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try again
fall down

Try Again, Hen!

by Jane Quinn

Sight Word Tales: Try Again Hen © Scholastic Teaching Resources

illustrated by Franfou

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ISBN-13: 978-0-545-01669-8 • ISBN-10: 0-545-01669-X
Copyright © 2008 by Scholastic Inc.
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First printing, January 2008

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Sight Word Tales: Try Again Hen © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Sight Words
Sight words are words that you see
again and again when you read. This
book is filled with the sight words try,
again, fall, and down. Look for them
in the text. Check the pictures, too!

Hen has a new skateboard. She wants

to try to ride it.

 I will give
it a try.
I hope I
don’t fall.

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“I hope I don’t fall,” says Hen.

She hops on and rolls down the road.

 Whoops!
Try again, Hen!
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SLOP! Hen falls in the mud.

“Try again, Hen!” says Pig.

 I will try not to fall
down again.

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Hen rolls down the road again.


 Oops!
Try again,
Hen!
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FLOP! Hen falls in the hay.

“Try again, Hen!” says Sheep.

 I will try not to fall
down again.

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Hen rolls down the road again.


 Oh dear!
Try again,
Hen!
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PLOP! Hen falls in the pond.

“Try again, Hen!” says Duck.

 I will try not
to fall down
again.

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Hen rolls down the road again. Down,

down, down she rolls.

 This is fun!
Wheeeee!
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Hen does not fall in the mud. She does not

fall in the hay. She does not fall in the pond.
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 Hooray for Hen!
She tried again and
did not fall down.

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Hen does not fall at all!

“Hooray for Hen!” the animals shout.
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 If at first you I really want
don’t succeed, to try, too!
try, try again!
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Wow!
I want
to try!

“May we try to ride your skateboard?”

Pig, Sheep, and Duck ask Hen.
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 Here I go!
I hope I don’t
fall down!

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“Of course you may try,” says Hen.

And they do—again and again and again!
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 try again
Sight Word Review fall down

Do you know the four sight words

in this book? Read aloud the
word on each skateboard.

again
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try

fall down

try again

down fall

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 try again
Sight Word Fill-ins fall down

Listen to the sentences. Then choose a sight

word from the box to fill in each blank.

Word Box try again fall down

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1 I will _______ to hit the ball.

2 May we go to the museum _______?

3 The leaves _______ off the trees in autumn.

4 They rode their bikes _______ the hill.

5 She will _______ to spell the word.

6 The cat climbed _______ the stairs.

7 I want to see that movie _______!

8 We watched snow _______ from the sky.

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Answers: 1. try 2. again 3. fall 4. down 5. try 6. down 7. again 8. fall
 try again
Sight Word Cheers fall down

Celebrate the new sight words

you learned by saying these
four short cheers.

T-r-y! Give a yell!

What do these three letters spell?
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A sight word that we all know well —

Try, try, try!
A-g-a-i-n! Give a yell!
What do these five letters spell?
A sight word that we all know well —
Again, again, again!
F-a-l-l! Give a yell!
What do these four letters spell?
A sight word that we all know well —
Fall, fall, fall!
D-o-w-n! Give a yell!
What do these four letters spell?
A sight word that we all know well —
Down, down, down!

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