Printable Book - Book 2
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Book 2: Sam
Sam
Review Words I, see - Special Words Sam - decodable Plot Summary Mat the Rat gives Sam the Lion a cape and a crown. When Sam wears them, he thinks he can do anything he wants. He sees a calf and decides to play “bullfighter.” It is Sam, however, who gets caught in the cape. Mat helps untangle Sam, and Sam once more is king of the jungle. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 3: Who are the animals in this story? 2. page 4: What does Mat have for Sam? 3. page 5: Is Sam happy? Why? 4. page 7: How does Sam use his present? 5. page 8: What happens to Sam?
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 2
“I.”
“I.”
1
2
“Sam.”
“See!”
3
4
“See Sam.”
“I see.”
5
6
See Sam.
See!
7
8
“Sam! Sam!”
“I see Sam.”
9
10
See.
“I see Sam.”
11
12
Book 2: Sam
Sam
Review Words I, see - Special Words Sam - decodable Plot Summary Mat the Rat gives Sam the Lion a cape and a crown. When Sam wears them, he thinks he can do anything he wants. He sees a calf and decides to play “bullfighter.” It is Sam, however, who gets caught in the cape. Mat helps untangle Sam, and Sam once more is king of the jungle. Story Questions (Comprehension) 1. page 3: Who are the animals in this story? 2. page 4: What does Mat have for Sam? 3. page 5: Is Sam happy? Why? 4. page 7: How does Sam use his present? 5. page 8: What happens to Sam?
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 2
“I.”
“I.”
1
2
“Sam.”
“See!”
3
4
“See Sam.”
“I see.”
5
6
See Sam.
See!
7
8
“Sam! Sam!”
“I see Sam.”
9
10
See.
“I see Sam.”
11
12
