This Boat: My Letters and Sounds Phase Three Reader

Structured daily phonics teaching aligned with Letters and Sounds

This Boat

There are many types of boats. What boats will be in this book?

This Boat

Phase Three Red Band Fiction

More books in Phase Three:

Dads and Mums

The Farm

Focus GPCs:

j, w, th, oa, ar, or Tricky words: My Letters and Sounds

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My Letters and Sounds

My Letters and Sounds

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be, my

It Will Be…

Boatman Toad

My Letters and Sounds

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My Letters and Sounds

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ISBN 978 07217 1678 7

£3.95 (retail price)

www.schofieldandsims.co.uk

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My Letters and Sounds

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Before reading

After reading

Say the sounds

Comprehension questions

These are the focus sounds that your child will practise in this book. Encourage them to point to each letter or group of letters and say the sound.

1 Look at page 3. What are the two men using their boat for?

j

3 Look at page 7. What is special about this type of boat?

w

th

oa

ar

or

Some of the words in this book have lines under the letters. The line shows that the group of letters makes one sound. Practise reading these words together.

road

for

port

jar

The words in blue are known as ‘tricky words’. They have a letter or letters that make an unexpected sound. Practise reading these tricky words together.

be

my

2 Look at page 6. Who do you think the card is for?

4 Can you count how many different types of boat there are in the story?

Answers 1 They are fishing from the boat.

2 The card is for someone who is celebrating their (fifth) birthday. You could extend the discussion by asking what type of boat is on the card.

3 It is a boat that you can put soap in.

4 There are nine different types of boats.

Talk about the book Look at and discuss the cover picture and title before asking the following question.

This story is about boats. Can you think of some different kinds of boats?

While you are reading, look at page 2.

How do you think the family are feeling on their boat in the park?

Vocabulary check Read and discuss the new words using the definitions below.

A moat is a deep hole, often filled with water, around a castle.

A port is an area next to the sea where ships stop to load and unload goods and passengers.

A cork is a small object that is pushed into the top of a bottle to close it.

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Published by Schofield & Sims Ltd 7 Mariner Court, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 3FL, UK Telephone 01484 607080 www.schofieldandsims.co.uk This edition copyright © Schofield & Sims Ltd, 2022 First published in 2022 Author: Kasia Reay Kasia Reay has asserted her moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. Design by Ledgard Jepson Ltd Printed in the UK by Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd ISBN 978 07217 1678 7

Illustrator: Clara Booth Based on an original idea by Kasia Reay and Selina Rayner.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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This Boat

Kasia Reay Illustrated by Clara Booth

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This boat is in the park.

2

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This boat is in the dark.

3

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This is a boat in a moat.

This is a boat on a road.

4

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This is a boat to be worn.

This is a boat in a port.

5

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This boat is on my card.

6

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This boat is for my soap.

7

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This is a boat in a jar with a cork.

8

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Before reading

After reading

Say the sounds

Comprehension questions

These are the focus sounds that your child will practise in this book. Encourage them to point to each letter or group of letters and say the sound.

1 Look at page 3. What are the two men using their boat for?

j

3 Look at page 7. What is special about this type of boat?

w

th

oa

ar

or

Some of the words in this book have lines under the letters. The line shows that the group of letters makes one sound. Practise reading these words together.

road

for

port

jar

The words in blue are known as ‘tricky words’. They have a letter or letters that make an unexpected sound. Practise reading these tricky words together.

be

my

2 Look at page 6. Who do you think the card is for?

4 Can you count how many different types of boat there are in the story?

Answers 1 They are fishing from the boat.

2 The card is for someone who is celebrating their (fifth) birthday. You could extend the discussion by asking what type of boat is on the card.

3 It is a boat that you can put soap in.

4 There are nine different types of boats.

Talk about the book Look at and discuss the cover picture and title before asking the following question.

This story is about boats. Can you think of some different kinds of boats?

While you are reading, look at page 2.

How do you think the family are feeling on their boat in the park?

Vocabulary check Read and discuss the new words using the definitions below.

A moat is a deep hole, often filled with water, around a castle.

A port is an area next to the sea where ships stop to load and unload goods and passengers.

A cork is a small object that is pushed into the top of a bottle to close it.

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Published by Schofield & Sims Ltd 7 Mariner Court, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 3FL, UK Telephone 01484 607080 www.schofieldandsims.co.uk This edition copyright © Schofield & Sims Ltd, 2022 First published in 2022 Author: Kasia Reay Kasia Reay has asserted her moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. Design by Ledgard Jepson Ltd Printed in the UK by Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd ISBN 978 07217 1678 7

Illustrator: Clara Booth Based on an original idea by Kasia Reay and Selina Rayner.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

01/12/2021 11:16

Structured daily phonics teaching aligned with Letters and Sounds

This Boat

There are many types of boats. What boats will be in this book?

This Boat

Phase Three Red Band Fiction

More books in Phase Three:

Dads and Mums

The Farm

Focus GPCs:

j, w, th, oa, ar, or Tricky words: My Letters and Sounds

l Phase Three Phonics Reader

My Letters and Sounds

My Letters and Sounds

l Phase Three Phonics Reader

be, my

It Will Be…

Boatman Toad

My Letters and Sounds

l Phase Three Phonics Reader

My Letters and Sounds

l Phase Three Phonics Reader

ISBN 978 07217 1678 7

£3.95 (retail price)

www.schofieldandsims.co.uk

MLS_Book 38_P3 This Boat_Cover.indd 2-3

My Letters and Sounds

l Phase Three Phonics Reader 01/12/2021 11:16