DECODA B L E B OOK 25

A B ug C a n
by Helen Dingwell

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 A bug can run up.
A bug can run dow n.
2

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 This bug is lit tle.
It can sit on a bud.
3

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 A bug can buzz.
A bug can hum.
It can zip, zip, zip.
4

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 This bug can get wet.
It can go up on top.
5

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 A bug can dig in mud.
It w ill rub and tug the mud.
6

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 This bug ha s a web.
It w ill sit on the web.
It w ill get fed.
7

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 A bug can sit on my lap.
A bug can do a lot.
8

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 School-Home Connection Have your child read the book to you. Then make
a list of bugs you can see around your neighborhood. Take a walk and look for
different kinds of bugs.

A Bug Can
Word Count: 88

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words

and a hum run
do bud in sit
down bug is top
go buzz it tug
little can lap up
my dig lot web
the fed mud wet
this get on will
has rub zip

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7, Gary W. Carter/Corbis; pg 8, Victoria Snow ber/Photodisc Red/Gett y Images.

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