Joan Fraser and Liz Smith who are Junior Primary classroom teachers of
long standing developed this reading scheme.
During their teaching together they developed the following reading
program owing to a lack of consistent reading material and resources,
which reflected their belief in the teaching of language to young
children.
They have used this program over the past two years with exceptional
success. All children in both classes were able to read within one term
of being at school.
Through this scheme the children developed confidence in themselves
as learners. They looked forward to reading on a daily basis and
enjoyed the follow-up activities.
Each component of the program can be used individually or as a
whole language based program.
The reading sheets are to be used on a daily basis with the basic sight
vocabulary being explicitly introduced in a sequential order.
The sequencing is to reinforce the words learnt each day and to assist
the children to see the shapes within words. It also helps the children to
become aware of the mechanics and structure of sentences.
The individual word cards can be used for making up sentences and
for flashcard work such as concentration games.
The best way for frequent use is to laminate or contact the cards.
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The Joli Reading Program
An effective way in which I have used the reading scheme.
I begin reading with individual children on their first day at school.
(Yes I have heard 26 children each day)
I read the text pointing at each word in turn.
The child reads the text with me.
The child reads the text by him/her self.
On the third reading I tick each word the child correctly reads.
I read a new sheet each day following the same procedure until sheet 30.
I also introduce the words in the initial sheets in classroom activities, games
and jigsaws.
I send the sheets home daily in a display folder for the child to read at
home with parents.
I also enclose the sequencing sheets for parents to see how their child is
progressing.
I encourage parents to read the sheets with their child. In this way
reinforcing the learning process.
Generally the children are very enthusiastic about the sheets and enjoy
their time reading them. They all feel a sense of satisfaction when they see
all the ticks on the page.
A second approach is to introduce the basic words initially before
beginning the sheets.
This has also proved to be successful.
I wish you much success with the program. I hope you enjoy using it and
find it as satisfying as I do when the children realise they are reading by
themselves.
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Level 5
Sheet 1
We are two little lambs. We live on a
farm and play all day. We like to run and
jump in the paddock.
We can have fun when we run and jump
in the long green grass. The grass is
good to eat too.
“Will you come and play with us in the
long grass?” said the little lambs.
“You will have fun if you come and play
with us”.
When we grow up we will be sheep. We
will give you wool to keep you warm. We
are good animals to have on a farm.
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Level 5
Card 1
1. What are we?
2. Where do we live?
3. What do we eat?
4. What will we be when we
grow up?
5. What do sheep give us?
6. What can you do with
wool?
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Level 5
Card 1
Put in the right word
1. We are __________ little lambs. (too, two)
2. We ______________
on a farm. (live, life)
3. Grass is good to ______________. (eat, ate)
4. When we grow up we will be _________ _ .
(sheep, ship)
5. We like to __________ all day. (ran, run)
6. It is good to live on a ________(farm, barn)
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Level 5
Sheet 2
Look at me in the water. I am a polar
bear. It is very cold where I live in the
snow and ice. I can make a hole in the
ice with my foot to catch my food. I
swim under the water and look for fish. I
am good at swimming. I will stay on the
cold ice all winter. I keep warm by
swimming in the cold water. I can run on
the ice too with my big feet.
Some animals don’t like the cold water
and ice but I do.
It is good to make a hole in the ice and
go fishing for my dinner. I like to live on
the cold ice.
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Level 5
Card 2
1.Who am I?
2.Where do I live?
3.What do I eat?
4.Where do I look for food?
5.What do I do on the ice?
6.What keeps me warm?
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Level 5
Card 2
Put in the right word
1.Look at _________ in the water.
2.I live on the
________
.
(me, my)
(mice, ice)
3.I make a ________on the ice. (whole,hole)
4.I swim to ____________
me warm.
(Keep, king)
5.I will __________ on the ice all winter.
(stay, say)
6. I like to ______ on the cold ice. (like,live)
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Level 5
Sheet 3
Do you know what animal I am?
I have brown fur. I have a bill just like a
duck and webbed feet too.
I am not like other animals. There are no
other animals like me.
I am a platypus.
I like to swim in the warm water of the
rivers and ponds. I swim on the bottom of
the rivers and ponds, where I find food to
eat.
I lay two eggs in a dark hole on the
riverbank to keep them safe. When they
hatch I feed my babies milk.
I am a good animal to find out about.
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Level 5
Card 3
1.Who am I?
2.What do I like to do?
3.Where do I swim?
4. How many eggs do I lay?
5. Where do I have my
babies?
6.What can be in a river or
pond?
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Level 5
Card 3
Put in the right word
1.Do you ____what animal I am? (no, Know)
2 I _________
brown fur.
(had, have)
3. I ______ not like other animals. (an, am)
4. My ________ helps me to swim. (tail, tale)
5. I swim on the bottom _____ the rivers and
ponds.
(of, off)
6. I lay __________ eggs.
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(too, two)
Level 5
Sheet 4
I am a new animal at the zoo. I am a
zebra. I like to eat green grass and run
fast.
Now I am at the zoo I cannot run too fast
or I will hit the fence.
Do you like my stripes? I have stripes all
over me. I am the only one like me.
There are lots of animals at the zoo. I am
near the kangaroos.
I get my food every day so I don’t have
to look for it.
A zoo keeper gives me good food to eat
every day.
I will like it at the zoo. I will make friends
too. It will be fun to have friends.
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Level 5
Card 4
1.Who am I?
2.What do I like to eat?
3.Where do I live?
4.What do I have on my body?
5.Who looks after me?
6.What other animal do I
look like?
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Level 5
Card 4
Put in the right word
1.I am a ____ animal at the zoo.(new, knew)
2.I like to ________
green grass . (ate, eat)
3.It is not good to run _______ fast at the zoo.
(to, too)
4.I have
_________
all over me.
(strips, stripes)
5.I am the only _______ like me . (won, one)
6. I get my food _______ day so I don’t have
to look for it.
(very, every)
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Level 5
Card 5
Put in the right word
1.Hello, my name is_________ . (flower, flour)
2.I am a
_______ .
3.It is good ________
(caw, cow)
drink milk. (two, to)
4.The green grass helps _____ to make milk
for you to drink.
(me, my)
5.A cow is a good animal to _______ on a
farm.
(have, has)
6. Cows ______ us lots of things. (give, gave)
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Sheet 5
“Hello, my name is Flower. I am a cow
and I live on a farm. I give you milk to
drink”.
“Do you like to drink milk?” It is good for
you to drink milk”
“I like to eat the green grass in the
paddock. The green grass helps me to
make the milk for you to drink.
A cow is a good animal to have on a
farm. Cows give us milk to drink. They
give us lots of other things too.
Do you know some things that a cow
can give us to eat or drink?
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Level 5
Card 5
1.What is my name?
2.What am I?
3.Where do I live?
4.What do I like to eat?
5.What do I give people?
6.Why do you think I have
a bell?
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Level 5
Sheet 6
These little butterflies are looking for
some flowers to land on. Butterflies are
good to look at. They make us feel
happy.
Look at the little butterflies. Where will
they land?
They will land on a flower or a leaf. They
will lay eggs on the leaf.
Will a butterfly come out of the egg?
No! A butterfly will not come out of the
egg.
A caterpillar will come out of the egg.
The caterpillar will eat the leaf and then
make a cocoon. A butterfly will come
out of the cocoon.
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Level 5
Card 6
1.What are we?
2.Where do we land?
3.What do we lay?
4.Where do we lay our eggs?
5.What comes out of the egg?
6.What comes out of a
cocoon?
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Level 5
Card 6
Put in the right word
1.The butterflies are looking for ___________
flowers to land on.
(some, come)
2.Butterflies _____ good to look at. (our, are)
3.Butterflies make a garden _______ pretty.
(look, took)
4. Butterflies will land _______
the flowers.
(on, in)
5.Will a butterfly come out _______ the egg?
(off, of)
6. The caterpillar will _____ the leaf. (eat,ate)
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Sheet 7
We are little penguins. We live on the ice
and snow. We like to swim in the blue
water. We swim to catch fish and to
have fun. Fish are good to eat.
We eat lots of fish.
It is good to live on snow and ice. We
can dive into the water and go down in
the sea. Then we can come back up to
the top.
We can swim and play all day. We can
swim under the water and on top of the
water. Can you swim in the blue water?
Can you jump in the water and go
down, down, down and then come up to
the top?
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Level 5
Card 7
1.What animals are we?
2.Where do we live?
3.What do we eat?
4.Where do we swim?
5.What do we like to do?
6.Where can you swim?
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Level 5
Card 7
Put in the right word
1.We are _________ penguins.
(little, life)
2.We live on __________.
(snow, snake)
3.We _________ to catch fish.
(swam, swim)
4.We can dive ______ the water. (into, onto)
5.The _________ water will keep us cool.
(blew, blue)
6. Can you ___________
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in the cool water?
(swam, swim)
Level 5
Sheet 8
“Do you like my baby?” said the big
whale. “She is going to swim in the sea
with me.”
The baby whale is learning to swim in the
sea. The mother whale will show her how
to swim and blow water too.
When the baby whale grows big she will
blow water too.
Whales are good animals to look at.
They swim and dive all around in the
sea.
Whales are good to watch in the water.
They can swim in by the beach and we
can see them. We can watch them dive
and swim in the sea too.
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Level 5
Card 8
1.What animal am I?
2.Where do I live?
3.What can I blow?
4.What do I teach my baby?
5.Why do people look at me?
6.Why are whales good
animals?
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Level 5
Card 8
Put in the right word
1.Do you like ________ baby?
(me, my)
2.I am teaching her how to swim in the ____.
(see, sea)
3.She ________ see her mother. (can’t, can)
4.When the baby whale grows big she will
________ water too.
(blue, blow)
5.Whales _____
good animals .
6.Whales can swim _______
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(are, our)
the beach.
(by, buy)
Level 5
Sheet 9
“Hello, I am a dog. I am going to dig a
hole in the garden. I am going to take
my bone and bury it. Then I am going to
run around in the brown dirt. I will have
fun when I run in the dirt.
I will find my bone when I want to eat it. I
will eat my bone under a big green tree.
Then I will run in the dirt again. I will have
fun when I bury my bone and I will have
fun when I run in the brown dirt.
Am I a good dog? Am I good to dig a
big hole?
No I am not good. I am a bad dog to dig
a hole”.
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Card 9
1.What do I like to do?
2.What can I put in a hole?
3.Why do I run in the dirt?
4.What will I eat?
5.How do I feel?
6.What other things do dogs
like to do?
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Level 5
Card 9
Put in the right word
1.I am going to _______ a hole in the
garden.
(dug, dig)
2.I am going to bury _______ bone.(my, me)
3.I am going to _______ in the dirt. (run, ran)
4.I will find my bone ________ I want to eat it.
(when, where)
5.I will eat my bone ______a tree. (on under)
6. I am a _____dog to dig a hole. (dad, bad)
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Sheet 10
We are two little grey rabbits. We live in
the garden. We get good food to eat.
We like to eat carrots and good green
grass.
We can run and jump in the grass. We
can play games of run and jump.
We have long ears and we can move
our noses.
My name is Bun and my friend is called
Stamp. She likes to stamp with her back
feet. That is why she is called Stamp.
Two children look after us. They play with
us and give us some food. They will feed
us soon.
It is fun being a rabbit.
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Level 5
Card 10
1.What are we?
2.Where do we live?
3.What do we eat?
4.What can we do?
5.What are our names?
6. What does Stamp like to
do?
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Level 5
Card 10
Put in the right word
1.We are _____ little grey rabbits. (too, two)
2.We live _______
the garden.
3.We ______ __good food to eat.
(on, in)
(get, got)
4.We like to eat ___________ . (carrots, cars)
5.We
__________
long ears . (has, have)
6. It is ___________ being a rabbit. (farm, fun)
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Sheet 11
I am a baby duck. I am a duckling. I live
with my mother by the water.
Today I am going to learn how to swim.
Ducks have webbed feet to help them
swim.
I will swim in the water and soon I will be
able to catch insects. Insects like to fly
near the water. Ducks like to find and
eat insects. Ducks like to dive under the
water too and eat bugs that live in the
water.
Ducks help to keep the water clean.
Baby ducklings are good to watch too.
Children bring us bread to eat. We take
it with our bills. I think I will like bread to
eat.
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Card 11
1.What is a baby duck called?
2.Where do we live?
3.What am I going to do
today?
4.What kind of feet do I have?
5.What do I like to eat?
6.What do children bring us
to eat?
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Card 11
Put in the right word
1.I ________
a baby duck.
2.I live with my mother ________
(am, an)
the water.
(bye, by)
3.Today I am going to learn ______ to swim.
(how, who)
4.Ducks _________webbed feet. (has, have)
5.Soon I will _________ able to catch insects.
(bee, be)
6.Ducks like to dive under the water ______ .
(to,too)
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Sheet 12
I am a horse. I am a good animal. I am
good to ride on. I like to jump over big
fences.
Children like to ride on me. I like children
to be on my back. I walk when children
are on my back.
Sometimes I go in a paddock. Then I like
to canter very fast. It is good to run fast.
At night I sleep in a warm stable.
I like to eat hay and grass. Children
sometimes give me carrots to eat too.
Carrots are good for me to eat. Children
like to eat carrots too.
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Card 12
1.What animal am I?
2. What do I jump over?
3.Who likes to ride me?
4.What do I like to eat?
5.What do children give me?
to eat?
6. Where do I sleep at night?
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Card 12
Put in the right word
1.I ________
a horse.
2.I am good to _________ on.
(a, am)
(rode, ride)
3.I like to jump ______ big fences. (on, over)
4.Children like to ride _________ me. (in, on)
5.I walk when children are on _______
back.
(me, my)
6. I like to eat _______ and grass. (hey, hay)
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Sheet 13
“Hello”, my name is Rusty. I am a little
puppy. I am six weeks old.
I was in a pet shop but Holly came and
took me home to her house.
I was a birthday present for her.
She will look after me. She will give me
cold water to drink and food to eat.
When I am bigger she will take me for
long walks.
I will go to dog school and learn how to
walk on a lead.
Then we will have lots of fun together.
I will like living at Holly’s house. I will be
her very good friend.
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Card 13
1.What is my name?
2.How old am I?
3.Who got me from the pet?
shop?
4.Who looks after me?
5.What do I like to drink?
6.What will I do when I am
bigger?
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Card 13
Put in the right word
1.My _____________ is Rusty . (mane, name)
2.I am
__________
little puppy. (a, an)
3.I ____________ a birthday present for Holly.
(was, saw)
4. _________
will look after me. (He, She)
5.She will give me ____________ food to eat.
(good, give)
6.I will learn
lead.
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________
to walk on a
(how, who)
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Sheet 14
We live on a farm. We are chickens. We
hatch out of eggs.
We look for food in the brown dirt. We
scratch the dirt with our feet. We eat
other chicken food too.
At night we go into the hen house to
sleep. We are safe in the hen house.
If we stay out a fox may catch us and
eat us, so it is not safe to stay outside at
night.
We lay eggs for you to eat. Our eggs are
good for children to eat. Eggs have a
yellow yolk that taste good.
We are good animals to have on a farm.
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Card 14
1.Where do we live?
2.What do we hatch out of?
3.What are we?
4.Where do we sleep at
night?
5.Why do we sleep there?
6.What do we give you to eat?
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Card 14
Put in the right word
1.We ___________ on a farm .
2.We hatch out ________
3.We look for food
dirt.
(live, lived)
eggs.
_______
(of, off)
the brown
(in, on)
4.We scratch the ground with _________feet.
(are, our)
5.At night we go _________ the hen house to
sleep.
(into, onto)
6.We are
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__________
in the hen house.
(safe, unsafe)
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Sheet 15
I am a mother pig. I have lots of babies.
My babies are called piglets. I am
feeding my babies milk.
Pigs give you meat to eat. The meat is
called ham and bacon.
A pig is a good animal to have on a
farm.
I live in a sty. The farmer has to keep my
sty clean. He does this by washing it with
water. I roll in the mud and dirt to keep
myself cool and clean.
The farmer makes mash for me to eat.
He puts it in a big bin so I can eat it.
Lots of people think I am a dirty animal
but I am not. I am very clever too.
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Card 15
1.Who am I?
2.What do I have lots of?
3.What am I feeding my
babies?
4. What do I give you to eat?
5.What are my babies called?
6.How do I keep cool?
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Card 15
Put in the right word
1.I am a _____________ pig. (father, mother)
2.I have lots
________
babies.
3.I _______ you meat to eat.
(off, of)
(gave, give)
4.I am a good animal to have on a ______ .
(farm, fan)
5.I live in a
6.I am a
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_________ .
___________
( sky, sty)
clever animal.
(every, very)
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Sheet 16
Do you know what animal I am?
I am a giraffe. You may see me at the
zoo. I like to eat the leaves on trees.
I have very long legs and a long neck.
These help me reach the leaves at the
top of the tree.
I like to drink water but it is hard for me
to reach it. I have to open my legs wide
and put my neck down into the water.
I am not safe when I drink water as other
animals can catch me.
When I stand up I am safe. I can run fast
to get away from other animals.
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Card 16
1.What am I?
2.Where can I live?
3.What do I like to eat?
4. What part of my body is
long?
5.When am I safe?
6.why do I run fast?
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Card 16
Put in the right word
1.Do you __________
what animal I am?
(no, know)
2.You may _____ me at the zoo.
3.I like to eat leaves on
_________ .
(fleas, trees)
4.I have very long ________ .
5.I can
(legs, pegs)
____________ very fast.
6.I am a ____________ .
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(see, sea)
(ran, run)
(giraffe, garage)
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Sheet 17
“Hello, I am a kangaroo. My baby lives
in my pouch. I have a long tail and big
feet that help me hop along.
I carry my baby in the pouch when I hop
along looking for food. My baby is safe
in the pouch. My baby is called a Joey.
Do you know where I live?
Sometimes you can see me at a zoo. I
am good to see at the zoo. You can give
me some pellets to eat. I will come up to
you and then you can pat me.
I like to sleep in the day under the green
trees. It is cool under the trees. I can
sleep and watch my baby hop along.
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Card 17
1.What am I?
2.What is my baby called?
3.Where does my baby live?
4. Where can a kangaroo
live?
5.When do I sleep?
6.Why do I have a long tail?
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Card 17
Put in the right word
1. I am a ____________ . (camel, kangaroo)
2. My joey _________in my pouch.(lives, life)
3. I _____along looking for food. (hop, hope)
4. I have a long
____________.
(tale, tail)
5. My baby is safe ______ the pouch. (at, in)
6. I will come up and you can _________ me.
(pet, pat)
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Sheet 18
I am a big wild animal. I hunt and eat
meat. I like to eat meat. It is good for
me. I like to sleep in the sun too. I sleep
on a warm rock in the sun. Do you know
what animal I am?
I am a lion. A lion is a big wild cat. It is
not good to come to near me. I roar,
roar, roar when someone comes to look
at me, or my babies. I do not want
anyone to come too near me.
Do you know what my babies are
called?”
They are called lion cubs.
My cubs like to play and run and jump.
They jump all over me. I keep them
clean them by licking them all over.
It is good being a lion in the warm sun.
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Card 18
1.What am I?
2.What is my baby called?
3.What do I like to sleep on?
4. What do I like to eat?
5.What do cubs like to do?
6.Where can lions live?
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Level 5
Card 18
Put in the right word
1.I am a _____________ animal. (wild, wide)
2.I like to __________ in the sun. (slip, sleep)
3.Do you know ____________ animal I am?
(when, what)
4.A lion is a big _______ .
(car, cat)
5.I do not want anyone to come ______near
me.
(to, too)
6.My babies are called lion
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___________.
(clubs, cubs)
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Sheet 19
I am swimming in the cool blue water. I
like to go under the water for a long
time. When I am under the water I look
like a big grey rock and I look like I am
asleep. I can keep cool in the water. I
like to put the cool mud on me too. I can
go under the water for a long time.
Sometimes you can see my eyes and
ears when I am swimming.
I am a very big animal. I am very slow
when I move. I do not have hair on me
and I have short legs. I live in rivers and
lakes.
I am a hippopotamus.
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Level 5
Card 19
1.What am I?
2.What do I like to do?
3.Where do I sleep?
4. Where can I live?
5.What kind of legs do I have?
6.What can I look like?
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Card 19
Put in the right word
1.I am swimming in the _____________ water.
(blue, blew)
2.I like to ______ under the water. (go, blow)
3. I can keep _____in the water. (glue, cool)
4. I like to ___ the cool mud on me.(put, pot)
5.I am very _____ when I move. (slow, slew)
6.I do ________ have hair on me. (not, note)
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Sheet 20
Can you see me sitting in this tree? I am
looking at you. I can see you eating an
ice-cream as you look at me.
I like to eat bananas.
Do you have a banana for me?
If you give me a banana I will jump in
this tree for you.
I like you to look at me in the zoo. I like
you to talk to me too. I can talk to you
too.
I have hands and feet like you, but I like
to jump and swing in the tree like a
monkey. I am like a monkey but I am a
chimpanzee.
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Level 5
Card 20
1.What do I love to eat?
2.What do I like to do?
3.Where do I sleep?
4. What animal am I like?
5.Where can a chimpanzee
live?
6.How am I like you?
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Level 5
Card 20
Put in the right word
1.Can ______ see me in this tree? (ewe,you)
2.I ___________ to eat bananas. (like, lake)
3.______ you give me a banana I will jump
in this tree for you.
(If, Off)
4.I like you to ___________ to me. (take, talk)
5.I _____ hands and feet like you. (have,has)
6. I am ___________
chimpanzee.
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a monkey but I am a
(look, like)
Level 5
Sheet 21
These fish are swimming under the water.
Some fish stay at the bottom of the sea
near the sand where they find food.
Some little fish swim near the top of the
water near bigger fish. They get food
from them and help to keep them clean.
The fish all live and work together in the
sea. They help each other to find food
and keep each other clean.
Many of the same fish live together. They
are called a school of fish. They stay
together to keep each other safe from
big fish.
I would like to swim under the sea and
look at all the fish. Would you?
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Level 5
Card 21
1.Where are the fish?
2.What do fish find at the
bottom of the sea?
3.How do little fish help the
big fish?
4. What is a group of fish
called?
5. Why do the fish stay
together?
6. Would you like to swim
with the fish?
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Level 5
Card 21
Put in the right word
1.The fish_______ swimming under the water.
(our, are)
2.Some fish swim _______ the top of the
water.
(hear, near)
3 Fish _________ live and work together.
(all, ball)
4.Fish help __________ other to find food.
(peach, each)
5. Many _____ the same fish live together.
(off, of)
6. ___________ you like to swim under the
sea?
(could, would)
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Level 5
Sheet 22
I am a mother bird. I find worms and
bugs in the dirt and feed them to my
babies.
My babies are in a nest. I made the nest
in the tree to keep them safe.
I have three little baby birds to feed. I
find the food and carry it in my beak.
Then I give it to one baby to eat. Then I
go to find more food for the other
babies.
I fly around all day looking for food for
my babies.
One day soon they will fly away and
then they can find food by themselves.
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Level 5
Card 22
1. What am I?
2.What do I do all day?
3. What is in the nest?
4.How many baby birds are
in the nest?
5. How do I carry the food for
my babies?
6. what will happen soon?
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Level 5
Card 22
Put in the right word
1.I _______ a mother bird.
(an, am)
2. I _________ worms and bugs to my
babies.
(feed, food)
3 My babies are _________ a nest.
4.I carry food in ______
(on, in)
beak.
(me, my)
5. I fly around ___________ day.
(fall, all)
6. ______ day they will fly away. (One, Won)
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Sheet 23
I am a baby cow. Do you know what I
am called?
I live on a farm with lots of other animals.
Do you know the name of some animals
that live on farms?
I am only little now but I get milk from
my mother and soon when I am big I will
give you milk to drink
My mother’s milk will help me to grow
big. Then I can eat good green grass
from the paddock, which will help me
make milk for you.
I like to run around the paddock with my
friends and then rest in the warm sun.
It is good being a calf on a farm.
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Level 5
Card 23
1.Where do I live?
2.Who do I live with?
3.What do I drink?
4 What will I be able to eat
soon?
5.What do I like to do all day?
6.What will I give you when I
grow big?
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Card 23
Put in the right word
1.Do you __________ what I am called?
(no, know)
2.I live ________ a farm.
3 I am only _____________ now.
(in, on)
(like, little)
4.I ______ give you milk to drink. (will, won”t
5. _________ mother’s milk will help me grow
big.
(Me, My)
6. I like to ________ around all day. (ran, run)
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Sheet 24
Look at these little things. They are ants
and also insects. Do you know the
names of any other insects? Butterflies
and bees are insects too. So are beetles
and other bugs.
Ants are very good for our gardens. They
dig nests in the dirt and work hard to
take all the dead insects and bugs into
the nest to feed the other ants. They also
carry food scraps back to the nest to
feed the other ants.
This helps to keep our gardens clean.
Ants are very clever insects, going out to
look for food, then bringing other ants to
help them carry the food back to the
nest.
Do you have any ants in your garden?
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Card 24
1.What are we?
2. Why are we good to have
in a garden?
3. Where do we live?
4. What do we eat?
5. What is the name of
another insect?
6. What insects live in your
garden?
.
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Card 24
Put in the right word
1.We _______ very little insects.
(our,are)
2 We are ________ good to have in the
garden.
(very, every)
3 Ants _______ nests in the dirt.
(big, dig)
4.Butterflies and bees are insects ________
(to, too)
5.Ants carry food scraps _________ to the
nest.
(back, black)
6 Do you have any ants _______ your
garden?
(in, on)
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Sheet 25
These little insects are honey bees. They
work hard every day making honey for
us to eat.
They fly around the garden taking nectar
from the flowers. They take the nectar
back to the beehive and feed the queen
bee and all the baby bees.
Some bees fly out every day looking for
new flowers to take the nectar from.
They fly to the flowers and then back to
the beehive, so that they can show the
worker bees where the flowers are.
Bees work hard flying around the
gardens and making honey for us to eat.
I love to eat honey. It is yummy.
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Level 5
Card 25
1.What insect am I?
2.What do I do all day?
3.Where do I get nectar
from?
4. Where do I take the nectar?
5. What do bees make?
6. Where do bees live?
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Level 5
Card 25
Put in the right word
1.Bees work hard _______ day? (very,every)
2.Bees fly around taking nectar __________
flowers.
(for, from)
3.The nectar feeds ________queen bee.
(the, them)
4. Bees _________ to the flowers.
(flew, fly)
5. Worker __________ collect the honey.
(bees, been)
6. I ___________ to eat honey.
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(like, love)
Level 5
Sheet 26
This is a little garden snail. Snails live in
the gardens and eat all the flowers and
plants.
Snails carry their homes on their backs.
They can curl up and go to sleep
whenever they want to.
Snails only have one foot. That foot is
what they move around on. Snails also
leave a silver trail where they go.
If you look in your garden you may see
a silver trail where the snail has been.
Birds like to eat snails, so they have to be
careful to hide under the leaves and
bushes.
Some children like to race snails to see if
their snail moves the fastest.
Snails can be fun to look at in the
garden.
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Card 26
1.What am I ?
2.Where do I live?
3. What do I carry with me?
4. How do I move around?
5. What do I leave behind me?
6. What do children like to do
with snails?
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Card 26
Put in the right word
1.I am ______ garden snail.
2. Snails __________ in gardens.
(a, an)
(live, life)
3.Snails carry their homes _____ their
backs.
(in, on)
4. Snails only have _________foot. (won, one)
.
5. Snails leave a silver trail where they ____ .
(so, go)
6. You may _______ a silver trail in your
garden.
(see, sea)
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Sheet 27
I am a goat. You will find me in lots of
places around the world.
Lots of people keep me for my milk and
my wool.
Goats like to run up onto rocks and to
climb to high places. We have very
good feet that will help us climb
anywhere.
Goats will also eat almost anything they
find, so we are very easy to look after.
Did you know a baby goat is called a
kid?
There is another animal like me. Do you
know what it is?
The animal like me is a sheep, but they
don’t give people milk.
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Card 27
1.What animal am I?
2. Where might you find me?
3. Why do people keep me?
4. What do I like to do?
5.What do goats like to eat?
6.What animal am I like?
.
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Card 27
Put in the right word
1. You will find _________ around the world.
(oats, goats)
2. Lots of people keep ________ for my milk
and wool.
(me, my)
3 Goats like to climb ________ high places.
(to, too)
4. Goats will ________ anything.
(ate, eat)
5 Do you ________ another animal like me?
(know, no)
6. Goats ______us milk to drink.(give, gave)
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Sheet 28
This is a panda bear. There are not many
of these bears left in the world today.
People need to look after them or they
will all be gone.
Pandas only eat one sort of food. Do you
know what food it is? It is bamboo.
Pandas live in a place called China.
They eat bamboo all day, but farmers
are cutting the bamboo down to make
farms. Now there is not much left for the
panda to eat.
Some panda’s are kept in zoos to try to
protect them and keep them safe.
Very soon we may only be able to see
pandas bears in a zoo.
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Card 28
1.What do Pandas eat?
2.Where do pandas live?
3.Why is there no bamboo
for the panda?
4.What might happen to
the panda?
5.What other animal is like
a panda?
6.Where can you go to see
a panda?
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Card 28
Put in the right word
1.____________ is a panda bear. (This, Those)
2.People need to _________ after pandas.
(like, look)
3. Pandas only __________ one sort of food.
(ate, eat)
4 Pandas _________ in China.
(live, life)
5.Farmers are cutting bamboo down to
_________ farms.
(make, made)
6 ________ soon we may only be able to see
pandas in a zoo.
(Every, Very)
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Sheet 29
Look at this big shark. It has a lot of big
sharp teeth.
A shark is a big fish. It lives in the sea
and likes to eat smaller fish. There are
many sorts of shark. The one in the
picture is a Great White Shark. Do you
know the names of any other sharks?
Sharks have a big fin on their backs. The
fin helps people to see them in the
water.
They often swim around boats. Do you
know why?
Sharks like to eat the fish that are being
caught.
Lots of people like to look at sharks, but
not in the sea. They go and look at them
in tanks in Sea worlds.
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Card 29
1.What does a shark have a
lot of?
2. What is a shark?
3.Where does a shark live?
4. What do sharks do?
5.Where do sharks like to
swim?
6.What do sharks like to eat?
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Card 29
Put in the right word
1.The shark has a lot _______ teeth.
2.A shark ________
a big fish.
(of, off)
(is, as)
3 There _______many kinds of shark. (is, are)
4.A fin helps people to see sharks _____ the
water.
(in, on)
5.Sharks ______around boats. (swam, swim)
6.Sharks _________ fish that are being
caught.
(eat, ate)
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Sheet 30
This is a crab, but it is not like any other
one. This is called a hermit crab.
This crab does not have a shell. It has to
look for a shell to live in. The hermit crab
looks all around the sea floor until it finds
a shell that is the right size for it.
It will check that the shell has nothing
else inside and then it will move in.
When the hermit crab gets bigger it has
to find a new shell. It will keep finding
new shells to fit into.
The hermit crab needs to have a shell to
keep it safe.
What do you think could happen to the
hermit crab if it did not find a shell?
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Card 30
1.What is this?
2.Why is this crab different
to other crabs?
3.Where does the hermit
crab find shells?
4.What will happen if the
hermit crab grows bigger?
5. Where does a hermit crab
live?
6. Why does a hermit crab
need a shell?
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Level 5
Card 30
Put in the right word
1.______________ is a hermit crab. (This, That)
2.Hermit crabs do _______ have a shell.
(note, not)
3 Hermit crabs look for shells to __________
in.
(life, live)
4 The shell needs to be the right size _______
it.
(from, for)
5.The hermit crab keeps finding ________
shells to fit into.
(knew, new)
6.The hermit crab needs a shell to _________
it safe.
(peek, keep)
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The Pre-reading level is preparatory to reading. The language introduced is to
prepare students for the first reading level. Level One.
The words for all the lower levels are from the Salisbury Word Lists, Bedrock and
Dolch.
The texts are very structured with each reading sheet building on the one before,
in this way assisting students to consolidate introduced words.
The levels relate to Reading Recovery as follows:
Pre-Reading
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Level Four
Level Five
Level Six
Level Seven
Level Eight
Level Nine
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level one
levels 1 - 3
levels 3 - 6
levels 6 - 9
levels 9 - 13
levels 13 – 16
levels 16 – 18
levels 18 – 21
levels 21 – 25
levels 25 - 30
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