DECODABLE BOOK 1

by Morgan Pierce
illustrated by Cecelia Johansson

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 DECODABLE BOOK 1

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 Contents

Ants 1
Short Vowel /a/ a

Al at Bat 9
Short Vowel /a/ a

Big Pig 17
Short Vowel /i/ i

Will it Fit? 25
Short Vowel /i/ i

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 Ants by Cadie Higgins
illustrated by
Andrea Tachiera

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 Look at a fat black ant.
2

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 An ant has a head and eyes.
3

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 An ant can work.
4

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 An ant can drag.
5

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 An ant can go fast.
6

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 An ant can live in sand.
7

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 An ant can nap!
8

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 by Michele Perreault
illustrated by Jill Newton

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 Al has a bat.
10

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 A fan gets mad at Al.
11

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 Al grabs a cap and bat again.
12

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 Al does bad at bat.
13

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 Al has a new plan.
14

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 Whack! Crack! Slam!
15

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 Al tags the bag. The fans clap and clap.
16

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 by Morgan Pierce
illustrated by Cecelia Johansson

17

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 Look at the pig. It is big.

18

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 The big pig can dig and jab.

19

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 The big pig can dip and flip.

20

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 The big pig can do a trick.

21

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 The big pig can sit and kiss.

22

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 The big pig can tip and lift.

23

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 Can the big pig win? It did!

24

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 by Rob Arego
illustrated by Holli Conger

25

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 Will a big rat fit in a bin?

26

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 A big rat will fit in a bin.

27

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 Will a big cat fit in a bin?

28

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 A big cat did fit in it.

29

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 Will a big goose fit in a bin?

30

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 It did fit in it.

31

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 Will a big pig fit in a bin?
NO!
32

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 Ants
Word Count: 37

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

a an
eyes and
go ant
head ants
in at
live black
look can
work drag
fast
fat
has
nap
sand

*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.

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 Al at Bat
Word Count: 42

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

a Al
again and
does at
gets bad
new bag
the bat
cap
clap
crack
fan
fans
grabs
has
mad
plan
slam
tags
whack

*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.

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 Big Pig
Word Count: 51

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

a and
do at
look big
the can
did
dig
dip
flip
is
it
jab
kiss
lift
pig
sit
tip
trick
win

*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.

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 Will It Fit?
Word Count: 57

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

a big
goose bin
no cat
did
fit
in
it
pig
rat
will

*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.

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 by Michele Perreault
illustrated by Jill Newton

by Rob Arego
illustrated by Holli Conger

by Morgan Pierce
illustrated by Cecelia Johansson

Short Vowel /a/ a

Short Vowel /i/ i

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