Meet Dan the Van Man in this engaging decodable biography! Designed specifically for Year 1 students, this story uses a strictly limited set of phonemes to help children build reading confidence as they follow Dan and his big tan van on a busy day of deliveries.
I am Dan. I am a man. Dan has a van.
My van is tan. The van is big. The van is in the fog.
I scan my map. The map is flat. I sit on a mat.
I fit a tin in the van. The tin is big. Dan is in the van.
I fit a bag in the van. The bag is tan. I fit the bag in.
I sit in my van. Dan the van man sits. I sit in the van.
I am at a flat. I tap, tap, tap. I am at the flat.
I hand a pot. The pot is hot. I hand the hot pot.
The man is glad. Dan is glad. The man is in the flat.
I am in the tan van. I am Dan the van man. I am in the van.
Create a biography about Dan the Van Man who is a delivery driver. A decodable text suitable for year 1 students. Use phonemes a, b, c, d f, g, h i, l, m, n, o, p, s, t, v. Use high frequency words: my, I, the. Non-fiction text.
