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The Best Place to Rest
Tūī is looking for the best place to live. What is the best place for Tūī?
Focus sounds: Revision
Target decodable words: stream, laid, dark, getting, leaf, tucked, starts
New high utility words: Pāpā, look(s/ed)
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Vote for Fin
It is Pet Day at kura. Who will win best pet?
Focus sounds: Split digraph o_e (as in vote, stone)
Target decodable words: home, hope, nose, Rose, rope, bone, cone, stroke, pokes, jokes, vote, stones
New high utility words: over, gives, past, fur, who, Hipi
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Weka's Boat
Everyone wants to float on Weka’s boat, but can everyone fit on it?
Focus sounds: -oa
Target decodable words: float(s/ing), boat, moans, boasts, soaked, load
New high utility words: told, okay, afloat
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Dress-up Hullabaloo
It is a wet-weather day at kura. The kids are ready to have some fun.
Focus sounds: Doubled consonants after a short vowel (ff, ll, ss)
Target decodable words: dress, mess, Miss, fuss, toss, yells, bell, spill, puffs, ruff, cuffs, fluff
New high utility words: she, puts, where, Lani, hull-a-ba-loo
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Flax on the Farm
Weka finds Tūī in the flax. Weka is surprised to find that not only does Tūī sing, but Tūī helps flax to grow.
Focus sounds: -ar
Target decodable words: darts, far, starts, star, smart, sharp, hard, farm
New high utility words: pollen, grow
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Hide and Seek
Tahi, rua, toru… it’s time to play hide and seek. Where is Sam hiding?
Focus sounds: -ou
Target decodable words: counts, shouts, around, out, found, outside, sound, crouched, ground, couch, ouch
New high utility words: hears, ready, tahi, rua, toru, come
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Lurking in the Dark
It is getting dark and time for Weka to go home. On the way, Weka meets lots of other characters who are awake at night.
Focus sounds: -ur
Target decodable words: lurking, turn(s), burns, fur, surfing, unfurls, curl(s)
New high utility words: campfire, doing, down
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Nat's First Game
Nat is excited about her first game of football.
Focus sounds: -ir
Target decodable words: first, shirt, birds, girl, chirp, dirt, squirt(s/ing), firm, third
New high utility words: goal, blowing, football, ball, falls, goes, wants
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Photo Time
When the trampers leave kai and a phone outside Ruru flies down. Does he want the kai or the phone?
Focus sounds: -ea (short vowel), ph
Target decodable words: feathers, spread(s), bread, treads, head, breath, phone
New high utility words: sky, flies, air, more-pork, photo, ahead, call, was, cool
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Dipped in Mud
Tūī is surprised to see Weka look like he has been dipped in mud. Weka tells Tūī why he looks like that.
Focus sounds: -ed
Target decodable words: /t/ bumped, puffed, dipped, rushed, peeped, slipped, picked, chomped, dashed, /d/ yelled
New high utility words: were, there, find, away, why, should, own, about, Tūī, good
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