Book 21
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Book 21: Nat
Nat
New Words sun - Decodable (Lessons 6, 21 and 3) them - Special Word (Lessons 35) us - Decodable (Lessons 21 and 6) what - Special Word (Lessons 35) Plot Summary
Mama Kangaroo falls asleep in the sun and Nat scampers away. He meets Mit who gives him a ride in his open car. It begins to rain and Mit and Nat are drenched. Mama wakes up. The sun shines again and Mit takes Nat and his Mama for a ride. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. p 1: Who is sitting in the sun? 2. p 3: What does Nat see in the sky near the sun? 3. p 5: Where is Mit? 4. p 7: What starts falling on Nat and Mit? 5. p 11: Why are the animals happy now? Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books.
In 1972, the federally funded Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Development & Research and Ginn and Company published The Sam Books of early readers as part of a Beginning Reading Program. Because it was federally funded, federal law required the program be placed in the public domain in 1977.
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Sam Books
Book 21
“See us.
“I am Nat.
We sit in the sun.”
See me.” 1
2
“I see the sun.
Nat meets Mit.
What is that?” 3
4
“Sit with me, Nat.
“See us.
Sit in this.
The sun is on us.
We will fit.”
What is that?” 5
6
See them.
What fell on them?
Nat and Mit see them. 7
8
“Nat! Nat!
“See us.
What is that?”
See them. What a mess!” 9
10
“Sit with us.
See them in the sun.
See the sun.” 11
12
Book 21: Nat
Nat
New Words sun - Decodable (Lessons 6, 21 and 3) them - Special Word (Lessons 35) us - Decodable (Lessons 21 and 6) what - Special Word (Lessons 35) Plot Summary
Mama Kangaroo falls asleep in the sun and Nat scampers away. He meets Mit who gives him a ride in his open car. It begins to rain and Mit and Nat are drenched. Mama wakes up. The sun shines again and Mit takes Nat and his Mama for a ride. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. p 1: Who is sitting in the sun? 2. p 3: What does Nat see in the sky near the sun? 3. p 5: Where is Mit? 4. p 7: What starts falling on Nat and Mit? 5. p 11: Why are the animals happy now? Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books.
In 1972, the federally funded Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Development & Research and Ginn and Company published The Sam Books of early readers as part of a Beginning Reading Program. Because it was federally funded, federal law required the program be placed in the public domain in 1977.
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Sam Books
Book 21
“See us.
“I am Nat.
We sit in the sun.”
See me.” 1
2
“I see the sun.
Nat meets Mit.
What is that?” 3
4
“Sit with me, Nat.
“See us.
Sit in this.
The sun is on us.
We will fit.”
What is that?” 5
6
See them.
What fell on them?
Nat and Mit see them. 7
8
“Nat! Nat!
“See us.
What is that?”
See them. What a mess!” 9
10
“Sit with us.
See them in the sun.
See the sun.” 11
12
