Sam takes his two dogs for a walk in the woods in this three-page Year 1 story. Fifteen words with endings sit in the word bank, including barked, quicker, longest, foxes and splashing. Pupils use each one once to fill the gaps. Finally they pick an -ing word from the story and write a sentence with it. The answer key gives the whole story with every gap filled. It maps to the England National Curriculum word reading objective on -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est.
Reading - word reading
“Read words containing taught GPCs and -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings”
The bank covers all six endings in the objective, and pupils must read the ending to choose between pairs like longer and longest.
Fifteen words ending in -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er or -est, such as rushes, catches, looked and quickest.
A walk in the woods with fifteen gaps. The dogs race, two foxes hide in the grass and a frog jumps into the pond.
Pupils choose jumping, splashing or wishing and write a short sentence of their own.
Shared reading
Read the story aloud together first with the gaps as hums. Then let pupils fill the bank words in on their own.
Comparison talk
Stop at the quicker and quickest gaps and ask which dog was fastest. It makes the -er and -est difference clear.
Independent task
Pupils who read confidently can do the whole sheet alone and check it against the story in the answer key.
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