Decodable Book 10 Grade 2

DECODABLE BOOK

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DECODABLE BOOK 10

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Contents Silly Donkey and His Missing Key

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Monkeys

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by Lee S. Justice illustrated by Bill Ledger

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Silly Donkey felt hungry for something sweet. “I will get candy,” Donkey said and smacked his lips. Donkey kept his money in a locked chest. The key was missing.

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Donkey thought, “To get candy, I need money. To get money, I need the key to that lock. Now where did I put that key?” Donkey asked himself. Donkey looked below his bed for his missing key. It was not there.

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Donkey hunted high and low. He found sticky honey. He found smelly socks. Still, he did not find his missing key.

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Donkey peeked in trash bins in an alley. He checked a sandy beach. He checked a rocky hill and a grassy valley. His key was still missing.

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Silly Donkey said to himself, “I need that money. I will just smash that chest open.” Donkey lifted the chest high. Just then he saw his key.

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“I must have taped that key on the chest,” Donkey said. “What a silly donkey I am!” Donkey opened the lock with his key.

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Silly Donkey gazed at his money. He felt puzzled. “Now why did I need this money?” he asked himself. “Did I plan to get something with it?”

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by Minnie Timenti

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There are many kinds of monkeys. Most monkeys live in trees. The body of a monkey is just right for leaping and swinging in treetops. Its hands and feet grip branches. Some monkeys can even use their tails like hands.

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Most monkeys are not big. Most are less than three feet long. One tiny monkey has a body that is just six inches long.

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Monkeys

Apes

Monkeys and apes are not the same. Monkeys are not as big as apes. Most monkeys have tails but apes do not.

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Monkeys Ten, twenty, and even fifty monkeys may stay in packs. If a hunting animal gets close, monkeys tell each other by yelling. Then they dash off. Some monkeys can team up and fight back. Staying together is a way for monkeys to keep safe.

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Baby monkeys stay close to their mothers. A baby monkey hangs from its mother. When it grows big, the baby rides on its back. The mother teaches its baby to get food and stay safe.

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Monkeys copy each other and learn fast. People train monkeys to help them. It is key that monkeys are smart.

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At times, monkeys act in funny ways. It is easy to see why people like monkeys. Monkeys make them smile and feel happy.

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Silly Donkey and His Missing Key Word Count: 202 High-Frequency Words for find found have looked now open opened put said saw something there thought to was what where why

Decodable Words* honey a hungry alley hunted am I an in and it asked just at kept beach key bed lifted below lips bins lock candy locked checked low chest missing did money Donkey must felt need gazed not get on grassy peeked he plan high puzzled hill rock y himself sandy his

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

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(continued)

Decodable Words* silly smacked smash smelly socks stick y still sweet taped that the then this trash valley will with

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

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Monkeys Word Count: 209 High-Frequency Words animal are by do food for from have kinds learn live many mother mothers of one other people some their there they to together why

Decodable Words* gets a grip act grows and hands apes hangs as happy at has baby help back hunting big if body in branches inches but is can it close its copy just dash keep each key easy leaping even less fast like feel long feet make fi fty may fight monkey funny get

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

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(continued)

Decodable Words* monkeys tell most ten not than off that on the packs them rides then right three safe times same tiny see train six trees smart treetops smile twenty stay up staying use swinging way tails ways teaches when team yelling

*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story. PHOTO CREDITS pg. 9, Christine & Jurgen Sohns/Animals Animals; pg. 10 top, Christine & Juergen Sohns/Animals Animals; pg. 10 middle, Mickey Gibons/Animals Animals; pg. 10 bottom, Ra ymond Mendex/Animals Animals; pg. 11, (c) Pete Ox ford/naturepl.com; pg. 12 top, Christine & Juergen Sohns/Animals Animals; pg. 12 bottom, Gerard Lacz/Animals Animals; pg. 13, (c) Natasha Breed/naturepl. com; pg. 14, Zig Leszcz ynski/Animals Animals; pg. 15, © Da vid H. Wells/CORBIS; pg. 16, Kev yn Burns/Alamy.

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by Lee S. Justice illustrated by Bill Ledger

by Minnie Timenti

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