Grandpa takes Joe to the fair. Grandpa helps Joe get on the rides, and carries his things, and gets quite tired. In the end, Grandpa needs Joe’s help.

Genre: Modern realistic story with familiar setting, two characters and patterned language in question and answer format.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Recognize automatically an increasing number of familiar high frequency words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 8: Visualise and comment on events, characters, and ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences.