend. Supply a prepared word when needed. Reread for meaning after decoding; the optional answer guide belongs to the adult.