DECODABLE BOOK 8

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 DECODABLE BOOK 8

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 by Guadalupe V. Lopez illustrated by Jenny Law

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 Dad asked Beth, “Can you lend me a pen?”
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 “Yes,” said Beth. “Look! I have ten!”
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 “This pen has math facts on the top.
This is a pen that can flip and fl op.”
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 “This big pink pen can bend and slink.
This pen is red and it can blink.”
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 “You can do a lot with this if you click.”
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 “This end is thin and that end is thick.”
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 “Beth,” said Dad, “I want a black pen.
Do you think that I can find one then?”
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 Dad, Beth, and the Pens
Word Count: 90

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

do a end math thin
find and facts on think
have asked flip pen this
look bend fl op pens top
me Beth has pink with
one big I red yes
said black if slink
the blink is ten
want can it that
you click lend then
Dad lot thick

*Words with /th/th appear in boldface type.

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 by Guadalupe V. Lopez illustrated by Jenny Law

Digraph /th/ th

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