Written by Jill Lauren Illustrated by Darren McKee
Zac’s Pal
Level 1, Unit 1, Book 1
Sounds: a c, d, f, h, l, m, n, p, s, t, z
High frequency words: is, on, the, no, a
Special vocabulary: pal, fan
Summary: Zac wants a pal. He meets the fat cat and tries many ways to earn his friendship.
Reading comprehension questions:
1. What did Zac want?
2. How did Zac get the fat cat to be his friend?
3. What can you do to be a good friend?
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 978-1-951605-00-1
With gratitude to Darren McKee and Jason Myers for their deep talent and good cheer.
Zac’s Pal
Written by Jill Lauren Illustrated by Darren McKee
Zac is sad. Zac has no pal.
A fat cat is on a mat.
The fat cat has a nap.
The fat cat has a nap.
Zac taps the fat cat.
The fat cat can nap.
Zac sat on the fat cat.
The fat cat naps. Zac has no pal.
Zac pats the fat cat.
The fat cat is Zac’s pal.
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Off We Go!: Consonants and short a
Capital letters, punctuation
Suffixes: plural s, apostrophe s, verb form s
Level One: Short Vowels
Short a, i, o, u, e
Reading with commas and quotation marks; introduce contractions
Level Two: Digraphs
-ck; -zz, -ll, -ff, -ss; th, ch, wh, sh
Suffixes: -es
Level Three: Glued sounds and beginning blends
-ing, -ink, -ang, -ank; l blends, r blends, s blends + tw
Suffixes: -ing, -ed
Level Four: Ending blends & beginning clusters, compound words, syllabication, silent e spr, scr, str, spl; closed & open syllables; doubling rule; wr; -old; syllabication for VCCV, V/CV & VC/V words; sounds of y; silent e (1-2 syllable words)
Suffixes: -er, -est, -ly; prefixes: un-
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Suffixes: -tion/-sion, -ture, -ment; prefixes: re-
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