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Sand, Fire, and Sea
Sand, Fire, and Sea is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level A for ages 5–7, 13 pages long and about 4 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1On the sand lies a small, smooth stone. It is soft green and cloudy, like a frosted window. People call it sea glass. But it is not a stone at all.
Page 2How did it become so smooth? Why is it cloudy, and not clear? To find out, we must go back a long, long way — all the way back to sand.
Page 3Glass begins as sand. Not just any sand, but sand full of silica — the tiny mineral that can melt into glass.
Words to practise
This book has a Spell-Along set — these words are built sound by sound after reading.
Comprehension
4 questions to check understanding after the story — with retries, so a wrong turn teaches.
