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Level 3 · Blends · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

The Blob Fish

  1. Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. Now the blob is a fish that can swim!

  1. 1. What did Leo have?

    • blue paint
    • red paint
    • yellow paint

  2. 2. What did the blob turn into?

    • fish
    • bird
    • frog
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

The Blob Fish

  1. Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. Now the blob is a fish that can swim!

  1. 1. What spilt on the paper?

    • glue
    • milk
    • blue paint

  2. 2. Who had a plan?

    • Mum
    • Leo
    • Ana
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

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

The answer can be hiding in the story.

The Blob Fish

  1. 1Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. 2His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. 3Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. 4Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. 5Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. 6Now the blob is a fish that can swim!

  1. 1. Why did the paint spill?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

The Blob Fish

  1. Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. Now the blob is a fish that can swim!

  1. 1. What did Ana say to add?

  2. 2. How did Leo feel about the big blob?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

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

The Blob Fish

  1. Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. Now the blob is a fish that can swim!
  • Ana had a plan
  • The blob is a fish
  • Blue paint spilt

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 3 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

The Blob Fish

  1. Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. His hand hit the pot, and it tipped.
  3. Splat! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  4. Leo was upset by the big blob.
  5. Then Ana had a plan: "Add fins!"
  6. Now the blob is a fish that can swim!

Draw a blue blob with fins that turns into a fish.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

The Blob Fish · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: hand, splat, spilt, upset, blob, swim · tricky words: his, the, was, blue, paper, by, now

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Leo had a pot of blue paint.
  2. Yes — the blob is now a fish that can swim.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! Blue paint spilt on his paper.
  2. Yes — Ana had a plan.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 2. Leo's hand hit the pot and it tipped, so the paint spilt.

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

  1. Add fins!
  2. Leo was upset.

5. Put it in order

1. Blue paint spilt · 2. Ana had a plan · 3. The blob is a fish

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