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by Jay Dale illustrated by Samantha Woo

Dragons

Storytime Surprise

EIL: 6 Fiction

Word count: 125

Curriculum links: community, me/family, school

Text type: narrative

High-frequency words introduced: came, inside, like, school, they, will

High-frequency words consolidated: good, he, that, went, where

Example inferential questions:• Who do you think the man was who read the story to the children?• Why might this book be called ‘Storytime Surprise’?

Phonological awareness/graphophonics: vowel consonant blends ‘on’, ‘ig’, ‘am’, ‘in’, ‘an’, ‘ed’; initial consonant digraphs ‘sh’, ‘wh’; onset and rime ‘J-on’, ‘b-ig’, ‘m-an’, ‘T-ed’; suffixes ‘ing’, ‘s’; initial consonant blend ‘sl’, ‘dr’, ‘st’

Program links: Storytime Surprise E-Book At the Library (NF)Fo

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“Jon!” shouted Bill.

“Where are you?”

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“Here I am!” said Jon.

“I am playing

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“Come inside,” said Bill.

“It is storytime.”

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“Oh, good!” said Jon.

“I like storytime.”

“I like storytime, too,”

said Bill.

“Come on!”

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