Instructional Series
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wet Kai!
Nan takes Tāne, Nat and Sam to the rock pools on a hot day. But, the kids find out that you have to be careful where you leave your lunch!
Focus sounds: Revision of all seeds sounds
New high utility word: pools
Previously used high utility words: the, is, says, kai, Tāne, a, no, yells, for, of, go, to, they
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Zip and Zap
Tuna and Weka are hungry and on the hunt for kai. They meet Zip and Zap in the awa. What will happen to Zip and Zap when Tuna and Weka build a dam?
Focus sounds: Yy Zz
New high utility words: for, kai, yells, we, you, make
Previously used high utility words: Tuna, looks, I, see, says, the, awa, can’t, Weka, a, by
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Huhu in the Mud
Huhu is out getting some exercise as he jogs through the bush. Oh no! Huhu wasn’t looking where he was going and now he is stuck in the mud. Who can help?
Focus sounds: Th Jj
New high utility words: likes, can’t
Previously used high utility words: Huhu, into, to, the, he, out, I, a, says, Ruru, of, ka pai
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