Decodable Book 2 Grade 2

DECODABLE BOOK

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DECODABLE BOOK 2

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Contents My Pet Jess

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Short Vowel /e/ e

A Vet Can Help

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The Lost Dog

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Short Vowel /o / o

What Has Rod Got?

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A Hunt

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Pug and Bug

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by Sophia Shay illustrated by Roz Fulcher

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Look at my pet red hen. Jess is the best pet yet. 2

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Jess has a big neck and two legs. 3

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Jess has a bell. The bell has a dent in it. 4

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Jess has a pen. The pen is a big mess. 5

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Jess has a nest in the pen. 6

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Jess rests and rests in the nest. 7

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Look in the nest. Jess has an egg in it! 8

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by Kate Gamez illustrated by Terri Murphy

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A vet can help fi x a pet. A vet can help it get well. 10

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The pet fell and bent a left leg. 11

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The vet gets set to look at the pet and its leg. 12

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Next, the vet mends the leg. 13

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Next, the vet tests the leg. 14

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The pet will get well if it rests in bed. 15

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Did the vet help the pet get well in the end? Yes, the vet did help it. 16

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by Malcolm Higgins illustrated by Doreen Gay Kassel

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Dot got a dog. Spot got lost. 18

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Dot went to the pond. Spot was not in it. 19

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Next, Dot ran up a big hill. Spot was not on top of it. 20

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Next, Dot went off to a lot. Spot was not in the lot. 21

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Next, Dot got on top of a big rock. Spot was not on it. 22

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Dot felt hot and sad. She went back. 23

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Surprise, Dot! Spot was not lost. Spot was on his cot. 24

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by Peter Bardetti illustrated by Valeria Petrone

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Rod has got a pet. 26

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It has got soft fur. Is it a fox? 27

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A fox has soft fur. It is not a fox. 28

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It will plop when it is hot. Is it a hog? 29

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A hog will plop. It is not a hog. 30

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It has got spots and dots. Is it a dog? 31

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This dog has got soft fur. This dog will plop when it is hot. This dog has got spots and dots. 32

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by Riley Chase illustrated by Peter Grosshauser

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A man is on a hunt. Will the man have good luck? 34

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A big black bear and its cub run. Its cub is fast. Yuck! It smells a skunk! 35

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A duck clucks and bends its neck. Next, it dunks its head. 36

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A big buck runs and jumps. It lands in a clump of grass! 37

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Six gulls fly up on a big gust of wind. The gulls flit and zip and dip. 38

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The sun has sunk. It is dusk. 39

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The man is back in his hut. He had bad luck! 40

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by Marcy Haber illustrated by Jan Bryan-Hunt

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A pup has a nap in the hot sun. It is a pug.

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Buzz, buzz, buzz! There is a soft hum. It is the buzz of a black bug!

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Ruff, ruff, ruff! Pug does not like bugs. 44

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Pug must run fast from the bug! Run, Pug! Run! 45

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Pug runs in the mud! Pat sees Pug. Ug! Pug is a big mess. 46

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Pat gets a big tub and puts in suds. It is lots of fun. 47

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Pug jumps in the big tub. Scrub, scrub, scrub. The bug jumps off Pug. Pug is glad. 48

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My Pet Jess Word Count: 68 High-Frequency Words a look my the two

Decodable Words* an and at bell best big dent egg has hen in is it Jess legs mess neck nest pen pet red rests yet

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

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A Vet Can Help Word Count: 77 High-Frequency Words a look the to

Decodable Words* will and yes at bed bent can did end fell fix get gets help if in it its left leg mends next pet rests set tests vet well

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

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The Lost Dog Word Count: 80 High-Frequency Words a of she surprise the to up was

Decodable Words* and back big cot dog Dot felt got hill his hot in it lost lot next not off on pond ran rock sad Spot top went

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

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What Has Rod Got? Word Count: 79 High-Frequency Words a fur this what

Decodable Words* and dog dots fox got has hog hot is it not pet plop Rod soft spots when will

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

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A Hunt Word Count: 91 High-Frequency Words a bear fly good have he head of the

Decodable Words* is and it back its bad jumps bends lands big luck black man buck neck clucks next clump on cub run dip runs duck six dunks skunk dusk smells fast sun flit sunk grass up gulls will gust wind had yuck has zip his hunt hut in

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

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Pug and Bug Word Count: 95 High-Frequency Words a does from like of puts sees the there

Decodable Words* pug and pup big ruff black run bug runs bugs scrub buzz soft fast suds fun sun gets tub glad ug has hot hum in is it jumps lots mess mud must nap not off Pat

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

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by Sophia Shay

illustrated by Roz Fulcher

by Malcolm Higgins by Kate Gamez illustrated by Terri Murphy

illustrated by Doreen Gay Kassel

by Marcy Haber illustrated by Jan Bryan-Hunt

by Peter Bardetti illustrated by Valeria Petrone

by Riley Chase illustrated by Peter Grosshauser

Short Vowel /e/ e Short Vowel /o/ o Short Vowel /u/ u

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