Dona and Jack
do Tricks
Titus Kazungu
Dona and Jack do Tricks
Published in 2019 by
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ISBN - 978-9966-115-46-1
How to use the book
Target letters
Starters
Sight words
Rhyme grid
Assist the reader to identify the following:
1. Starters i.e. simple words mainly two and three letter words which are
easy to sound out.
2. Sight words i.e are either high frequency/common words which need
to be learnt so as to support the story reading. They may be words
which cannot be sounded out as well.
3. Rhyming grid i.e. words that rhyme to help learners sound out/decode
before they read the story book. These words start with three letter
words and grow into four and five letter words.
m, a, t, e, s, l, p, f, h, n, b, r, g, c, w, d, ck,
-ope, -ape, -ipe, -ate, -ite & -ute
if in be an is up am of
it at as us on ape ate
has called the likes and
hatch with more quick
pope did mite sack mate fit
hope hid cite pack late bit
cope lid rite lack fate kit
dope rid
site rack
hate sit
rope bid
bite back
rate hit
gate lit
iv
pop pope
hop hope
hid hide
rid ride
sit site
bit bite
Minimal pairs
v
Before reading
You can take the reader through the following activities and have
him/her answer the questions before you start reading the story.
1. What is the title of the story?
2. What is the name of the author?
3. Take a picture walk through the book. What do you see?
4. From looking at the pictures, what do you think the story is
about?
During reading
You can take the reader through the following activities as you
read the story.
1. Build fluency through activities like repeat reading.
2. Put emphasis on vocabulary.
3. Ask questions after every page of reading.
4. Encourage prediction as you move along.
After reading
You can take the reader through the following activities after you
read the story.
1. Check whether their prediction was correct.
2. Ask the reader to retell the story.
3. Ask the reader to dramatize the story
Suggestions for the use of the book
with the teacher or guardian.
1
Dona has a cute dog call ed Jack.
2
Jack the dog likes to lick jam and dig in mud.
3
Dona and Jack like to do tricks.
4
Dona and Jack like to jog and run.
5
Dona and Jack did tricks at the gate.
6
They did tricks with a rock in a sock.
7
Dona did tricks with her neck and a ball.
8
Jack did tricks with his back and a ball .
9
Dona and Jack did tricks with a rope and a robe.
10
Dona did tricks with ripe fruits on a pipe.
11
Jack and Dona did more and more tricks.
12
Dona packs a duck and a cock in a sack.
The cock and duck are stuck.
13
The clock ticks, tick tock tick tock.
Jack and Dona do quick tricks.
14
Dona picks a pack of eggs.
15
The eggs hatch into chicks.
16
Jack the dog licks the chicks.
17
Dona wipes the chicks.
18
Dona and Jack dab. They do a jig.
19
Questions
Related activities
1. What is the name of Dona’s dog?
2. Where does Jack like to dig?
3. What does Dona like to do with Jack?
4. What trick did Dona do with a rock and a sock?
5. What trick did Jack do with his back?
6. Which fruits did Dona use to do a trick?
7. How did Dona and Jack use the robe and rope?
8. What happened to the duck and the cock?
9. What did the eggs hatch into?
10. Why did Jack lick the chicks?
1. Re-tell this story.
2. Do some tricks with your friend.