Decodable Book 14 Grade 2

DECODABLE BOOK

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DECODABLE BOOK 14

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Contents Get Ready, Get Fit, Go!

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Short Vowel /e/ ea

Monkey and the Wealthy Cat

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by Marie Muir illustrated by Janell Genovese

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This big race is ready to start. Take a deep breath. Ready, set, go! You can run races when you feel healthy and fit. Train your body to be ready. Here are things you can do.

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Start your day with a slice of healthy, whole grain bread. Whole grains give your body what it needs to run at a fast and steady pace.

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Stretch and take deep breaths when getting ready to run. Reach your arms over your head and bend side to side. Then place one leg in back and bend gently. Do this with both legs.

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Start running at a slow, steady pace. Keep that head up. Your feet may feel heavy at first, so tread lightly. Take a little rest when you need to catch your breath.

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Always drink water when you run. You need to replace water you lose when you sweat. Sweating is healthy. Your body is meant to sweat when you run hard and fast.

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A fit and healthy body is like money saved. Your health grows day by day as you run and train. When it is time to race, your healthy body will be ready. You will not feel heavy. You will not get out of breath.

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Get ready, get fit, go! Show how a trained and healthy body can race and win!

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by Carlynn Trout

illustrated by Janee Trasler

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Monkey owns a mending shop. He fi xes ripped clothes with his needle and thread. One day a wealthy cat ran into his shop. 10

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Cat was sweating and out of breath. Her heavy coat was ripped. The hat on her head had a hole in it. “May I help you?” asked Monkey in a pleasant way.

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“Fix my coat and hat!” said Cat. “I have much wealth and will pay you well!” “I meant to fi x this shirt fi rst,” said Monkey. “Leave your coat and hat. They will be ready in a day.” “I need them now!” cried Cat. “A wealthy cat must look nice!” 12

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Monkey got his needle and thread. Then he handed them to Cat. “I will show you how to mend,” said Monkey. Cat scratched her head.

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Monkey showed the wealthy cat how to thread the needle with a steady hand. Then he showed her how to mend the hat and heavy coat with thread. 14

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Cat sweated as she pulled the thread. At last, she was fi nished. “Mending is hard,” she said with pride. “But I did it!”

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When Cat was ready to go, she gave money to Monkey. “Take back this money,” said Monkey. “You did the job instead of me.” “You showed me how to mend,” said Cat. “That is better than money.” 16

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Get Ready, Get Fit, Go! Word Count: 226 High-Frequency Words always are by do give here how lose of one out to water what you your

Decodable Words* get a getting and go arms grain as grains at grows back hard be head bend health big healthy body heavy both in bread is breath it breaths keep can leg catch legs day lightly deep like drink little fast may feel meant feet money first need fit needs gently

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

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(continued)

Decodable Words* not over pace place race races reach ready replace rest run running saved set show side slice slow so start steady stretch sweat sweating take

that then things this time train trained tread up when whole will win with

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

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Monkey and the Wealthy Cat Word Count: 227 High-Frequency Words clothes have how into look my now of one out pulled said they to was you your

Decodable Words* hard a hat and he as head asked heavy at help back her be his better hole breath I but in cat instead coat is cried it day job did last finished leave first may fix me fi xes meant gave mend go mending got money had monkey hand much handed

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

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(continued)

Decodable Words* must need needle nice on owns pay pleasant pride ran ready ripped scratched she shirt shop show showed steady sweated sweating take than that the

them then this thread way wealth wealthy well when will with

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

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by Marie Muir illustrated by Janell Genovese

by Carlynn Trout

illustrated by Janee Trasler

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