Book 48: The Fun Fish (I See Sam Series), Guided Reading Questions and Great Reading Certificate

Book 48: The Fun Fish

Review Words
bell, but, has, - Decodable
said - Special Word

Plot Summary
A friendly fun fish plays a silly prank on Mat while he
is on the beach. Mat runs after him, but the fish gets
away. Sam and Mit do not believe Mat when he tells
them about the fun fish. When they do see him, Sam
and Mit play a game with him. The fun fish get away
by jumping in the water.

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.