A Big Mess

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A B ig M e ss by Tami Morton

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illustrated by Emilie Chollat

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A B ig M e ss

by Tami Morton

illustrated by Emilie Chollat Cholla

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Jill ha s a big job. Pig is a mes s. 2

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Jill got Pig wet. Pig got Jill wet. 3

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They are a mes s! 4

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Jill got Pig on a box. Pig w ill not sit. 5

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Pig hid in a van. Jill got in the van. 6

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They are in the van. Jill got Pig in a net. 7

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Pig is m ad. Pig is not a mes s. 8

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School-Home Connection Ask your child to read the book to you. Then talk about a big mess that you and your child had to clean up.

A Big Mess Word Count: 63 High-Frequency Words are the they

Decodable Words* mad a mess big net box not got on has Pig hid sit in van is wet Jill will job

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

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