Level 1, Book 7: Rod's Box

Written by Jill Lauren

Illustrated by Darren McKee

Rod’s Box Level 1, Unit 3, Book 7 Sounds: a, i o all consonants Sight words: is, the, no, a, and, so, to my, do Summary: Rod has a box that begins to hop, which upsets him. Rod’s mother helps him to learn why his box hops.

Special vocabulary: sob Reading comprehension questions: 1. W hat did Rod do when he first sees his box hop?

2. W hich friends tried to help Rod fix the box?

3. W ho do you think had the better idea to fix Rod’s box?

Sox or Fox? Why?

Copyright © 2018 by Jill Lauren. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without express written permission from the publisher.

Printed in the U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-951605-06-3

With gratitude to Darren McKee and Jason Myers for their deep talent and good cheer.

Rod is a kid.

Rod has a box.

1

The box hops. Hop, hop, hop.

2

No ! A box can not hop.

Rod hid.

3

The box hops and hops.

“Do not hop !”

4

Rod got so mad.

Rod ran to his dog, Sox. 5

“My box hops. Fix my box!”

6

Sox got a mop.

Bop ! Sox hit the box.

7

Hop, hop, hop.

The box can hop a lot.

Sox did not fix the box.

8

Rod and Sox ran to Fox. 9

“My box hops. Fix my box, Fox.” 10

Fox got on the box.

Hop, hop. The box can hop.

Fox did not fix the box.

11

Fox and Sox got on the box.

Hop, hop, hop, hop.

The box hops a lot!

12

Rod sobs ! “My box hops!”

Rod ran to Mom. 13

“Mom ! My box hops!

Fix my box, Mom.” Can Mom fix Rod’s box?

14

“Rod, do not sob. It is Zac. Zac is in the box.”

15

Rod is not mad. Zac is Rod’s pal.

Zac hops, and Rod is on the box.

16

Scope and Sequence Level One: Short vowels Short a, i, o, u, e Plural s; apostrophe ’s; ending punctuation; comma usage; use of “it’s” Level Two: Digraphs -ck; -zz, -ll, -ff, -ss; th, ch, wh, sh Review of plural s and apostrophe ’s; Suffixes: s and -es Contractions Level Three: Glued sounds and beginning blends -ing, ink, ang, ank; l blends, r blends, mixed beginning blends: sc, sm, sp, sk, st, sn, sw, tw, dw, squ Suffixes: -ing, -ed Level Four: E nding blends, compound words, closed syllables, syllabication, VCCV, clusters, r-controls -st, -nt, -nd, -lf, -sk, -mp, -ft, -nch, -sp, -lp, -lt, -lk, -pt, -ld, -ct, -tch, -ng, -nk, -xt str, spr, scr, spl; ar, or, er, ir, ur Doubling rule Suffixes: -er, est Level Five: M agic e, open syllables, syllabication; place value of y; vowel teams VCCV with magic e syllables; V/CV and VC/V; place value of y; ee/ea; ai/ay Check out the rest of this super fun program at www.whole-phonics.com.

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