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Level 5 · Vowel teams · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Zara the Snail

  1. Today is the day of the school play.
  2. Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. All the mums and dads clap.
  8. Zara waves her feelers at them.

  1. 1. What did Zara dress up as?

    • frog
    • butterfly
    • snail

  2. 2. What socks did Zara put on?

    • red socks
    • grey socks
    • pink socks

  3. 3. Where did Zara stick her feelers?

    • hat
    • scarf
    • shoes
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Zara the Snail

  1. Today is the day of the school play.
  2. Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. All the mums and dads clap.
  8. Zara waves her feelers at them.

  1. 1. What was on today?

    • a bike race
    • the school play
    • a picnic

  2. 2. Who painted the shell?

    • Dad
    • Mum
    • Zara
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

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

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Zara the Snail

  1. 1Today is the day of the school play.
  2. 2Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. 3She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. 4Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. 5Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. 6On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. 7All the mums and dads clap.
  8. 8Zara waves her feelers at them.

  1. 1. Why did Zara creep slowly on the stage?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Zara the Snail

  1. Today is the day of the school play.
  2. Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. All the mums and dads clap.
  8. Zara waves her feelers at them.

  1. 1. How do you know the mums and dads liked the play?

  2. 2. What did Zara do at the end?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

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

Zara the Snail

  1. Today is the day of the school play.
  2. Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. All the mums and dads clap.
  8. Zara waves her feelers at them.
  • Zara puts on grey socks
  • Zara waves her feelers
  • Mum paints a shell
  • Zara creeps like a snail

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 5 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Zara the Snail

  1. Today is the day of the school play.
  2. Zara must dress up as a snail.
  3. She puts on a grey top and grey socks.
  4. Mum paints a big shell for her back.
  5. Zara sticks two feelers on her hat.
  6. On the stage, Zara creeps slowly.
  7. All the mums and dads clap.
  8. Zara waves her feelers at them.

Draw Zara dressed up as a snail.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Zara the Snail · Level 5 (Vowel teams) · focus words: snail, paints, play, feelers, creeps, slowly · tricky words: today, the, of, she, her, puts, all, school, two

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Zara dressed up as a snail.
  2. Yes — Zara put on grey socks.
  3. Yes! Zara stuck two feelers on her hat.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — today was the day of the school play.
  2. Yes! Mum painted a big shell for Zara's back.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 2. Zara was dressed up as a snail, and snails go slowly.

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

  1. They all clap.
  2. She waves her feelers at them.

5. Put it in order

1. Zara puts on grey socks · 2. Mum paints a shell · 3. Zara creeps like a snail · 4. Zara waves her feelers

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