A decodable story · Digraphs: two letters, one sound
The White Whale
A whale's song gets a fish choir.
28 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 the whale?
What can the whale do?
What is the song like?
Who wishes to sing the song?
What do the whale and the fish do at the end?
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:
The white whale is big.
The whale can sing.
The song is long.
The fish wish to sing the song.
The whale and the fish sing and sing.
Words to warm up first: whale · white · song · fish
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Related resources
Worksheet
The White Whale — worksheet
The story, questions with one right answer, four sentences to order and a box to draw in.