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That Blinked
Teachers and parents

Before tackling these Green Level Readers, a child will need to be able to:
l Recognise the basic 42 letter sounds;
l Recognise the alternative letter-sound spellings in the leaves below, including
the ‘hop-over ‹e›’ digraphs in words like take, these, bike, code, mule;
l Read (blend) regular words containing these letter sounds;
l Recognise the twenty tricky words shown in the flowers below;
l Recognise the names of the three main characters, as well as Phonic.

y i_e e_e o_e


silly kite these rose

no my
go so

one by
a_e u_e
cake have cube
only like
old
live

little down give


what

why when

who
where
which
1
Do not
go too far,
Snake!

Inky, Snake and Bee went to the forest.


They took Phonic with them on the
laptop and set him up in a glade. Then
they went off to look for chestnuts.
2

Yum!

Look at
that!

They liked chestnuts and were going to


roast them on a pan in the fire when
they got home. They had made a pile of
chestnuts next to Phonic.
3

Snake slithered up the trees and knocked


the chestnuts down to Inky and Bee, who
cracked the prickly shells and collected
the nuts.
One of the chestnuts fell under a
tree, and Bee rushed off to fetch it.
4

“Got you!” said Bee, grabbing the


chestnut. She picked it up and stood up.
Then, as she looked at the tree, it seemed
that the tree looked back at her. “Help!”
buzzed Bee in alarm.

Help!
5

Bee fled back to Inky, Phonic and Snake.


“Help!” she cried again. “That tree
was looking at me.”
Snake, Inky and Phonic looked at Bee.
“I think she must have had too much
sun,” hissed Snake, and shook his head.
6

“It did,” buzzed Bee. “That tree


looked at me.”
“Do not be silly, Bee,” hissed Snake.
“Trees cannot look at you.”
“Well, this one did,” insisted Bee.
“Come and see.”

That’s
silly!
7

Inky picked up Phonic, and Bee led them


to the tree.
“There,” she said, pointing to it. The
tree looked at them and then blinked.
“See,” whispered Bee. “It is looking at
us.”

“No,” said Phonic. “Look, there is a


hole in the tree and there is something
in the hole.”
8

Snake slithered up and looked inside the


hole. He found himself looking at someone
who was hanging upside down.
“It looks like a mouse with wings!”
called Snake.
“A mouse with wings?” said Inky.
“There is no such thing!”
9

Snake looked into the hole a second time.


“Yup,” he said. “It still looks like a
mouse with wings to me.”
“I think it is you who has had too
much sun,” said Bee.
“Hmm... a mouse with wings...”
mused Phonic. “I think you can see a
bat.”
10

“A bat?” said Snake, looking into


the hole again. “Yes,” he agreed, “I think
it is a bat.”
Just then, the bat shot out of his
hole and Snake ducked, lost his grip and
fell off the tree.

Ouch!

“Ouch!” yelled Snake as he hit the


ground.
11

The bat hung upside down at the top of


the tree, blinking in the sunshine.
“Come back!” Inky shouted up to
him. “We will not harm you!”

Come
back!

The bat blinked and then explained, “I


was afraid! All the noise woke me up
and then, when I looked out, there was
a big snake looking in at me.”
12

A big
snake!

“Yes, there was,” admitted Inky,


“but he will not harm you,” she added
quickly, seeing the bat start to unwrap
his wings again.
“Sorry,” said Snake. “We were
collecting chestnuts. I just looked in to
see who was there.”
13

“It is just my family and me,” said


the bat. “In winter we sleep in a cave
and in summer we live in a big loft. But
when we came back this summer, our
home was gone. It had been converted
into a room.

We have been living in this tree while we


look for somewhere else to live.”
14

“Well,” said Phonic, “perhaps we


can help. We need to think of somewhere
dark that is not too noisy and that has
plenty of room for bats to roost in.”

“Roast in?” said Bee. “Roast in? Is


that a joke, Phonic?”
“No, Bee,” Phonic explained. “Roost
in, not roast in. When bats are hanging
upside down and sleeping, it is called
roosting.”
15

“What about the shed?” said Bee.


“No, it is too small,” objected Snake.
“There is no room for the bats to
hang upside down there,” agreed Inky.

“I think,” said Phonic, “that I have


just the spot. Come on, Inky, you will
have to help me.”
16

They set off, Inky carrying Phonic, then


Snake, Bee and the bat. They stopped
when they came to the farm.

“There,” said Phonic. “What about


the big old stone barn? There is plenty
of room, it is dark, and there are lots of
holes the bats can use for going in and
out.”
“Perfect!” said the bat, happily. “I
must go and tell my family.”
“And we can go home and roast
our chestnuts,” said Bee. “No more trees
that blink for me!”
Reading Comprehension

Teachers and parents

An important part of becoming a confident, fluent reader is a child’s


ability to understand what they are reading. Below are some
suggestions on how to develop a child’s reading comprehension.
l Make reading this book a shared experience between you and the
child. Try to avoid leaving it until the whole book is read before talking
about it. Occasionally stop at various intervals throughout the book.
l Ask questions about the characters, the setting, the action and the
meaning.
l Encourage the child to think about what might happen next. It does not
matter if the answer is right or wrong, so long as the suggestion makes
sense and demonstrates understanding.
l Ask the child to describe what is happening in the illustrations.
l Relate what is happening in the book to any real-life experiences the
child may have.
l Pick out any vocabulary that may be new to the child and ask what
they think it means. If they don’t know, explain it and relate it to what is
happening in the book.
l Encourage the child to summarise, in their own words, what they have
read.

What’s in the book?

?
l What are Inky, Snake and Bee going to do with the chestnuts?
l What does Bee tell Inky and Snake about the tree?
l Why were the bats living in the tree?

What do you think?

l Why is Bee scared of the tree?


l How did the bats feel when they lost their home?
Jolly Phonics Readers are fully decodable books for new readers.
These Readers have been written with a carefully controlled vocabulary, and
are specifically designed for children who are learning to read and write with Jolly
Phonics.

l The text in these Green Level Books (third level) uses only decodable regular
words (words that use the letter-sound knowledge taught so far: the 42 main letter
sounds, the alternative sound of ‹y› at the end of words like happy and sunny and
the ‘hop-over ‹e›’ spellings of the long vowel sounds) and a small number of ‘tricky’
words (frequently-used words that are not decodable at this stage).

l All the tricky words and alternative letter-sound spellings used are shown on the front
inside cover; these can be used as a quick practice activity before starting the book.

l Faint type is used for any silent letters, like the ‹b› in ‘lamb’.

l Comprehension questions and discussion topics are included at the end of the
book. These ensure that children are not only able to read the text, but also get
meaning from the stories.

Green Level Readers

Level
Level Level Level
3
1 2 4

Inky Mouse & Friends General Fiction Nonfiction


The Tree That Blinked The Three Billy Goats Gruff Snakes
What’s in the Box? The Fox and the Stork Deserts
The Old Red Tractor The Outing Captain Scott
The Model Boat The Little Merman Underground
Wait and See! The Cricket and the Ants Mushrooms
The Bad-Tempered Goat Little Monsters Teeth

Jolly Learning Ltd ISBN 978-1-84414-002-2

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© Sara Wernham 2005 (text) © Lib Stephen 2005 (illustrations)
www.jollylearning.co.uk [email protected]
Tailours House, High Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6DL, UK. Tel: +44 20 8501 0405
82 Winter Sport Lane, Williston, VT 05495, USA. Tel: +1-800-488-2665 Reference JL024

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