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 1. Going to the Zoo
She goes to the zoo. She sees a lion. The lion roars. She sees an elephant. The
elephant has a long trunk. She sees a turtle. The turtle is slow. She sees a rabbit.
The rabbit has soft fur. She sees a gorilla. The gorilla is eating a banana.,

1. banana

2. eat

3. elephant

4. fur

5. gorilla

6. lion

7. rabbit

8. roar

9. see

10.slow

11.soft

12.trunk

13.turtle

14.zoo
 4. Waiting

The kids are in class. The teacher is teaching math. The kids are tired. They
want to play. They want to see the sun. They like slides. They also like swings.
They don't like math. They stare at the clock. The clock moves slowly. The kids
continue to wait.

1. class

2. clock

3. continue

4. kid

5. math

6. slide

7. slowly

8. stare

9. swing

10.teacher

11.tired

12.wait
 5. Chores

He is playing video games. Mom gets mad. She thinks he is lazy. She gives him
a list of chores. He frowns. He looks at the list. He has to clean the floors. Then,
he has to wash the dishes. Finally, he has to feed the dog. He starts doing his
chores.

1. chore

2. clean

3. dish

4. feed

5. finally

6. floor

7. frown

8. game

9. lazy

10.list

11.mad

12.mom

13.start

14.think

15.video

16.wash
 7. Visiting the Doctor
Haley feels hot. Her mom touches her forehead. Haley has a fever. The mom
takes Haley to a doctor. The doctor is kind. He gives her a sticker. He tells her
to take a pill. He tells her to drink a lot of water. Haley goes home. She takes
the pill and drinks water. She does this for three days. She is healthy again.

1. again

2. doctor

3. drink

4. feel

5. fever

6. forehead

7. healthy

8. hot

9. kind

10.pill

11.sticker

12.tell

13.touch

14.visit

15.water
 8. Different Foods
Sara is hungry. She goes to the kitchen. She opens the cabinet. There are a lot of
snacks. The marshmallows are too sweet. The potato chips are too salty. The ice
cream is too watery. The kiwis are too sour. The cereal is too bland. Her dad
comes home. He gives her crackers. The crackers are perfect.

1. bland

2. cabinet

3. cereal

4. chip

5. cracker

6. different

7. hungry

8. kitchen

9. kiwis

10.marshmallow

11.open

12.perfect

13.potato

14.salty

15.snack

16.sour

17.sweet

18.watery
 9. The Corner
Jill does not like math. Jill starts talking about food. Her friends laugh. They
stop doing their homework. The teacher is upset. She tells them to stand in the
corner. Jill goes to the corner. It is hard to be quiet. She thinks about her family.
She thinks about her dog. Five minutes pass. The teacher lets her go.

1. corner

2. food

3. friend

4. hard

5. homework

6. laugh

7. let

8. math

9. minute

10.pass

11.quiet

12.stand

13.start

14.stop

15.talk

16.upset
 17. A Trip to the Library

Mark needs a book. He does not have money. His mom takes him to the library.
Mark can borrow books for free. Mark enters the library. There are so many
books. There are books about animals. There are books about pirates. There are
books about science. Mark borrows them all.

1. animal

2. book

3. borrow

4. free

5. library

6. money

7. need

8. pirate

9. science

10.trip
 16. The Kind Dentist

Maria feels pain in her teeth. She tells her mom. Her mom takes her to the
dentist. Maria is scared. She enters the waiting room. The secretary calls Maria's
name. Maria goes in. Maria sits in a big chair. She waits for the dentist. The
dentist arrives. He is careful with Maria's teeth. He gives her a new toothbrush.
Maria feels good.

1. arrive

2. call

3. careful

4. chair

5. dentist

6. enter

7. kind

8. pain

9. room

10.scare

11.secretary

12.sit

13.tooth

14.toothbrush

15.wait
 15. New and Old

Tomorrow is the first day of school. Barbara looks at her backpack. It has

holes. It is dirty. She needs a new one. Her mom takes her shopping. There are

so many backpacks. One backpack has yellow stars. Another one has rainbow

stripes. Another one has dogs. Barbara likes this one. She buys it.

1. backpack

2. buy

3. dirty

4. first

5. hole

6. new

7. old

8. rainbow

9. shopping

10.star

11.stripe

12.tomorrow

13.yellow
 13. A Cat and A Mouse
The cat is bored. He tries to have fun. He plays with yarn. He scratches his
tummy. He takes a nap. He drinks milk. He is still bored. He sees a mouse. The
mouse is eating cheese. The cat steals the cheese. The mouse is angry. The
mouse chases the cat. The cat is having fun.

1. angry

2. bore

3. cat

4. chase

5. cheese

6. fun

7. milk

8. mouse

9. nap

10.scratch

11.steal

12.try

13.tummy

14.yarn
 26. Chris and His Fish

Christopher wants a pet. He likes fish. Fish are easy to take care of. Fish are
pretty. Christopher thinks he is responsible enough too. He decides to go to the
pet store himself. He buys a fish. It is small. It is red and black. It swims slowly.
Christopher puts it in a tank.

1. decide

2. easy

3. enough

4. fish

5. pet

6. pretty

7. responsible

8. small

9. swim

10.tank

11.think
 28. A Successful Trade
It is lunch time. The kids go out to eat. They are excited and hungry. Paul has a
ham sandwich. He does not like ham. He wants a tuna sandwich. Sarah has a
tuna sandwich. She thinks tuna is smelly. She wants a ham sandwich. Paul and
Sarah meet up. They trade their sandwiches. They get what they want.

1. eat

2. excite

3. ham

4. hungry

5. lunch

6. meet

7. sandwich

8. smelly

9. successful

10.trade

11.tuna
 31. Practicing Drawing

I am practicing drawing. I practice drawing every Saturday and Sunday. My

teacher shows me new things. I know how to draw people, animals, and objects
now. I always want to get better, so I practice every day. My parents always tell
me that I am a good artist. They think I can do it as a job.

1. always

2. animal

3. artist

4. draw

5. job

6. know

7. new

8. object

9. parent

10.practice

11.Saturday

12.show

13.Sunday

14.tell

15.think
 33. Taking Tests

He has a test tomorrow. He does not want to study. Instead, he plays video
games. The next day, he takes the test. It is very hard. He does not know
anything. He turns in his test blank. The teacher scolds him and gives him an
"F."

1. anything

2. blank

3. game

4. hard

5. instead

6. know

7. next

8. scold

9. study

10.take

11.test

12.tomorrow

13.turn

14.video
 38. The Teacher Takes Away His Phone

Mr. Brown's lectures are boring. A student looks up at Mr. Brown to check what
he is doing. Mr. Brown is writing something on the board. The student takes out
his phone. He starts playing games. Mr. Brown walks over to his desk. Mr.
Brown takes the student's phone away. He is in trouble.
1. away

2. board

3. boring

4. check

5. desk

6. lecture

7. phone

8. something

9. start

10.trouble

11.walk

12.write
 39. No One Likes the Flu

He is sick. He goes to the doctor. The doctor give him some medicine. He is
still sick after one week. His mom tells him to go to sleep. He lies in bed all
day. He rests. He drinks chicken soup and eats vegetables. He is still sick. No
one likes the flu.

1. chicken

2. doctor

3. drink

4. eat

5. flu

6. lie

7. like

8. medicine

9. rest

10.sick

11.sleep

12.soup

13.vegetable

14.week
 46. Apology

He does not like school. He hates his teachers. He hates learning. He hates his
classmates. He picks on them. He bothers them. He rips up their homework. He
steals their lunch money. One day, his teacher sees him being mean. She yells at
him. She makes him say sorry to his classmates.

1. apology

2. bother

3. classmate

4. hate

5. learning

6. like

7. mean

8. pick

9. rip

10.school

11.sorry

12.steal

13.teacher

14.yell
 49. Hide and Seek

John covers his eyes. Sandra finds a place to hide. John counts to ten. At "ten,"
he opens his eyes. He tries to find Sandra. He walks around their room. He
checks the kitchen. He checks under the bed. He checks the laundry room. He
does not find her yet. Sandra is in their parents' room.

1. around

2. check

3. count

4. cover

5. eye

6. find

7. hide

8. kitchen

9. laundry

10.place

11.seek

12.try
 Hamlet's Soliloquy
To be, or not to be
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.-- Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

William Shakespeare
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