This is a decodable book that tells the story of Hansel and Gretel and gives students lots of practice reading words with hard and soft C and hard and soft G. The reader builds fluency, phonics, and comprehension skills. It includes companion worksheets and literacy center activities.
 
This resource includes:
20-page decodable reader
Pictures to glue into the reader
3 worksheets
16 word/picture cards
Answer keys
 
Students will practice reading words containing hard and soft C and G. There are also many common sight words in the story.
 
DECODABLE READER
To complete the book, students will:
Read a list a sight words found in the story, checking off the ones they know
Read the target letter sounds (C and G)
Read the story of Hansel and Gretel
Highlight words in the story with the target letter sounds
Add pictures to the story that support the text (cut and glue)
Re-read the story to build fluency
Answer comprehension questions about the story
Record words they highlighted, sorting by phonics pattern
 
Skills include:
reading words with hard and soft C & G in context and isolation
recalling story details
sequencing story events
using context clues to understand unfamiliar words
identifying cause and effect
 
WORD CARDS
Each card includes a picture and a word from the story that contains either a C or G. The words have elkonin boxes in place of the target letter. Students say the word and determine what letter is missing. These cards can be laminated and used with dry erase markers in your reading centers. Includes 16 cards.
 
WORKSHEETS
Worksheet 1 - Students read and sort words with hard and soft C.
Worksheet 2 - Students read and sort words with hard and soft G.
Worksheet 3 - Student record words in the story that contain C or G and sort them by the sound they make.
 
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