Aunt Ann has to go into hospital on Monday. Every day a different member of the family brings her presents. She stays a week and comes home on Sunday.

Genre: A modern realistic story with a familiar setting and predictable structure based on days of the week.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Identify the constituent parts of two-syllable and three-syllable words to support the application of phonic knowledge and skills.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Identify the main events and characters in stories.