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BEFORE READING DURING READING

Tolk together Enjoy the story together.
. Look ot the title ond cover. Totk obout If your child needs
the meoning of the word vonishing. Ask:. support to reod the
Whot hos hoppened to Chip's honds? story:
. Ask: Whot do you think wilt hoppen in . Remind your chitd to
the story? sound out ond blend
. Look through the book ond totk obout
unJomiLior words f rom
the pictu res. left to right.
. Look for compound
words. where two
words creote o bigger
About the words in this book word, e.g. moonlight.
. Your chitd shou[d be obte to sound . If o word is sti[[ too
out ond blend some words. which tricky, simpty soy the
moy inc[ude: whote word for
don'tI'm by time house your child.
. Re-reod sentences
obout your mode come to focus on their
Some words moy be more chottenging. meoning where
Encouroge or model btending, then reod necessory,
the words betow to your chitd
if necessory.
The children were ot schoo!. Theg
oh Mrs looked
cotled theotre mode o little theotre. Theg mode it
[oughed out of o box.
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The children put on o plou. The plog He wos colled Wizord Blot. Wizord
wos obout o wizo rd. Blot mode mistol<es.
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Wizord Blot mode o spell. The spell Evergone loughed. Evergone lil<ed thc
went wrong. plou. Mrs MoU lil<ed Wizord Blot.
"Oh deor! Oh deor!" soid Wizord
Blot.
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Biff wos in her room. The keg begon Chip ron into Biff's bedroom. The
to glow. mogic took them inside the little
"Chip! Chip!" colled Biff. house.
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The mogic took them to Wizord "Come in!" soid the Wizord. "l
Blot's house. The Wizord wonted wonted one helper, but two will do."
some help.
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Biff ond Chip did the woshing up. "I don't like ironing," soid Biff, "but w
"I don't like this," soid Chip, "but I don't wont to be frogs."
don't wont to be o frog."
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Oh no! Biff dropped o bottle. It wos "Help!" soid Biff. "This is vonishing
vonishing creom. creom."
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Chip lool<ed ot his honds. He rubbed his foce.

"Oh no," he soid. "Bits of us ore "Oh no!" soid Biff. "Your foce is
vonishing." vonishing."
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A mon come to the house. He The mon didn't see Biff ond Chip. Hc
climbed through the window. took oll the Wizord's computer dislcs.
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"Help! Help!" soid the mon. "l'm Wizord Blot come bocl<. Biff told him
being ottocl<ed bg the woshing." obout the vonishing creom.
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Chip gove Wizord Blot the computer It wos time to go home.

disks. The Wizord wos pleosed. "Thonl< Uou," soid Wizord Blot. "Do
come ogoin."
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, Turn to poge 20. Ask: Why did the mon think he
was being ottocked by the woshing?
' Re-reod poge 23. Ask: Why did Wizord Blot thonk
the children?
" Ask: Whot would you do if you hod some
vonishing creom?

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Biff hod o little bottle. Al1 rights.eseNcd. Photo(opyiigof rhis

"Don't drop it," soid Chip. "It's l,r'nled in china by IrD.tgo

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vonishing creom." n,,rurnl. recy.hble prcducr mnde t om wood

sr^{n in sustanrable foresrs. Thc nrnuiictuing
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