Story written by Roderick Hunt Oxford Illustrations by Alex Brychta Reading Tree ———— What's this story about? The family buys a dinghy. After a day at the river, Mum uses the dinghy to bravely save a boat from drifting over the weir. Talk together ) Read the title, ask: “What does ‘rescue’ mean?" Look at the boat. Explain that it is called a dinghy. Read the story © =Word recognition @ = Language comprehension Page 1, ask, “What happens at a car boot sale?” Page 2, find the word ‘dinghy’ and break the word into syllables (‘din-ghy’). Page 9, find the word ‘weir’. Explain that a weir is a bit like a waterfall. Page 9, ask, "Why did Dad say the weir was dangerous?” Page 11, ask, “Why are the children wearing life-jackets?” and “Why is Dad holding a rope?" Page 24, ask, "Why did the lady lend them her boat?” @ 00 8 BOMum and Dad went to a car boot sale. They took the children.Mum looked at a dinghy. She called Dad. Dad looked at the dinghy.“What is it?” asked Dad. “It’s a dinghy,” said Mum.Mum wanted the dinghy. She called the children. “Look at this,” she said.The children looked at the dinghy. “What is it?” they asked. “It’s a dinghy,” said Mum.They took the dinghy home. Dad pumped it up but it went down again.Mum mended the dinghy. She put a patch on it. The children helped.eC ee Dad put the dinghy on the car. They took a picnic and went to the river.Dad looked at the river. He pointed at the weir. “The weir is dangerous,” he said.Mum and Dad had a good idea. “Let’s put everything in the dinghy. Everyone can help,” they said.They found a good spot for the picnic. The children paddled the dinghy.It was time for the picnic. Mum and Dad put the rug down and got the picnic out.Floppy ran out of the water. He shook water over Dad. “Go away, Floppy!” said Dad.The river was busy. Biff and watched the boats go by. ChipBiff liked the big boats. “I wish we could go on a big boat,” she said.It was time to go home. “What a good day!” said Dad. “It was a good picnic.”“Look!” said Biff. “There is nobody on that boat.”“My boat is in danger,” called a lady. “Help! Get my boat!”paddled to the boat. “Be careful,” called everyone.X gl X \ ~~ pg SQ) OY ee RN Mum climbed on to the boat. She started the engine. She was just in time.Mum brought the boat back. “Hooray!” everyone shouted. “Mum to the rescue!” said Kipper. 2122 ' SAN , Dad let go of the dinghy rope. dinghy went over the weir. “Oh no!” said everyone.The lady had an idea. “T will lend you my boat to say thank you,” she said. 2324 The family had a holiday on the boat. “Thanks to the dinghy,” said Mum.Find a word ending with... To encourage children to look at letters at the end of words. © Choose a page and say: “Can you find a word ending in ...?", e.g. on page | there is a word ending in ‘y’ (‘they’). © Take turns choosing/finding words with a different last letter. Other ideas You can use these ideas straight away, or on another day. © Help each other tell the story from memory. © Find pictures and names of different kinds of boats.ND secr-80n8 5 creen 7 \ Oxford Stage 5 Reading Tree More Stories B — Mum to the Rescue Everyone goes to the river. Stage S More Stories B The New Baby Noah's Ark Adventure Camping Adventure A New Classroom Scarecrows Mum to the Rescue Available in packs Stage 5 More Stories Pack 8 (one of each title) ISBN 978-0-19-846528.7 Stage 5 More Stories Cass Pack B (six of each title) ISBN 978.0-19-846529-4