The Red Hen: Decodable Reader (Stage 2)
Free printable decodable reading passage, "The Red Hen", strictly limited to the phonics taught by Stage 2: All five short vowels (CVC). It is fully decodable for early readers, with large print and simple comprehension questions. Print as a PDF.
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Kindergarten · Reading worksheet
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Decodable Reader: The Red Hen
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 2: All five short vowels (CVC). Every word can be sounded out using only the phonics taught up to this stage: the remaining short vowels e, o and u, so every short-vowel CVC word is now readable (bed, dog, sun). 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.
Peg is a red hen. Peg sat on a big log. The sun is up. A fox ran to the hen. The fox is a bad fox. Peg ran to a box. The fox did not get Peg.
- 1.What colour is Peg the hen?
- 2.Who ran to the hen?
- 3.Where did Peg run to?
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