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Silly Decodable,

Get in Bed, Ted

Have fun with decodable text.

By Janice Behrens | Design by Sarah Leighton
From the October/November 2024 Issue

Learning Objective: Students will decode short vowel CVC words and understand the sequence of events in a story.

Featured Skill: Fluency, Vocabulary,
Common Core Standards
  • RF.1.a Distinguishing features of a sentence RF.1.3 Decoding RF.1.4 Fluency SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative discussions with peers and adults
TEKS Standards
  • English Language Arts
    (2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking—beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to: (B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: (i) decoding words in isolation and in context by applying common letter sound correspondences; (iii) decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables.

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Get in Bed, Ted

Ted is on the rug. 

Get in the bed, Ted.

Ted is not big.

Can he hop up?

Get on top of a box.

Do not tip it.

Ted fell. He did not get up on the bed.

Too bad.

Sit in the net, Ted.

Do you fit?

You do not.

Grab a leg, Ted.

Oh no. It is the dog.

Run, Ted!

Sit, pup.

Set Ted on the bed.

Good job, pup.

You did it.

Ted is on the bed.

The pup is on the bed.

Big hug. 

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English Language Arts Focus

Phonics and Phonological Awareness Fluency

Phonics Focus

Short Vowel CVC Words

Word List

get, bed, Ted, rug, not, big, can, hop bad, top, box, tip, did, sit, net, fit, leg, dog, run, set, job, pup, hug

High-Frequency Words

is, the, too, on, you

Challenge Words

he, do, fell, grab, good

Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
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Implementation

  • Whole group
  • Small group
  • Technology time

Pairings and Text Connections

  • From the Storyworks 1 archive: “Silly Story: Sam the Yam" (September 2022); "Silly Story: Mud Bath" (October/November 2022)
  • Suggested books: Corduroy by Don Freeman; Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Before-Reading Resources

  • Word sounds slideshow (3 minutes) Warm up reading muscles by practicing short vowel CVC words.

Suggested Reading Focus

Phonics and comprehension (20 minutes)

  • Review short vowel sounds. Isolate and practice each one, and discuss the mouth shape when making each short vowel sound. 
  • Practice short vowel patterns by sorting words. On a dry- erase easel, create five columns, one for each vowel. Say the following words aloud and tell students to listen for the short vowel sound in each word: can, bed, sit, top, hug. Once students have identified the vowel sound, practice spelling words as a class as you write it in the proper column.
  • Review high-frequency words from the story. Students can practice reading words with a partner, as a class, or individually.
  • As children read, check comprehension: Where is Ted at the beginning of the story? Where is he trying to go? How does he try to get on the bed? Why does he have to run? How does the dog help? How does he feel at the end of the story?
  • Have students review the story and highlight words with a CVC short vowel pattern. They can practice by reading words aloud.

After-Reading Skills Practice

  • Skills: Short vowel CVC words (15 minutes)

Online Game

Nosey Digs Phonics game (10 minutes) 

  • This interactive game provides fun practice with reading short vowel CVC words.

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