ShortOriginal decodable reading
The Big Fig
Short I passage · CVC words and -ig family
This controlled text gives a learner a meaningful reason to apply already taught spellings. Preview the target words before reading, then reread for smoothness and meaning.
Before reading
Preview the focus words
Read each word from left to right. Say the vowel sound, blend the word, and briefly explain any word that is new.
Keep the reading tightly matched to this spelling pattern.
Enough connected text to practise phrasing without overload.
Answer from the printed passage, not from a guess.
Read and understand
The Big Fig
Teaching note: Read once for accuracy, then reread for smoother phrasing and meaning.
Read it twice
Tim saw a big fig on a twig. His pig did a jig and ran to the fig tree.
Tim did not let the pig dig by the tree. He put one fig in a tin and set the tin in a bin.
The pig sat with Tim. They had a bit of fig, then went in.
Talk about the text
Check understanding
Ask the learner to point to the sentence that gives each answer. This keeps comprehension tied to the words on the page.
- Where was the fig?
- What did Tim put in the tin?
- What did the pig do at the end?
Read, spell, transfer
Five-minute word work
Find two focus words with the same ending or vowel pattern. Read them, then write them in a pair.
Choose one focus word. Change its first sound and decide whether the new word is real.
Say one sentence from the text. Let the learner write it, then compare each sound-spelling choice with the printed sentence.
Offline practice
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