Pat and his pals are back with another book from the Pat & Pals series! And this time, it’s a collection of four hilarious stories in a vibrantly illustrated graphic novel, Can Ten Fish Fit in a Cup? & Other Tales: A Decodable Graphic Novel.
These stories include decodable text based on a limited number of previously learned phonics skills, making it perfect for readers who have mastered decoding consonant-vowel- consonant (cvc) words, as well as words with consonant blends, digraphs, -ng, -ng, and suffix-s. Alongside these comical, decodable stories, this book includes sections designed to assist educators and parents. These sections feature vocabulary words, questions to develop inferencing and comprehension, and suggestions for connecting reading and writing.
Scope & Sequence for Can Ten Fish Fit in a Cup?
Readers who have learned to sound out closed syllables can read most of this graphic novel independently. A closed syllable has a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant.
Examples: CVC (consonant-short vowel- consonant words: sad, got, and big) and VC (short vowel-consonant words: on, and it). Included are closed syllables with these concepts:
Included are closed syllables with these concepts:
- digraphs: ch, ck, sh, th, wh (examples: thud, pick, shell, then, back)
- double consonants: 1, f, s, z, all (examples: Jill, mess, off, kiss, call)
- suffix -s (examples: bugs, legs, lids, pals, dogs)
- ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk (examples: bang, bring, thank, wink, think)
- consonant blends CVCC and CCVC (examples: drip, spit, pant, bump)
- possessive and contractions (examples: let’s, Bud’s, chick’s)
This graphic novel also has “sticky words” or words with irregular spellings or phonics spellings that have not been learned.
