Decodable Book 6 Grade 2

DECODABLE BOOK

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DECODABLE BOOK 6

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Contents A Gray Day in Maine

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Long Vowel /∑/ ai, ay

On the Trail by the Bay

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Long Vowel /∑/ ai, ay

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by Jo Medick illustrated by Amy Vangsgard

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Gail and Wayne live on Crain Bay in Maine. One day, Gail and Wayne ask to play by the bay. “Wait!” Mom says. “The sky is gray, and it is raining.” 2

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“Gail and Wayne, you will have to stay in and play,“ Mom says. Gail is not happy. Wayne is sad. “We do not like staying in,” they say.

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Mom hands Gail and Wayne a pail. In the pail is gray clay. “You can make clay animals,” Mom says. 4

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Gail makes a jay. She adds wings and a big tail. Wayne makes a snail. “We like to make clay animals,” they say.

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Mom bakes the clay jay and snail. Now Gail can paint her jay. Wayne can paint his snail.

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Gail and Wayne play. Gail sails her jay in the sky. Wayne makes his snail creep on a trail.

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The rain stops. “We want to stay in,” Gail and Wayne say. The jay and snail did save the day! 8

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by Jean Ann Tatum illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith

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It is a fi ne day for a hike on the trail. Stay on the main trail and do not stray. It makes its way to Sea Spray Bay. 10

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A jay sits in a high pine tree. It fl icks its tail and sings.

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Right on the trail is a plump quail. Did it lay its eggs in a nest close to the trail? 12

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See that gray rock? A snail makes its way on it bit by bit. It leaves a faint trail of slime. YUCK! 13

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It is the end of the trail. You can play at Sea Spray Bay. Feel the bright rays of the sun. Wade up to your waist in the bay. 14

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If you like fi shing, you may need to pay to get bait. It is in a plain gray pail. Sit and wait. Will you get a bite? 15

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Sail on Sea Spray Bay and feel the wind. But wait! The sun is faint. The day is ending. It is time to go home. 16

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A Gray Day in Maine Word Count: 164 High-Frequency Words animals by do happy have her live now one says she sky the they to want you

Decodable Words* makes a Mom adds not and on ask pail bakes paint bay play big rain can raining clay sad Crain sails creep save day say did snail Gail stay gray staying hands stops his tail in trail is wait it Wayne jay we like will mad wings Maine make

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

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On the Trail by the Bay Word Count: 185 High-Frequency Words by do for of that the to you your

Decodable Words* home a if and in at is bait it bay its bit jay bite lay bright leaves but like can main close makes day may did need eggs nest end not ending on faint pail feel pay fine pine fi shing plain flicks play get plump go quail gray rays high right hike

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

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(continued)

Decodable Words* rock sail sea see sings sit sits slime snail spray stay stray sun tail time trail tree up wade waist wait way will wind yuck

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

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by Jo Medick illustrated by Amy Vangsgard

by Jean Ann Tatum illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith

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