Nan and the Man
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Book 14: Nan and the Man
Nan and the Man
New Words a - Special Word man - Decodable the - Special Word Plot Summary Mit makes a snowman. Nan watches but the snowman has no face. Nan flies away. She returns with a carrot for the snowman’s nose, then coal for his eyes and a stick for his mouth. Then the final touch—a hat! Ann is angry when she sees her hat on the snowman. Nan suggests that a bucket can be used instead of the hat. The bucket makes the snowman complete. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 1: What is Mit making? 2. pages 3-7: What is Nan doing to the snowman? 3. page 7: Whose hat does Nan put on the snowman? 4. page 11: Why is Ann putting the bucket on the man?
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 14
Nan sees Mit.
“See it. It is a man.”
1
2
Mit sees Nan and it.
“I see it. I see it on the man.”
3
4
Mit sees Nan and the man.
Mit sits. The man sits.
5
6
“The man! The man!
“I See Mit and Nan.
See the man!”
I see it on a man.” 7
8
“See it on me, Mit and Nan.
“See this.”
The man sees it on me.” 9
10
Mit and Nan see it.
“This is a man. It is on a man.”
11
12
Book 14: Nan and the Man
Nan and the Man
New Words a - Special Word man - Decodable the - Special Word Plot Summary Mit makes a snowman. Nan watches but the snowman has no face. Nan flies away. She returns with a carrot for the snowman’s nose, then coal for his eyes and a stick for his mouth. Then the final touch—a hat! Ann is angry when she sees her hat on the snowman. Nan suggests that a bucket can be used instead of the hat. The bucket makes the snowman complete. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 1: What is Mit making? 2. pages 3-7: What is Nan doing to the snowman? 3. page 7: Whose hat does Nan put on the snowman? 4. page 11: Why is Ann putting the bucket on the man?
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 14
Nan sees Mit.
“See it. It is a man.”
1
2
Mit sees Nan and it.
“I see it. I see it on the man.”
3
4
Mit sees Nan and the man.
Mit sits. The man sits.
5
6
“The man! The man!
“I See Mit and Nan.
See the man!”
I see it on a man.” 7
8
“See it on me, Mit and Nan.
“See this.”
The man sees it on me.” 9
10
Mit and Nan see it.
“This is a man. It is on a man.”
11
12
