DECODABLE BOOK 18

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DECODABLE BOOK 18

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by Nancy Furstinger

illustrated by Marie LaFrance

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A horn blows long and low .

All the workers go up on the little yellow tugboat’s deck.

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On this day, the little yellow tugboat has a big job. It must

tow a red boat to the shop. The red boat must get fi xed.

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The little yellow tugboat chugs up the river.

The red boat is still f loating. It did not sink.

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5

The little yellow tugboat slows and stops.

It will tow the red boat back to the dock.

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The little yellow tugboat must tug hard on the red boat. It

is a big load to tow, but the little yellow tugboat can do it!

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The little yellow tugboat ends its trip. It stops at the dock.

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The little yellow tugboat did it. The boat can get fixed.

Good job, little yellow tugboat!

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*Words with /∫/ow, oa appear in boldface type.

The Little Yellow TugboatWord Count: 137

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

day

do

go

good

the

to

workers

a

all

and

at

back

big

blows

boat

but

can

chugs

deck

did

dock

ends

fi xed

fl oating

get

hard

has

horn

is

it

its

job

little

load

long

low

must

not

on

red

river

shop

sink

slows

still

stops

this

tow

trip

tug

tugboat

tugboat’s

up

will

yellow

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Long Vowel /∫/ow,oa

by Nancy Furstinger

illustrated by Marie LaFrance

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ISBN-13: 978-0-15-364103-9ISBN-10: 0-15-364103-7

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