Mit and the Weed
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Book 40: Mit and the Weed
Mit and the Weed
New Words fills, runs - Decodable Plot Summary Mit is a magician with a magic wand. He performs for Mat and Nan, who wonder what Mit will pull out next from his hat. Mit surprises himself when he produces a seed which sprouts into a weed and then becomes a giant vine. The vine entangles Mit, and the animals wonder whether Mit will be able to save himself with his magic wand. Mit untangles himself and stands on the hilltop in his hat with wand in hand. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 2: Who is the magician on the hilltop? 2. page 3: What does Mit have in each hand? 3. page 6: What is coming out of Mit’s hat? 4. page 11: What is in the magician’s hat? 5. pages 12-13: What is happening to Mit?
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 40
Mit and the Weed Book 40
“Mit did well. He is the man on the hill.” 14
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ONE
Level
Book Title 1 I See Sam 2 3 4
TWO
5 6 7 8
THREE
9 10 11 12
FOUR
13 14 15 16
FIVE
17 18 19 20
SIX
21 22 23 24
SEVEN
25 26 27 28
EIGHT
29 30 31 32
NINE
33 34 35 36
TEN
37 38 39 40
THIRTEEN
TWELVE
ELEVEN
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Sam See Sam See Me Mat See Mat Meet Mit See It Sit On It Sis Sam Sat It Is Ann
Ann and Nan Nan and the Man Sam is Mad Sid We Will See Sid and the Mess Sis in a Mess Nat Sits Nat Mat in the Sun Run, Feet, Run Who Am I? Nell and Ed Sis in the Well Ann is Sad Ed and the Sheet Mat Did it The Shell Sell the Shell The Hat Mat in the Hat Mat and the Net Mat the Rat See Them Mit is Wet Will We Win? The Seed Mat and the Weed Was It Wet? Fun With the Sheet The Men The Bad Men
New Words
I, see, Sam am me
Mat Mit, Sis meet in, it
sit, on is sat Ann, this
and, Nan a, the, man mad, that at, Sid
New Sounds
Special Words
/a/ /s/ /m/ I, see
/t/ /i/ /n/
/o/
/d/
me meet is
this a, the that
we, will, with fell, mess
/w/ /l/ /f/ /e/
we, with
sun, them, us, what
/u/
what, them
6it, Nat
feet, fun, run Nell, who, yes
did, Ed, let, well need, she net, ran, sad, no 6ill, sheet, shut mud sand, sell, shell 6ish, hat, he
/r/ /ee/ /y/
who
/sh/
/h/
nut, rat, set feel, not
fat, if, wet fan, needs, sits, win fans, hand(s), hill, seed, weed 6ills, runs met, hit(s), was, to bad, him, men, be
Mat at Bat The Bat Rat Mat is Wet The Fun Fish
bat, his, wish, ball
The Bus Ben the Ant The Bee The Ant and the Bee
ant(s), Ben, bus, had
/b/
Will Mit win?
bell, but, has,
bed, bee, Bill, hid
13
12
“The weed is on Mit.
“See the man on the hill, Nan.
The weed runs on the hill.”
Who is it?” 1
2
“It is not a man on the hill.
“It is a fat weed.
It is Mit with a hat and that.”
It fills the hat.” 11
10
“Is it the seed, Mat?
“A hat is in this hand.
No, the seed is a weed?”
What is in that hand?” 3
“What will we see, Mat?”
4
“What will we see?”
9
8
“It is a seed, Nan.
“See the hat in this hand.
See the seed in the hat.”
What is in it?” 5
6
“A wet fish is in the hat.
“Is it a fan?
The hat is in this hand.
Is it a shell?
What is in that hand?”
No, it is not.” 7
Book 40: Mit and the Weed
Mit and the Weed
New Words fills, runs - Decodable Plot Summary Mit is a magician with a magic wand. He performs for Mat and Nan, who wonder what Mit will pull out next from his hat. Mit surprises himself when he produces a seed which sprouts into a weed and then becomes a giant vine. The vine entangles Mit, and the animals wonder whether Mit will be able to save himself with his magic wand. Mit untangles himself and stands on the hilltop in his hat with wand in hand. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 2: Who is the magician on the hilltop? 2. page 3: What does Mit have in each hand? 3. page 6: What is coming out of Mit’s hat? 4. page 11: What is in the magician’s hat? 5. pages 12-13: What is happening to Mit?
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.
This version copyright © 2013 Rapsey Enterprises, llc
ReadingTeacher.com
Sam Books
Book 40
Mit and the Weed Book 40
“Mit did well. He is the man on the hill.” 14
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ReadingTeacher.com UNIT ONE
ONE
Level
Book Title 1 I See Sam 2 3 4
TWO
5 6 7 8
THREE
9 10 11 12
FOUR
13 14 15 16
FIVE
17 18 19 20
SIX
21 22 23 24
SEVEN
25 26 27 28
EIGHT
29 30 31 32
NINE
33 34 35 36
TEN
37 38 39 40
THIRTEEN
TWELVE
ELEVEN
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Sam See Sam See Me Mat See Mat Meet Mit See It Sit On It Sis Sam Sat It Is Ann
Ann and Nan Nan and the Man Sam is Mad Sid We Will See Sid and the Mess Sis in a Mess Nat Sits Nat Mat in the Sun Run, Feet, Run Who Am I? Nell and Ed Sis in the Well Ann is Sad Ed and the Sheet Mat Did it The Shell Sell the Shell The Hat Mat in the Hat Mat and the Net Mat the Rat See Them Mit is Wet Will We Win? The Seed Mat and the Weed Was It Wet? Fun With the Sheet The Men The Bad Men
New Words
I, see, Sam am me
Mat Mit, Sis meet in, it
sit, on is sat Ann, this
and, Nan a, the, man mad, that at, Sid
New Sounds
Special Words
/a/ /s/ /m/ I, see
/t/ /i/ /n/
/o/
/d/
me meet is
this a, the that
we, will, with fell, mess
/w/ /l/ /f/ /e/
we, with
sun, them, us, what
/u/
what, them
6it, Nat
feet, fun, run Nell, who, yes
did, Ed, let, well need, she net, ran, sad, no 6ill, sheet, shut mud sand, sell, shell 6ish, hat, he
/r/ /ee/ /y/
who
/sh/
/h/
nut, rat, set feel, not
fat, if, wet fan, needs, sits, win fans, hand(s), hill, seed, weed 6ills, runs met, hit(s), was, to bad, him, men, be
Mat at Bat The Bat Rat Mat is Wet The Fun Fish
bat, his, wish, ball
The Bus Ben the Ant The Bee The Ant and the Bee
ant(s), Ben, bus, had
/b/
Will Mit win?
bell, but, has,
bed, bee, Bill, hid
13
12
“The weed is on Mit.
“See the man on the hill, Nan.
The weed runs on the hill.”
Who is it?” 1
2
“It is not a man on the hill.
“It is a fat weed.
It is Mit with a hat and that.”
It fills the hat.” 11
10
“Is it the seed, Mat?
“A hat is in this hand.
No, the seed is a weed?”
What is in that hand?” 3
“What will we see, Mat?”
4
“What will we see?”
9
8
“It is a seed, Nan.
“See the hat in this hand.
See the seed in the hat.”
What is in it?” 5
6
“A wet fish is in the hat.
“Is it a fan?
The hat is in this hand.
Is it a shell?
What is in that hand?”
No, it is not.” 7
