Jolly Phonics Aligned Decodable Reading Cards
Author: Alexis Hector
Graphics and formatting:
Michaela Janse van Rensburg
Printing instructions:
• Print two slides per sheet
• In portrait orientation
• Print back to back for questions to be on
the flip side of the reading card. Print
back to back from slide 4 onwards.
Meet the characters:
Tas.... the boy
Nat... the girl
Dad....
Mom....
Gruff.... the dog Sniff.... the cat
Sets 1- 4
Group 6 sounds:
y, x, ch, sh, th (voiced), th (unvoiced)
Tricky words:
come, here, said, you, he, I, the,
was, she, to, were, my, a, we, all
My dog Gruff. Woof!
Woof!
Woof, woof, woof, went Gruff. “Come here Woof!
Gruff,” said Tas. Gruff ran off. No, Gruff,
no! Gruff jumps and jumps. “Come back,
come back,” said Tas. No Gruff, you must
not grab the soft rag. He let it go. Gruff
. gets a red blanket. He rips it. No Gruff you
must not do that. Gruff ran off. He went
down the road. Tas felt sad. Come here
Gruff so that I can hug you. “You are my
best dog Gruff,” said Tas.
Getting fit.
“My plan was to get fit,” said Nat. We
ran off to the track. Tas ran at a
speed. He went fast. I went to the left
up the steep hill. “Run on the track
Nat,” said Dad. Dad took a jog on the
track. We went to hop in a sack.
Gruff bit the sack. “No, Gruff, no” I
said. We left the sack on the track
and we skid to the end of the track.
Oral reading comprehension questions.
Group 6 sounds: y x ch sh th th
What is in the story? What sound is missing?
1. What kind of animal is Gruff?
How do you know that? _ruff _ad
2. Name 2 things that Gruff did.
3. Where did he run to? r_g w__f
What do you think?
I can read my tricky words:
4. How did Tas feel when Gruff left?
come, here, said, you, he, I
5. Why do you think Gruff ran away from Tas?
Oral reading comprehension questions.
Group 6 sounds: y x ch sh th th
What is in the story?
What sound is missing?
1. Where did the children do their exercises?
2. Why did they go to the track? sa__ tra__
3. Who ran the fastest?
gru__ j_g
4. What did the children do with the sack?
What do you think?
I can read my tricky words:
5. What do you do to get fit?
my, said, we, to, a, the, I
The shop
“Let us go to the shops,” said Mum.
Off we go! “Look at this silk dress,” said Nat.
“You can get it,” said Mum.
Nat took off to fit on the dress.
Did it fit? “Yes Mum, it did,” she said.
Look at this big black box. They saw ten
sweets in the box. Can I get some sweets?
“Yes, you can Tas,” said Mum.
“Let us get some chips,” said Dad. “No,
we must go,” said Mum. “Come let us go,” said
Dad. We paid and left the shop.
We went for a swim.
The pond was next to their tent. They ran to
the pond. “Jump in,” said Dad. They swam in the
hot sun. “This is such fun,” they said. Gruff the
dog swam too. Dad swam past them. “No, Dad,
do not swim so fast,” said Mum. Sniff the cat
cannot swim and she ran off. “Come back
Sniff,” said Tas. Tas swam to his mom. “Do not
go there,” Dad said. Tas swam fast. He was
tired. Dad had to help Tas to swim to the end.
They had such fun in the sun!
Oral reading comprehension questions.
Group 6 sounds: y x ch sh th th
What is in the story?
What sound is missing?
1. Where did Nat and Mom go?
dre__ m_m
2. Which shop did they go to first?
3. Describe the dress.
__op da_
4. What did Dad want to buy?
What do you think?
I can read my tricky words:
5. What shop would you like to visit? you, come, here, a, said, she,
was
Oral reading comprehension questions.
Group 6 sounds: y x ch sh th th
What is in the story?
What sound is missing?
1. Where was the pond?
2. Which animal swam with them? g_uff t_nt
3 Which animal did not want to swim?
4. Why did Dad help Tas to swim to the end? _niff _ond
5. How did everybody feel after the big swim?
What do you think?
I can read my tricky words:
6. Where else can you go for a swim?
the, was, said, she, come,
here, to, were
Nat’s tooth
Nat had to yell. Her big tooth
hurt. “Nat did you shout,” said
Mum. “Come here,” said Mum.
“She had such a big sweet,”
said Tas. Nat is a bad kid. She
had a big sweet. Mum sent Nat
to bed. She cried and she was
in pain.
Oral reading comprehension questions.
Group 6 sounds: y x ch sh th th
What is in the story?
What sound is missing?
1. Why did Nat yell?
2. Why was she in so much pain? s_eet N_t
3. Why was Nat such a bad child?
too__ crie_
4. Where did Mum send her?
5. Give another word for shout.
What do you think? I can read my tricky words:
to, you a, she, said, was
6. Have you ever experienced toothache?
Describe how you felt.
