ShortOriginal decodable reading
A Pet at the Vet
Short E passage · Short E CVC words and -et 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
A Pet at the Vet
Teaching note: Read once for accuracy, then reread for smoother phrasing and meaning.
Read it twice
Meg took her pet hen to the vet. The hen was wet and did not want to get up from its bed of grass.
The vet let Meg set the hen in a dry nest. He said, “Let the pet rest. Then check if it can peck and step.”
At the next check, the hen had pep again. Meg was glad to get her pet and head home.
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.
- Why did Meg take the hen to the vet?
- Where did the vet put the hen?
- How did the hen seem at the next check?
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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