Sid and the Mess
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Book 18: Sid and the Mess
Sid and the Mess
New Words fell - Decodable (Lessons 13, 11 and 22) mess - Decodable (Lessons 4, 11 and 6) Plot Summary
One by one, the animals climb up to sit in their tree house. When Sid the Horse tries to join them, he is too heavy and the tree house falls with everyone in it. Sid is blamed for the mess, so he undertakes to repair the tree house. All the animals get back in the tree house with Sid solidly supporting them. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. p 1: What do the animals want to do? 2. p 6: Which animals do get into the tree house? 3. p 7: Which animal is too heavy and breaks the tree house? 4. p 11: Who do the animals blame for the mess? 5. p 13: How does Sid make everyone happy? 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 18
“We will sit in that.”
Mat fell.
1
2
“Will Mat sit in that?
Nan sits with Mat.
Will Nan sit with Mat?”
Will Mit sit in that? 3
4
Mit sits with Nan and Mat.
“We sit in it.
Will Sis sit in that?
Will Sid sit in it?” 5
6
Sid fell.
Mit and Mat fell on Sid. A mess fell on Sid. 7
8
Sis and Nan fell in the mess.
“I fell. I am a mess.” 9
10
“We fell.
“It is a mess.”
See that mess.” 11
12
Sam Books The Sam Books were originally developed by Southwest Regional Laboratories (SWRL) and were used successfully in 15% of schools in the United States in the early ‘70s. More than a million children learned to read using The Program. ReadingLessons.com has incorporated the books into its lessons. The first twenty-four “I See Sam” books are used in Week Seven of the ReadingLessons program to encourage and assess fluency and comprehension. The books remain just as they were first developed. We have only updated the text font to fit in with the ReadingLessons.com style. The books are still the same cleverly designed little books that students, teachers and parents loved.
“See Sid with it. 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.
We sit in it.”
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Book 18: Sid and the Mess
Sid and the Mess
New Words fell - Decodable (Lessons 13, 11 and 22) mess - Decodable (Lessons 4, 11 and 6) Plot Summary
One by one, the animals climb up to sit in their tree house. When Sid the Horse tries to join them, he is too heavy and the tree house falls with everyone in it. Sid is blamed for the mess, so he undertakes to repair the tree house. All the animals get back in the tree house with Sid solidly supporting them. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. p 1: What do the animals want to do? 2. p 6: Which animals do get into the tree house? 3. p 7: Which animal is too heavy and breaks the tree house? 4. p 11: Who do the animals blame for the mess? 5. p 13: How does Sid make everyone happy? 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.
ReadingLessons.com
Sam Books
Book 18
“We will sit in that.”
Mat fell.
1
2
“Will Mat sit in that?
Nan sits with Mat.
Will Nan sit with Mat?”
Will Mit sit in that? 3
4
Mit sits with Nan and Mat.
“We sit in it.
Will Sis sit in that?
Will Sid sit in it?” 5
6
Sid fell.
Mit and Mat fell on Sid. A mess fell on Sid. 7
8
Sis and Nan fell in the mess.
“I fell. I am a mess.” 9
10
“We fell.
“It is a mess.”
See that mess.” 11
12
Sam Books The Sam Books were originally developed by Southwest Regional Laboratories (SWRL) and were used successfully in 15% of schools in the United States in the early ‘70s. More than a million children learned to read using The Program. ReadingLessons.com has incorporated the books into its lessons. The first twenty-four “I See Sam” books are used in Week Seven of the ReadingLessons program to encourage and assess fluency and comprehension. The books remain just as they were first developed. We have only updated the text font to fit in with the ReadingLessons.com style. The books are still the same cleverly designed little books that students, teachers and parents loved.
“See Sid with it. 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.
We sit in it.”
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