The Shiny Trophy

Phonics School & Home ShinyTTherophy Focus: New spellings for known sounds



Phonics School & Home The Shiny Trophy

The Shiny Trophy This edition copyright © 2022 Scholastic Canada Ltd. 175 Hillmount Road, Markham, Ontario, Canada, L6C 1Z7 First published in the UK by Scholastic Education in 2021. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders for the works reproduced in this publication, and the publishers apologize for any inadvertent omissions. Author Alice Hemming Editorial team Rachel Morgan, Vicki Yates, Fiona Undrill, Liz Evans Design team Dipa Mistry, Justin Hoffmann, Andrea Lewis, We Are Grace Illustrations Alex Patrick/The Bright Agency Scholastic ebook edition 9781443077019 Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support is appreciated. Can you spot the meerkat on 10 pages?

Help your students read! This book practises these letters and letter sounds. Point and say the sounds with your students: y (as in ‘shiny’) ea (as in ‘head’) wh (as in ‘whirls’) oe (as in ‘toe’) y (as in ‘fly’) ow (as in ‘show’) g (as in ‘gentle’) ph (as in ‘trophy’) le (as in ‘gentle’) c (as in ‘circle’) ve (as in ‘have’) or (as in ‘worry’) se (as in ‘ease’) Your students may need help reading these common tricky words: of says today the who should to what do they water there was all different thoughts were put oh are Before reading • Look at the cover picture and read the title together. Read the back cover blurb to your students. • Ask: Have you ever won anything? How did it make you feel? During reading • If your students get stuck on a word, remind them to sound it out and then blend the sounds to read the word: h-ea-d, head. • If they are still stuck, show them how to read the word. • Enjoy looking at the pictures together. Pause to talk about the story. After reading • Ask: Who do you think was the best performer? Why? • Ask: Who won the final in the end? 3

Today is the day the experts decide who should win the big trophy. It’s so shiny! I can see my face in it! 4

Shake It Show The Grand Final! 5

Little Lesley takes to the stage and gets a massive welcome! clap clap 6

Lesley leaps. She bounces. She turns a cartwheel It’s an excellent then spins on her head. performance! 7

What do you think, experts? 8

The first expert loves the head spins. “They must take lots of practice,” she says. There was a lot of energy on stage. And a lot of hair gel. 9

Phil Feathers is next. He gets ready and tiptoes onto the stage with ease. 10

He whirls in a circle. He rolls his shoulders and ruffles his wings. Fluffy feathers blow about like snow. 11

The experts all have different thoughts about Phil Feathers. Not a toe out of place. 12

Well, there were feathers but he didn’t fly. Very gentle but a little boring. 13

Next, please make some noise for Eve Tappy! 14

But Eve refuses to put a single foot on stage. It’s covered with sticky gel and sweaty feathers. It’s horrible! 15

Joe the handyman arrives. “Don’t worry!” he says. “I’ll soon get that mopped up!” He gets some soapy water. 16

The music plays. Joe whizzes across the stage, mopping as he goes. But he accidentally whacks the bucket. 17

Joe’s in trouble! He hasn’t seen the water and bubbles. He slips in the giant puddle and stumbles. Oh no! 18

He tumbles head over heels. Then he throws himself onto his hands and finishes upside down. Whoops! 19

The experts are excited. Did he just fly? What a surprise! 20

Joe wins the final and the trophy. The others are given medals. 21

Joe loves his trophy and promises to keep it shiny. 22

I’ll fill it with bubbles. It can replace my bucket! 23

Retell the story 24



Phonics Focus: New spellings School & Home for known sounds The Shiny Trophy Decodable with tricky words written by Alice Hemming School & Home Set 11 illustrated by Alex Patrick It’s the day of the dancing competition and there’s an unexpected winner of the shiny trophy. Other titles in Set 11: Practise: new spellings for known sounds Move to Set 12: Practise: new spellings for known sounds