A crib to help learners read stories
Print out, and make your own cribs for stories to help learners.
The crib is set out beneath the story on each page, for learners to look at for help when they need it
The simpl spelling for the cribs is set out in the Dictionary Key below
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The Story of the Ugly Duckling
A duck hatched out her eggs,
all except the last, which was the biggest.
At last, it cracked.
Out popped a big ugly duckling.
It looked very different from the other ducklings,although it swam about too,
and followed the mother duck
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But it grew and grew, till the other ducks said, “He is not a duck!”
and chased him away.
So he went to the wild ducks, but they chased him too.
He went to the wild geese, and they said, “You are not a goose.”
The little duckling went away and lived by himself in the long reeds.
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THE UGLI DUK-LING
A duk hachd out her egs,
all ex-ept the last, wich wos the big-est.
At last, it crakd.
Out popd a big ugli duk-ling.
It lookd veri diff-er-ent from the other duk-lings,
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altho it swam about too, and folòd the mother duk.
But it grù and grù, til the other duks sed, “Hè is not a duk!”
and chàsd him awà.
So hè went tù the wìld duks, but thà chàsd him too.
Hè went tù the wìld gees, and thà sed, “U ar not a goos.”
The litl duk-ling went awà and livd bì him-self in the long reeds.
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In the winter, the duckling was very cold and hungry and lonely.
Then spring came, and he saw some beautiful swans swimming by.
He thought he had never seen any birds as beautiful.
He felt so ugly, he hid deeper in the rushes.
But the swans saw him, and called, “Come and join us!”
“Oh no,” sobbed the Ugly Duckling, “I am too ugly to be seen with such beautiful birds as you.”
“Ugly!” said the swans, “Nonsense! You are a fine swan indeed.
Look in the water and see your reflection.”
He looked in the water – and saw that he had grown up into a swan too!
He had a long white neck and a stately head.
“I’m not an Ugly Duckling any more!” he cried, “I am a swan!”
And he swam out and joined his friends, the other swans.
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In the win-ter, the duk-ling wos veri còld and hung-gri and lòn-li.
Then spring càm, and he saw som bùt-iful swons swim-ing by.
He thot he had never seen eni berds as bùt-iful.
He felt so ug-li, he hid deep-er in the rush-es.
But the swans saw him, and cauld, “Com and join us!”
“O no,” sobd the Ugli Dukling, “I am too ugli tu be seen with such bùt-iful berds as u.”
“Ugli!” sed the swons, “Non-sens! U ar a fìne swon in-deed. Look in the wauter and see yur ref-lec-tion.”
He lookd in the wauter – and saw that he had grò-n up intu a swon too!
He had a long whìt nek and a stàt-li hed.
“I’m not an Ugli Dukling eni mor !” he crìd, “I am a swon!”
And he swam out and joind his frends, the other swons.
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Dictionary Pronunciation Guide and Beginners Spelling
1 Consonants
b-bat |
c-cat |
d-dog |
f-fan |
g-gun |
h-hat |
j-jet |
k-bak |
l-let |
m-man |
n-net |
p-pig |
r-rat |
s-sun |
t-tub |
v-van |
w-web |
y-yak |
z-zip |
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| ch - chip |
sh- ship |
th- that thin |
zh - vizhon |
ng - sing |
nk - tank |
2 vowels
a - man |
e - men |
i - pig |
o - dog |
u - sun
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à- màking |
è- Pèter |
ì- chìld |
ò- gòld |
ù – emù |
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ar - cart |
aa- bazaar |
er - barber |
ur - fur |
air - hair |
au- taut |
or - port |
ou - out |
oi - boil |
oo - moon |
uu- buuk |
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Stress is shown by dubld letters or underlining when needed e.g. umbrella
rr shows short vowel as in carrot
ur shows stressed vowel as in perturb
final a as in banana
If grav accents are not possible for long vowels, use ae ee ie oe ue
additional letters can be used - qu - quiz, x -f ox
voiced 'th' as in 'this' can be distinguished by say outline font or color , eg 'this' for English-language learners
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MAKING
PRINT
MORE INTERESTING
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Turnabout reading book
- The
Story of the Old Gray Man. pdf to download
'Cluey' reading and
spelling books - The
Magic Migrant
'Hi-Lite'
print ideas- Calendar
of the Months -
Multi-level reading book
- The Travels of Maldun
(to come)
A different magic story
- The QCumber Shop - to
come
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LITERACY INNOVATIONS
for
ENGLISH
STUDIES |
A junior book of Social inventing - non-fiction creative writing and reading. Constructive
literacy
Junior book of
Quotations
Shakespeare in
Quotations - Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Marlowe's Dr Faustus
Aladdin's
Wonderful Grammar
Recommended reading -
Arthur
Mee's
Children's Encyclopedia
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WEB-SITES
and WEB PAGES
on literacy,
writing systems and spelling
that can be down-loaded and copied
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Index
pages
Preparing to read through preschool play. Video of a Scottish nursery school - http://www.ozreadandspell.com.au/playtoread.htm
Learning the ABC with a free play picture chart. Video of developmental stages - http://www.ozreadandspell.com.au/abcplay.htm
Literacy
ideas:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/litpage.html
Writing
systems of the world -
http://home.vicnet.net.au/writintro.htmSpelling
alternativs
-
home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spelling.htmLearning
styles of
older failing learners:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/lernstyl.htm
Paired
reading - how
to really help learners by reading with them - 'how'
is important: -
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/lpaired.htm
Making print more
interesting and helpful
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/lprinth.htm
Unintentional
classroom barriers to literacy
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These copyright literacy
innovations can be freely downloaded and copied for teaching and
learning
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