Suzanne I.

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Kip wants to get fit.
Kip does not want
to sit. 3
 Kip wants to get fit.
So Kip gets his kit.
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Kip will get fit with
his kit.
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 Kip wants to get fit.
Kip will dig in a pit.
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Kip will not stop or sit.
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 Kip wants to get fit.
Kip will fill up a bin.
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Kip will fill it to the
rim.
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 Kip wants to get fit.
Kip will hit a big hit.
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Kip will catch with a
mitt.
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 Kip wants to get fit.
Kip will go for a dip.
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Kip will sip a big sip.

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 Kip will zip up a hill.
Kip wants to sit still!
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 Decodable Words
big hill not
bin his pit
dig hit rim
dip in sip
fill it sit
fit Kip up
get kit will
gets mitt zip

Sight Words Challenge

Words
a stop
catch
does the
still
for to
go want
or wants
so with

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 Extension Activities

Discussion Questions
• Why do you think Kip wants to get fit?
• How do you think Kip felt at the beginning of the story?
• How do you think Kip felt at the end of the story?
• Which activity would you like to do with Kip?

Exploring the Story

• Join Kip in getting fit. Start by having children sit down.
Tell them to stand up when they hear a word with short i.
Then have them sit down before you share the next word
and remain sitting with words that do not have short i.
Use the following words: bang, bat, dab, dip, dig, fib, fill,
jab, jig, kick, kiss, lick, pack, pick, rap, rip, sing, sat, sit, sip,
tip, wag, yap, zip, zap.
• Get more fit by doing other actions that have the short i:
dig, (dance a) jig, (wiggle your) hips, tip (to the side), (flap
your) wings, (flap your) wings and sing, pick (up things), hit
or kick (at an imaginary ball), dip (your head).

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