DECODABLE BOOK 22

DECODABLE BOOK
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DECODABLE BOOK 22
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Contents
Paul and Maggie
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Vowel Variant /ô/ aw, au(gh)
Paw Prints
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by Nicholas Olivera
illustrated by Rosario Valderrama
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Paul’s day started at dawn each morning.
It always started with a soft tap from his
cat, Maggie.
Maggie gently tapped Paul with her paw
until he woke up. She tapped softly, never
using her claws. It was her way of saying,
“Good morning.”
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Paul would always yawn and stretch.
Then he and Maggie would go outside
to play.
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As the morning sunlight sprawled over
the lawn, Paul and Maggie would play. Paul
had taught Maggie how to catch her cat toy.
Maggie caught it with her paws. It was a fun
way to begin each day.
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Then one morning, Paul did not feel a
gentle tap, tap, tap. Maggie was not there!
When Paul woke, he ran into the kitchen.
Maggie’s saucer of food was not eaten. Then
he saw an open window. Maggie must have
crawled out of it.
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Paul went back upstairs. On his desk was
a drawing of Maggie. Paul felt awful when
he looked at it.
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Paul knew that Maggie did not have a
collar. If people found her, they would not
know where Maggie lived.
“This is my fault,” Paul said sadly.
“Maggie should have had a collar with her
name on it.”
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Just then, Paul heard a knock. It was Mr.
Dawson. He lived next door. Mr. Dawson
had Maggie in his arms.
“I found Maggie in my house,” Mr.
Dawson said. “She must have crawled in my
window.”
Paul was glad. Later, he went out and got
Maggie a collar. Then he wrote her name on
it just to be safe.
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by Susan Bauer
illustrated by
Anne-Sophie Lanquetin
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Have you ever found paw prints in the
sand or snow? If you ever saw paw prints
before, you might know that these paw
prints are clues. Looking at paw prints can
tell you which animals left them behind.
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Here are some tips to help you fi nd paw
prints. A good time to look for paw prints
is at dawn. You will fi nd fresh tracks
from animals that were out at night.
You can look for paw prints right in your
own backyard. It is easy to fi nd tracks if
your lawn is covered with snow.
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If you fi nd a paw print, count the number
of toes it has. The paws of a fox, cat, or dog
have four toes on the front feet. Their paws
have four toes on the back feet, too.
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Chipmunks, skunks, and bears have
four toes on their front paws, just like
dogs and cats. They have five toes on
their back paws.
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Sometimes paw prints have little marks in
front of them. These are claw marks. Skunks,
foxes, and dogs have claws on their feet that
you can see in their paw prints.
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Rabbits make funny kinds of paw prints.
Rabbits hop fast, wishing not to get caught
by bigger animals. As rabbits hop, their
bigger back paws land in front of their
front paws.
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Now that this book has taught you about
paw prints, look for some near your home.
See if you can guess the kinds of animals
that left these paw prints behind. With what
you know, it should be easy.
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Paul and Maggie
Word Count: 262
High-Frequency Words
always
door
from
have
into
lived
Mr.
my
of
one
people
said
there
they
to
was
where
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Decodable Words*
a
an
and
arms
as
at
awful
back
be
begin
cat
catch
caught
claws
collar
crawled
dawn
Dawson
day
desk
did
drawing
each
eaten
fault
feel
felt
food
found
fun
gentle
gently
glad
go
good
got
had
he
heard
her
his
house
how
I
if
in
is
it
just
kitchen
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(continued)
Decodable Words*
knew
knock
know
later
lawn
looked
Maggie
Maggie’s
morning
must
name
never
next
not
on
open
out
outside
over
Paul
Paul’s
paw
paws
play
ran
sadly
safe
saucer
saw
saying
she
should
soft
softly
sprawled
started
stretch
sunlight
tap
tapped
taught
that
the
then
this
toy
until
up
upstairs
using
way
went
when
window
with
woke
would
wrote
yawn
*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.
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Paw Prints
Word Count: 262
High-Frequency Words
are
bears
by
covered
from
guess
have
here
of
some
sometimes
their
they
to
toes
too
were
what
Decodable Words*
easy
a
ever
about
fast
and
feet
animals
find
as
fi ve
at
for
back
found
backyard
four
be
fox
before
foxes
behind
fresh
bigger
front
book
funny
can
get
cat
good
cats
has
caught
help
chipmunks
home
claw
hop
claws
if
clues
in
count
is
dawn
it
dog
just
dogs
*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.
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(continued)
Decodable Words*
kinds
rabbits
know
right
land
sand
lawn
saw
left
see
like
should
little
skunks
look
snow
looking
taught
make
tell
marks
that
might
the
near
them
night
these
not
this
now
time
number
tips
on
tracks
or
which
out
will
own
wishing
paw
with
paws
you
print
your
prints
*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.
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