Ship, shell, shop, shine — the SH digraph.
Plus a few words readers learn by heart: a, the, has, in, on, and, to, is.
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Dad is having a nap on the rug, so [NAME] sets out to keep the whole house quiet: the dog, the cat, even the fish get a shush. Then the ship on the top shelf proves too tempting, everything comes down with a crash, and Dad wakes up grinning, just in time for the tables to turn when [NAME] finally nods off.
10 pages · uses: shell, ship, shoe, shelf, shut, fish, brush, dish · with Dad
There is a space on [NAME]'s shelf for one big shell, so [NAME] takes a shovel to the beach and digs. Up come a crab, a wet sock, a little ship and a fish, but no shell, until the crab returns the favour and digs one up for [NAME].
10 pages · uses: shell, ship, shark, shelf, shovel, fish, brush, dish
[NAME] opens a shop on the living-room rug with a shell, a ship, a dish and a fish on the shelf, then waits and waits. The dog shops, a hen shops, and when Gran arrives she wants none of it, only the best thing in the shop: a hug.
10 pages · uses: shell, ship, shop, shelf, shut, fish, brush, dish · with Gran
Mom looks in and sees a ship on the rug, a shell in the bed and a shoe in a dish. [NAME] tidies everything onto the shelf and shuts the box, the pup runs off with the brush, and then the pup does something nobody expects: puts it back.
10 pages · uses: shell, ship, shoe, shelf, shirt, shut, brush, dish · with Mom
[NAME] finds a shell that grants wishes: a fish, a ship, then a sheep nobody asked for, a shark in the bath and a shell that will not stop popping. [NAME] shuts it tight, and one small wish gets to stay.
10 pages · uses: shell, ship, sheep, shark, shelf, shut, fish, dish
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