1. Tom’s Bucket Parent info: This story uses Phase 2 sounds, including ‘ll’ (double letter l at the end of a word) and Phase 2 tricky words the, is, go and no. The words bucket and empty are not cvc words. If they find sounding out these words tricky, children can use the initial sound and use the picture as a strategy to help them read them. By Miss McNulty

2. Is the bucket full? No the bucket is empty.

3. Tom go and fill the bucket.

4. Is the bucket full? Yes it is!

5. The bucket is full to the top. The bucket is full of sand.