BENCHMARK • J

Animal Olympics

Written by Joe Slade  •  Illustrated by Nora Voutas

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Animal Olympics
A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book • Word Count: 401

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Animal Olympics
Level J Benchmark Book
© Learning A–Z
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas
All rights reserved.
www.readinga-z.com

Correlation
LEVEL J
Fountas & Pinnell
Reading Recovery
DRA

J

17
18

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Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas

Animal Olympics


Bongo woke up early on the day of the Animal Olympics.
He was very excited.
He was sure he could win a gold medal.
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All the young animals were invited to compete in the games.
The Animal Olympics were being held at the zoo.


Bongo woke up early on the day of the Animal Olympics.
He was very excited.
He was sure he could win a gold medal.
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All the young animals were invited to compete in the games.
The Animal Olympics were being held at the zoo.


The first event was running.
Bongo thought he was a good runner.
He was sure he would win the race.
The animals lined up at the starting line.
“Ready, set, go!” yelled the starter.
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The cheetah won. Bongo was last.
when the winner reached the finish line.
Bongo had only run three steps


The first event was running.
Bongo thought he was a good runner.
He was sure he would win the race.
The animals lined up at the starting line.
“Ready, set, go!” yelled the starter.
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The cheetah won. Bongo was last.
when the winner reached the finish line.
Bongo had only run three steps


Bongo was not worried.
There were still five events left.
He would win the next event, the long jump.
He was a great jumper.
He was sure he would win the long jump.
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Bongo was last.
The kangaroo was the winner.
The kangaroo jumped to the end of the sandpit.
Bongo did not even reach the sandpit.


Bongo was not worried.
There were still five events left.
He would win the next event, the long jump.
He was a great jumper.

He was sure he would win the long jump.
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Bongo was last.
The kangaroo was the winner.
The kangaroo jumped to the end of the sandpit.
Bongo did not even reach the sandpit.


Bongo was not worried.
There were still four events left.
He would win the next event, swimming.
He was a great swimmer.
He was sure he would win the swimming race.
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Bongo was last.
The dolphin was the winner.
when the winner reached the end of the pool.
Bongo had only swum three strokes



Bongo was not worried.
There were still four events left.
He would win the next event, swimming.
He was a great swimmer.
He was sure he would win the swimming race.
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Bongo was last.
The dolphin was the winner.
when the winner reached the end of the pool.
Bongo had only swum three strokes


Bongo was not worried.
There were still three events left.
He would win the next event, diving.
He was a great diver.
He was sure he would win the diving event.
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Bongo was last.
She scored 10 points.

The winner was the seal.
But he only scored 5 points.
Bongo made his very best dive.


Bongo was not worried.
There were still three events left.
He would win the next event, diving.
He was a great diver.
He was sure he would win the diving event.
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Bongo was last.
She scored 10 points.
The winner was the seal.
But he only scored 5 points.
Bongo made his very best dive.


Bongo was not worried.
There were still two events left.
He would win the next event, weightlifting.
He was very strong.
He was sure he would win the weightlifting event.
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Bongo was last.
The elephant was the winner.
The elephant lifted much more.
Bongo used all his strength to lift the barbells.


Bongo was not worried.
There were still two events left.
He would win the next event, weightlifting.
He was very strong.
He was sure he would win the weightlifting event.
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Bongo was last.
The elephant was the winner.
The elephant lifted much more.
Bongo used all his strength to lift the barbells.


Bongo was very worried.
There was only one event left.
He had to win it to get a gold medal.

He wasn’t sure he could win the next event, gymnastics.
He was worried that the other animals were better gymnasts.
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He scored ten points and won a gold medal.
He was perfect.
It was Bongo’s turn.
and scored only one point.
The elephant was very clumsy
He scored two points.
The kangaroo was worse.
He scored three points.
He wasn’t very good.
The cheetah went first.


Bongo was very worried.
There was only one event left.
He had to win it to get a gold medal.
He wasn’t sure he could win the next event, gymnastics.
He was worried that the other animals were better gymnasts.
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He scored ten points and won a gold medal.
He was perfect.
It was Bongo’s turn.
and scored only one point.
The elephant was very clumsy
He scored two points.
The kangaroo was worse.
He scored three points.
He wasn’t very good.
The cheetah went first.


BENCHMARK • J

Animal Olympics

Written by Joe Slade  •  Illustrated by Nora Voutas

www.readinga-z.com

Animal Olympics
A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book • Word Count: 401

Visit

www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials.


Animal Olympics

Level J Benchmark Book
© Learning A–Z
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas
All rights reserved.
www.readinga-z.com

Correlation
LEVEL J
Fountas & Pinnell
Reading Recovery
DRA

J
17
18

www.readinga-z.com

Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas

Animal Olympics