Zoom Groom - Decodable Book 29 Grade 1

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DECODABLE BOOK 29

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by Nancy Furstinger illustrated by Jackie Snyder

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On a moonlit night glittering with dew, a poodle named Scooter said, “I am bored with howling at the moon. I am going to open a new grooming shop.”

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The pooch turned his playroom into a shop called Zoom Groom. His shop had pools and seats for grooming. It had places for dogs to sit and wait. 3

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He stocked his storeroom with crates of shampoo, brushes, and a broom. Scooter could now open his shop. 4

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Soon Scooter’s Zoom Groom was packed with dirty pooches. He got set to brush and clean every one of them. 5

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“Step right this way,” Scooter boomed. He tossed lots of shampoo into the pool.

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The pooches jumped into the bubbles with whoops and yells. How soon could Scooter get them all clean? 7

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Scooter groomed every pooch before noon. As they zoomed out, he said, “This is why I call my shop Zoom Groom!” 8

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Zoom Groom Word Count: 150 High-Frequency Words could going into of one open said they to was

Decodable Words a all am and as at before boomed bored broom brush brushes bubbles

call called clean crates dew dirty dogs every for get glittering got Groom

groomed grooming had he his how howling I is it jumped lots moon

moonlit my named new night noon now on out packed places playroom pooch

pooches poodle pool pools right Scooter Scooter’s seats set shampoo shop sit soon

*Words with /◊/oo, ew appear in boldface type.

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(continued) Decodable Words step stocked storeroom the them this

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tossed turned wait way whoops why

with yells Zoom zoomed

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by Nancy Furstinger illustrated by Jackie Snyder

Vowel Diphthong /◊/oo,ew

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