Chip the Fish: Decodable Reader (Stage 3)
Free printable decodable reading passage, "Chip the Fish", strictly limited to the phonics taught by Stage 3: Consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, ck, ng, ll, ss). It is fully decodable for early readers, with large print and simple comprehension questions. Print as a PDF.
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Decodable Reader: Chip the Fish
Read the story out loud, sounding out each word. Then answer the questions together. A grown-up can read the questions aloud.
For the grown-up: Decodable reader, Stage 3: Consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, ck, ng, ll, ss). Every word can be sounded out using only the phonics taught up to this stage: consonant digraphs (two letters, one sound): sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng, and the double-letter endings ll, ss, ff, zz. The only exceptions are the permitted heart words (learned by sight): the, a, i, to, of, was, he, she, we, me, be, go, no, so, do, you, my, by, are, they, said, put, her, here, there, come, some, one, all, into.
Beth has a fish in a dish. The fish is Chip. Chip is a red fish. Beth put a shell in the dish. Then Chip hid by the shell. Beth had a wish to get a pal fish. She got one. This fish is Rich. Rich is a pal. Chip is not sad.
- 1.What is Beth's fish called?
- 2.What did Beth put in the dish?
- 3.What did Beth wish to get?
- 4.What is the new fish called?
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