DE C ODA B L E B OOK 13

A B ig M e ss
by Tami Morton illustrated by Emilie Chollat

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 A B ig M e ss

by Tami Morton illustrate

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 Jill ha s a big job.
Pig is a mes s.
2

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 Jill got Pig wet.
Pig got Jill wet.
3

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 They are a mes s!
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 Jill got Pig on a box.
Pig w ill not sit.
5

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 Pig hid in a van.
Jill got in the van.
6

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 They are in the van.
Jill got Pig in a net.
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 Pig is m ad.
Pig is not a mes s.
8

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 School-Home Connection Ask your child to read the book to you.
Then talk about a big mess that you and your child had to clean up.

A Big Mess
Word Count: 63

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

are a mad
the big mess
they box net
got not
has on
hid Pig
in sit
is van
Jill wet
job will

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

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