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.
It was a hot day. Greg wanted to sell cold lime drinks with ice. He set up an old stand off the winding path and filled ten cups.
Greg sat and sat. The ice started to melt, but no one came. Then his pal Hal came over the hill.
"I almost did not find you," said Hal. "Your stand is behind the hill! No one on the path can see it."
Greg felt glum. But Hal was kind. "I will help," he said. "We can write a big note and put it up on the old post by the path."
They found a flat box and wrote on the side in bold black ink: COLD LIME DRINKS BEHIND THE HILL. Hal ran to the old post and held the note up.
Soon a child stopped. Then a mom with two kids came up the path. Then more and more came! Greg handed out cups as fast as he could.
Soon they had sold most of the cups. Just two were still on the stand.
"One for you and one for me," said Greg. Hal took a sip of his cold drink and grinned.
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2 Word Sort
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Long I (-ild, -ind) vs Long O (-old, -olt, -ost).
3 Phrasing Practice Cards
Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.
4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)
Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!
5 Word Search
Find and circle the rule breakers — ild, ind, old, ost words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce rule breakers — ild, ind, old, ost word recognition.