Sam Sat
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Book 11: Sam Sat
Sam Sat
New Word sat - Decodable (Lessons 6, 3 and 7) Plot Summary
Mat has finished making a canoe and wants to try it out. Sam wants to try it out, too, but when he tries to sit in the canoe, it tips over. Mat and Sam fight over the canoe and they both end up in the water. Mat and Sam finally solve the problem by having Mat sit on Sam’s head. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
p 1: What is Mat building? p 6: Who comes with Mat when he tries out his boat in the water? p 7: What happens when Sam tries to sit in the boat? p 9: Why are Sam and Mat fighting? p12: How do Sam and Mat solve the problem?
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 11
“I sit in it.”
“Sit in it, Mat!” “Sit in it.” 1
2
“I sat in it.”
“I see it on Mat.”
3
4
Mat sat in it.
“See me sit in it.”
5
6
Sam sat in it.
See Mat. See Sam.
7
8
“I sit in it.”
Mat sat in it.
“I sit in it.”
Sam sat in it. 9
10
“I am Sam. I sit in it.
Sam sat in it.
Sit on me, Mat.”
Mat sat on Sam. 11
12
Book 11: Sam Sat
Sam Sat
New Word sat - Decodable (Lessons 6, 3 and 7) Plot Summary
Mat has finished making a canoe and wants to try it out. Sam wants to try it out, too, but when he tries to sit in the canoe, it tips over. Mat and Sam fight over the canoe and they both end up in the water. Mat and Sam finally solve the problem by having Mat sit on Sam’s head. Story Questions (Comprehension)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
p 1: What is Mat building? p 6: Who comes with Mat when he tries out his boat in the water? p 7: What happens when Sam tries to sit in the boat? p 9: Why are Sam and Mat fighting? p12: How do Sam and Mat solve the problem?
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 11
“I sit in it.”
“Sit in it, Mat!” “Sit in it.” 1
2
“I sat in it.”
“I see it on Mat.”
3
4
Mat sat in it.
“See me sit in it.”
5
6
Sam sat in it.
See Mat. See Sam.
7
8
“I sit in it.”
Mat sat in it.
“I sit in it.”
Sam sat in it. 9
10
“I am Sam. I sit in it.
Sam sat in it.
Sit on me, Mat.”
Mat sat on Sam. 11
12
