A decodable story · Short vowels: CVC families
The Red Hat
A hat falls in a pan — and a hen wants it.
25 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 colour is Ben's hat?
Where did the hat fall?
Who wants the wet hat?
Where did Ben and the hen sit?
0 of 4 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:
Ben has a red hat.
The hat fell in the pan.
A hen wants the wet hat!
Ben and the hen sat in the sun.
Words to warm up first: hat · red · hen · fell
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Related resources
Worksheet
The Red Hat — worksheet
The story, questions with one right answer, four sentences to order and a box to draw in.