Book 42: Fun with the Sheet (I See Sam Series), Guided Reading Questions, Great Reading Certificate

Book 42: Fun with the Sheet

Review Words
to, was - Special Word
met, hit - Decodable

Plot Summary
Will’s sheet is muddy so he hangs it on the line. He beats
the sheet with his trunk to get the dirt out. Ann and Sam
help him, but the sheet falls down on them. Mit joins
them and they decide to wash the sheet in the well. The
sheet slips into the well and falls on a fish. When the
animals get the sheet out, they wring it and hang it up
to dry. When the sheet has dried, the animals have fun
tossing Will up and down on it.

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.

The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970’s. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.