The Big Wind: Decodable Reader (Stage 4)
Free printable decodable reading passage, "The Big Wind", strictly limited to the phonics taught by Stage 4: Consonant blends (stop, hand, jump). It is fully decodable for early readers, with large print and simple comprehension questions. Print as a PDF.
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Decodable Reader: The Big Wind
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 4: Consonant blends (stop, hand, jump). Every word can be sounded out using only the phonics taught up to this stage: blending two adjacent consonants at the start (bl, st, tr, sn) and the end (nd, mp, st, nk) of a word, with no new letters, just harder blending. 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, for, friend.
It was a big wind. The wind went past the tents and the flags. Brad held his hat. His best flag went up and up. It got stuck up on top of the shed. Brad felt sad. Then his friend Glen ran up. Glen got a long stick. They got the flag back. Brad and Glen felt glad.
- 1.What went past the tents and flags?
- 2.What did Brad hold?
- 3.Where did the flag get stuck?
- 4.Who helped Brad get the flag?
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