Read-Along Book 10 · Vowel teams
The Goat and the Sheep
A goat and a sheep sail out to sea. Then it rains! Good thing the goat packed a treat.
Warm up: Vowel teams words
Heart words
Tap a word to hear it, then sound it out.
Cover
Each page reads itself aloud when you turn to it. Words with a red dotted line are heart words.
Reading The Goat and the Sheep together
- Warm up on the cover: tap each vowel teams word, then Sound it out.
- Turn the page and listen as each word lights up. Point along with your finger.
- Switch to I read first when your child is ready to try each page before hearing it.
- Finish with the word hunt: hear a word, find it, and celebrate.
Words in this book
Vowel teams words: goat, sheep, boat, sail, sea, green, gray, rain, coat, treat. Heart words, learned by heart: a, the. Every other word in the book uses sounds a beginner has already met, so your child can sound out the whole story.
Why one vowel at a time?
Early readers do best with books they can actually decode. Practicing one short vowel in many words (and a few silly rhymes) builds the blending skill that turns letter sounds into fluent reading.
Bring it to a lesson
These tools pair with the full curriculum — guided lessons that teach each concept, then send you here to see it and practice.