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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Back to Front

  1. Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. But the duck is on his back!
  3. The top is on back to front.
  4. Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. Now the duck is on his chest.

  1. 1. What is on Finn's top?

    • duck
    • cat
    • fish

  2. 2. What did Finn put on?

    • top
    • hat
    • socks
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Back to Front

  1. Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. But the duck is on his back!
  3. The top is on back to front.
  4. Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. Now the duck is on his chest.

  1. 1. Where was the duck at first?

    • his back
    • his leg
    • his hat

  2. 2. What was on back to front?

    • the socks
    • the hat
    • the top
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Back to Front

  1. 1Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. 2But the duck is on his back!
  3. 3The top is on back to front.
  4. 4Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. 5Now the duck is on his chest.

  1. 1. Why did Finn get his top off?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Back to Front

  1. Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. But the duck is on his back!
  3. The top is on back to front.
  4. Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. Now the duck is on his chest.

  1. 1. What did Finn do to fix his top?

  2. 2. Where is the duck now?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

Back to Front

  1. Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. But the duck is on his back!
  3. The top is on back to front.
  4. Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. Now the duck is on his chest.
  • Finn puts on his top
  • The duck is on his chest
  • The duck is on his back

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Back to Front

  1. Finn puts on his top with a duck on it.
  2. But the duck is on his back!
  3. The top is on back to front.
  4. Finn gets it off, then spins it.
  5. Now the duck is on his chest.

Draw Finn's top with a big duck on the front.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 2 · Roo Bloom

Back to Front · Level 2 (Two letters, one sound) · focus words: duck, back, chest, then · tricky words: the, his, to, puts, now

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Finn's top has a duck on it.
  2. Yes — Finn put on his top.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! At first the duck was on his back.
  2. Yes — the top was on back to front.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 2 or 3. The top was on back to front, so Finn got it off and spun it.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. He got it off, then spun it.
  2. On his chest.

5. Put it in order

1. Finn puts on his top · 2. The duck is on his back · 3. The duck is on his chest

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.