ShortGarden Detectives · Case 7
The Pink Ink Clue
Short I · Level 1
Short I CVC words and the -in, -ink, and -it families
Before reading
Open the case file
Hear the focus words
Read and investigate
The Pink Ink Clue
Natural read-along narration · AmeliaPress Read with Amelia, or choose a sentence to begin.
Pip the chick had a list in pink ink. The list was for a garden gift. Pip set it by a tin bin. Then the list went missing.
A pink drip led from the bin to a big fig. Pip and Sam checked the fig. The list was stuck to its skin. A gust had flipped the list into a wet ink dish.
Then it had hit the fig. Pip let the list sit in the sun to dry. The pink ink clue had solved the case.
Check the evidence
Can you solve the case?
Choose the answer that is supported by the story.
What really happened?
A gust flipped the list through wet pink ink and onto a fig.
For adults
Use evidence, not guesses
Ask the learner to point to the sentence that proves each answer. If decoding is effortful, reread one paragraph at a time. A fluent second reading is more valuable than rushing to the next story.