Ken the Kid

Phonics School & Home Ken the Kid Focus: g o c k ck e u r h l



Phonics School & Home Ken the Kid

Ken the Kid 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 Charlotte Raby Editorial team Rachel Morgan, Tracy Kewley, Liz Evans Design team Dipa Mistry, We Are Grace Illustrations Mette Engell Scholastic ebook edition 9781443076678 Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support is appreciated.

Help your students read! This book practises these letters and letter sounds. Point and say the sounds with your students: g o ck c k e u r h l Your students may need help reading this common tricky word: the Before reading • Look at the cover picture and read the title together. Read the back cover blurb to your students. • Check that your students know that a kid is a baby goat. Ask: What might Ken do in this story? 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: k-i-ck, kick. • 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: What did Ken try to do? What went wrong? • Ask: How did Red try to make Ken feel better? (with a hug) Can you spot the mouse on 6 pages? 3

Red hen met Ken the kid. 4

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Ken can kick the rock. 6

Red can peck. 7

Ken can hop on a log. peck 8

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Ken can run. 10

hop 11

Ken can get the lid. 12

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Red can hug Ken. 14

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Retell the story 16



Phonics Focus sounds: School & Home g o c k ck eurhl Ken the Kid Decodable with tricky words written by Charlotte Raby School & Home Set 2 illustrated by Mette Engell Ken the goat plays in the farmyard. Red the hen tries to keep out of the way. Other titles in Set 2: Practise these sounds: g o c k ck e u r h b f l Move to Set 3: Practise these sounds: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz