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A Mess
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Text © J. Arrowsmith 2019

Illustrated by V. Conway and
J. Arrowsmith
All rights Reserved

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Please make sure that your child can blend cvc

words before starting to read this book.
Do talk to the child about the story as s/he
reads it and relate it to his/her own
experiences wherever possible.
In this book we introduce exclamation marks.
Help the child to say the text with natural
expression.

Tick the circle when you can read these words

of off

Introduction:
Do you like dogs? Let us find out about the dog in
this story.
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Practice reading these words before reading this book.

You can sound them out.

Jiff
off
mess
fuss

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Jiff the dog is in

the mud.
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Jiff is in a mess.
Jiff has got a lot of
mud on him.
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Jiff got on the bed.

Jiff is a bad dog.
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A mess on the bed!

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Get off Jiff!

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Jiff got on Dad.

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A mad dad!
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Jiff get off!

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Jiff got in the

tub.
Jiff got wet.
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fuss
fuss
fuss
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fuss
fuss
fuss

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A big mess!
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Read for fluency. Read these words at least three times until you
can read them easily.

Colour a star each time you read them!

Jiff off mess

get got fuss

mad mud bad

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