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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.

Stack and Crash

  1. Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. They stacked them up and up.
  3. The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.

  1. 1. What did Jin and Rosa have?

    • puzzle
    • blocks
    • ball

  2. 2. Who ran past the stack?

    • cat
    • dog
    • rabbit
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Stack and Crash

  1. Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. They stacked them up and up.
  3. The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.

  1. 1. What is the cat's name?

    • Puff
    • Fluff
    • Fizz

  2. 2. Where did the blocks fall?

    • in the box
    • on the rug
    • on the bed
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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.

Stack and Crash

  1. 1Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. 2They stacked them up and up.
  3. 3The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. 4Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. 5Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. 6Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.

  1. 1. Why did the blocks fall?

    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.

Stack and Crash

  1. Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. They stacked them up and up.
  3. The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.

  1. 1. How tall was the stack?

  2. 2. What did Jin and Rosa do after the crash?

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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.

Stack and Crash

  1. Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. They stacked them up and up.
  3. The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.
  • The stack got tall
  • Crash! The blocks fell
  • Fluff ran past

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.

Stack and Crash

  1. Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. They stacked them up and up.
  3. The stack was as tall as Jin!
  4. Then Rosa's cat, Fluff, ran past and bumped it.
  5. Crash! The blocks fell on the rug.
  6. Jin and Rosa grinned and stacked them up again.

Draw Fluff the cat running past the tall stack.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Stack and Crash · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: blocks, stack, fluff, past, crash · tricky words: they, the, as, was, again

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Jin and Rosa had a box of blocks.
  2. Yes — Fluff the cat ran past.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! The cat's name is Fluff.
  2. Yes — the blocks fell on the rug.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 4. Fluff the cat ran past and bumped the stack, so it fell with a crash.

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

  1. It was as tall as Jin.
  2. They grinned and stacked them up again.

5. Put it in order

1. The stack got tall · 2. Fluff ran past · 3. Crash! The blocks fell

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