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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 Crust and the Frog

  1. Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. Then a duck got the crust.

  1. 1. What did Finn have for the ducks?

    • cake
    • crusts
    • apple

  2. 2. What did the crust land on?

    • leaf
    • fish
    • frog

  3. 3. Where did Finn and Mum go?

    • pond
    • house
    • bus
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

The Crust and the Frog

  1. Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. Then a duck got the crust.

  1. 1. What did Finn fling?

    • a stick
    • a rock
    • a crust

  2. 2. Where did the frog hop?

    • on the grass
    • into the pond
    • in a bag
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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 Crust and the Frog

  1. 1Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. 2Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. 3He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. 4Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. 5The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. 6Then a duck got the crust.

  1. 1. Why did the frog hop into the pond?

    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 Crust and the Frog

  1. Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. Then a duck got the crust.

  1. 1. Who got the crust at the end?

  2. 2. What did the frog do?

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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 Crust and the Frog

  1. Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. Then a duck got the crust.
  • A duck got the crust
  • It landed on a frog
  • Finn flung a crust

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 Crust and the Frog

  1. Finn and Mum went to the pond.
  2. Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  3. He flung a crust at the pond.
  4. Plop! It landed on a frog on a rock!
  5. The frog blinked and hopped into the pond.
  6. Then a duck got the crust.

Draw the frog with a crust on its head.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

The Crust and the Frog · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: pond, crust, flung, landed, blinked · tricky words: to, the, for, he, into

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Finn had a bag of crusts for the ducks.
  2. Yes — the crust landed on a frog.
  3. Yes! Finn and Mum went to the pond.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Finn flung a crust.
  2. Yes! The frog hopped into the pond.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 4. The crust landed on the frog, so it hopped away.

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

  1. A duck got the crust.
  2. It blinked and hopped into the pond.

5. Put it in order

1. Finn flung a crust · 2. It landed on a frog · 3. A duck got the crust

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