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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

 

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

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.

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, 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.

 

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.

 

See also
Help in reading, spelling and vocabulary - Ozreadandspell.com.au
Index of 22 lessons
Tests that teach
Index of pages on literacy

MAKING PRINT MORE INTERESTING

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

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

SELF-HELP in READING, SPELLING & VOCABULARY

Ozreadandspell.com.au Help Yourself To Read Or Find Out Where You Got Stuck'. Half-hour cartoon take-home DVD/video/CD literacy program for all ages. The hundred most common words - know them and you can read half of almost anything Literacy comic for understanding reading and spellingThe Latin root game of BABL to improve vocabulary, playing with Latin and Greek prefixes, roots and affixes A check-list about the writing system, for reading and spelling - What I knew already and what I found outA set of twenty two lessonsSpelling Day October 9 Project for a whole school - Make your own video 'Help yourself to read or find out where you got stuck' Dream-Time Dilly-Bag. Indigenous cartoon literacy overview project. Word Jigsaws A little book of structured spelling Spelling games and curiosities

TESTS THAT TEACH Self-testing that helps the learner and the teacher

Tests that teach - handbook Silent reading test The shocker comprehension test anyone can try The sixteen-word spelling test Classroom barriers to literacy - check-list for teachers A test of holiday forgetting Reading new words

WEB-SITES and WEB PAGES on literacy, writing systems and spelling that can be down-loaded and copied

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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