1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding rule breakers — ild, ind, old, ost words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Gwen and Ben went to play on the grass behind the old mill. Ben had a little gold bell. "I will hide this bell," he said. "You must find it. I will tell you if you are hot or cold." Gwen put on a blindfold. But Ben did not hide the bell. He gave it to Dot the dog!
She took five steps. "Cold," said Ben. She turned and took two more. "Hot! Very hot!" he yelled. Gwen bent down to grab the bell. "No, cold again!" said Ben.
Gwen stopped. How could a bell go from hot to cold so fast? Ben was trying not to laugh. Gwen did not know that Dot the dog was holding the bell in her mouth. Dot would not stand still!
"Hush, Ben," said Gwen. "Do not tell me a thing." She stood very still. Then she heard it. Chime, chime! The bell was just behind her.
Gwen spun around and hugged a wild, wagging dog. She took off the blindfold. Dot dropped the gold bell in her hand. "You bold little pup!" said Gwen. "I found the bell, but best of all, I found you."
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2 Rule Breakers — ILD, IND, OLD, OST Words
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
Long I (-ild, -ind) (10)
wild, child, mild, find, kind, mind, blind, grind, bind, rind
Long O (-old, -olt, -ost) (10)
cold, gold, hold, told, fold, sold, bold, bolt, colt, most
- Phrases to read
- a wild colt · find the gold · a kind child · hold the bolt · told the most · a cold, mild day · fold and bind · a bold mind · sold the rind
- RAN chart words
- wild, rind, cold, sold, most
- Sight words
- the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have
3 ALL, OLD and IND Picture Worksheets
ALL, WA, OLD and IND words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 Story Worksheets
4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's rule breakers — ild, ind, old, ost words. Each one opens as its own file.
Word Sort
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Long I (-ild, -ind) or Long O (-old, -olt, -ost). Answer key on page 2.
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Word Search
Find 12 rule breakers — ild, ind, old, ost words in the grid. Answer key on page 2.
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