Book 52: The Ant and the Bee (I See Sam Series), Guided Reading Questions, Great Reading Certificate

I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory’s (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books.

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Book 52: The Ant and the Bee

Review Words
bed, bee, Bill, hid - Decodable

Plot Summary

Ben the ant and Bill the Bee play a game of Hide-andSeek.
Bill hides first in a net, then Ben hides in a bus.
Later Ben hides in a bed. When Bill looks for Ben in a
honey jar, he gets stuck inside. He spies Ben nearby
in a bed and calls for help. Ben rescues Bill with a net
and together they enjoy spilled honey from the jar.

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.