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Jelly and Jam

A Reading A–Z Read-Aloud Book
Consonant J • Word Count: 223

Written by Joe Slade • Illustrated by Fred Volke

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 WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK
High utility words:
1–100 the, to, and, he(s), a, I, you, it(s), of, in,
was, his, that, she, for, on, they, with,
up, is, out, as, we, then, down, do, can,
did, what, see(s), not, get(s), like(d), big,
are, over, just, red, put(s), jump, four
101–200 think, let(s), make(s), five, two, play,
new, goes, has, three, our, fast, say(s),
under
J words:
Jim(s), jam, Jan, jelly, jars, jog(s), journey, juicy,
jungle, jumping, juice, job, joke, jumped, jaw,
jug(s), juice
Other words:
need, more, fruit, Bob(s), Bear(s), house, short, lots,
berries, edge, friend, Bev, doing, I’m, making,
squashing, cart, I’ll, hide, surprise, place, fork, hit,
spoon, dropped, head, covered, fun, home

Jelly and Jam

A Read-Aloud Book
© 2002 Learning Page, Inc.
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Fred Volke

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Written by Joe Slade © Learning Page, Inc.

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Jan makes jelly. “We need more fruit,” says Jim.
Jim makes jam. “Jog over to Bob Bear’s house.
Jan puts jelly in jelly jars. It’s just a short journey.
Jim puts jam in jam jars. Bob Bear has lots of juicy berries.”

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Jan jogs as fast as she can.
She gets to the edge of the jungle.
She sees Bob with his friend, Bev.
Bob is jumping up and down.
“What are you doing, Bob?” says Jan.
“I’m making juice,” says Bob.
“He’s squashing our berries,” says Bev.
“I can do that job for you,” says Jan.
“Jim can make juice and jam.
I can make juice and jelly.”

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They put the berries in a cart.
“Let’s play a joke on Jim” says Bob.
“I’ll hide under the berries.
I’ll jump out and surprise Jim.”
They get to Jim’s Jam Place.
“What big, juicy berries!” says Jim.
Just then Bob jumps out.
Jim’s fork hits Bob’s jaw.
Jim’s spoon hits a jug of jam.

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The jug of jam drops on Bob’s head. Bob goes home with two jugs of juice.
Bob is covered in red jam. Bev goes home with three jars of jam.
Jim, Jan, and Bev like the joke. Jim has four jars of new jam.
Bob does not think the joke is funny. Jan has five jars of new jelly.

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