Winter Vacation
A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 180
LEVELED BOOK • I
Winter
Vacation
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
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Winter
Vacation
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
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Denise is bored.
It is winter vacation, and she is out
of ideas of things to do.
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Denise is bored.
“I wish it would snow,” she says.
It is winter vacation, and she is out
W hile Denise waits for snow, she
of ideas of things to do.
does puzzles.
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She plays games.
She reads books.
One book she reads gives her
a HUGE idea.
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She plays games.
She reads books.
She calls three neighborhood
One book she reads gives her
friends and says, “Come to my
a HUGE idea.
house today at 2:00!”
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Denise lays a blanket on the floor
for a stage.
She gets a wooden spoon
for a microphone.
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Denise lays a blanket on the floor
for a stage.
She gets markers and a big pad
She gets a wooden spoon
of paper.
for a microphone.
She also gets her CD player.
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Then she makes her game.
She gets ten cards and
writes a direction on each one.
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DING DONG.
Denise puts the cards in a box just
Then she makes her game.
as her friends arrive.
She gets ten cards and
“R eady to play Talent Show? ”
writes a direction on each one.
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squeals Denise.
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Marcus pulls the first card
from the box.
“Dance to a song,” he reads.
The friends laugh and cheer
as Marcus dances.
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Marcus pulls the first card
All afternoon the friends play the game.
from the box.
They dance, sing, draw pictures, and
“Dance to a song,” he reads.
tell stories.
The friends laugh and cheer
The friends are having so much fun.
as Marcus dances.
They don’t see that it’s snowing.
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Winter Vacation
A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 180
LEVELED BOOK • I
Winter
Vacation
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
Visit www.readinga-z.com
for thousands of books and materials.
www.readinga-z.com
Winter
Vacation
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
www.readinga-z.com
Winter Vacation
Level I Leveled Book
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Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
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Correlation
LEVEL I
Fountas & Pinnell
I
Reading Recovery 15–16
DRA
16