ShortGarden Detectives · Case 17
The Red Net Clue
Short E · Level 4
Cumulative Short E review with final blends and a tested explanation
Before reading
Open the case file
Hear the focus words
Read and investigate
The Red Net Clue
Natural read-along narration · AmeliaPress Read with Amelia, or choose a sentence to begin.
Meg kept a red net on two pegs by the shed. The light net helped protect a young plant bed. One hot day, the net was not on the pegs. It rested at the end of the bed.
Meg inspected the wet ground. Both pegs still stood, but one had bent. A line of wet marks led from the shed. A hose had been left beside the bed.
A small split in the hose sent out a thin jet. When the tap was on, the jet hit the light net. The wet net slipped from the bent peg. Each new spray pressed it farther across the bed.
Meg shut the tap and fixed the split. She reset the net with stronger pegs.
Check the evidence
Can you solve the case?
Choose the answer that is supported by the story.
What really happened?
Water from a split hose struck the light net. The net slipped from a bent peg, and repeated sprays pressed it across the bed.
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.