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Granny Fixit and the Yellow String

GRANNY FIXIT AND THE YELLOW STRING

My name is Jane and
I live in a beautiful
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Granny Fixit and the Yellow String
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Conjunctions: and / but help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string
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Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
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2 ere is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh
dear! Her school bag is open! Her books
and her pencil and ruler are falling out of
her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things!

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The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have
her book … again!

Ann! Where’s your

book? You are ALWAYS
losing your things!

Oops!

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Ann is in the park. She’s talking to her
friend Granny Fixit. Ann is sad because
her teacher is angry.

Hmm. Is that
My teacher is your book on
angry. I’m ALWAY the floor?
losing my things! LOST

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Granny Fixit puts her hand in her

small yellow bag. What’s in there?
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Oh! It’s a piece of yellow string. Granny Fixit
puts the yellow string into Ann’s school bag!
Ann is picking up her book.

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 Thank you
Granny Fixit.

Goodbye Ann.

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 Activity Pages
1 Read, match and draw.

Granny Fixit watch

school bag dog

lamp book

teacher plant

pencil Ann

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 2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.

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yellow piece of ________.

I’m a __________
I do much more than ________ and ________.
When you ________ things on the _________.
I ________ them up and ________ for more!

3 Match the sentence halves.

1 Ann picks up ALL the things!

2 Fido helps Ann.
3 The yellow string is ALWAYS losing her things!
4 Granny Fixit is the teacher’s dog.
5 The teacher says BE QUIET PLEASE!

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