The Sled on the Hill opens a set out in the snow and around the frozen pond. Decodable stories about winter snow, twelve of them, for grades 1 and 2. A child reads a snow story without waiting The reader gives one big word at a time and the child taps on at their own pace. The words rebuild at the end of each sentence for a read-aloud finish. You see who has mastered each pattern before you move on Every story ends with nine words from it. The child taps the ones carrying the story's sound, correct taps show green, missed words orange with a teaching note, and a score closes it. Each of the four units holds a run of stories: Unit 1, Short Vowels and Digraphs; Unit 2, Blends, Magic e and Long a; Unit 3, Long Vowel Teams; and Unit 4, R-Controlled and Diphthongs. The Sled on the Hill and The Whole Town Goes Sledding mark the two ends of that run. Print a snow story for a snowy day The fifteen-page printable packet gives each story its own page with the sound underlined and three written questions, then a reading log and teacher notes. More Word by Word themes - Word by Word: Pumpkin Patch - Word by Word: Animal Friends - All 30 themes in the bundle