A decodable story · Short vowels: CVC families
Pip the Bat
A tiny bat naps, zips about, and is not scary at all.
36 words · ≈ 2 min · ages 5–9
- Age
- Ages 5–9
- Skill
- Reading · Phonics
- Time
- 2 min
- Format
- On screen
Words to warm up first
Tap any word to hear it; the speaker button reads one line, “Read me the story” reads the whole story line by line.
Questions about the story
Read the story first, then tap an answer. The speaker button reads the question aloud.
What is Pip?
Where does Pip have a nap?
Who sat on the mat?
What can Pip do?
Where did the cat run?
0 of 5 right
Retell it
Tap the sentences in the order they happen in the story. Tap a placed one to take it back.
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Words to know
Each word opens its picture-dictionary page, with the picture, the sound and the spelling.
The worksheet: story, questions and answers
One to print for each child: the story, these same questions, the retell as a numbering task, a box to draw in and an upside-down answer key.
Open the worksheet →Print the story
Or print just the story, in big letters:
Pip is a bat.
Pip has a nap in the sun.
A cat sat on the mat.
Pip can zip! Zip, zip, zip!
The cat ran to the hut.
Pip is not big. Pip is fun!
Words to warm up first: bat · nap · zip · hut
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Related resources
Worksheet
Pip the Bat — worksheet
The story, questions with one right answer, four sentences to order and a box to draw in.
Flashcards
Sh Words (Digraph): List & Games for Kids
Digraphs: two letters, one sound · ship, shop, fish