Marie Cirano
Little Boy Wants a Fish
language
(Third Press Jan. 10, 2012)
With simple words, cute pictures and practice flashcards, this book is a great way to get your child started with reading. Over 90% of the words in this book are either sight words or sight nouns (also known as Dolch sight words, Fry Words, High Frequency Words, Start Words or even Wall Words). Other words used in the book are familiar words that will be easy for your child to sound out.
Words In This Book:
- Sight Words: a, about, and, are, as, asked, be big, but, can, clean, could, do, does, don’t, fun, get, got, him, his, how, I, in, is, it, know, like, little, live, me, my, no, not, on, play, ride, said, sing, sit, small, that, the, they, to, too, want, what, why, with, would, you
- Sight Nouns: bear, bird, boy, cat, duck, fish, horse, pig, sister, water
- Other Words: deer, maybe, mud, pet, turtle
Plus, to help your child practice reading, every word used in this story is included as a separate Flashcard at the end of the book. You can use these cards to check your child’s mastery of the words contained in the book.
* Spoiler Alert: * The story is about a little boy who wants a fish. His sister suggests various other animals (bear, cat, bird, deer) but in the end, he gets a fish.