A Long Life Nancy wants to live a long time.. She wants to live for one hundred years.. She wants to live 95 more years.. Hewants to live a long time, too.. He wants to live for one hund
Trang 21 A Good Boy
Billy always listens to his mother He always does what she says If his mother says, “Brushyour teeth,” Billy brushes his teeth If his mother says, “Go to bed,” Billy goes to bed Billy is avery good boy A good boy listens to his mother His mother doesn’t have to ask him again Sheasks him to do something one time, and she doesn’t ask again Billy is a good boy He does whathis mother asks the first time She doesn’t have to ask again She tells Billy, “You are my bestchild.” Of course Billy is her best child Billy is her only child
2 A Long Life
Nancy wants to live a long time She wants to live for one hundred years She is five yearsold now She wants to live 95 more years Then she will be 100 Her father is 30 years old Hewants to live a long time, too He wants to live for one hundred years He wants to live for 70more years “Daddy, we will grow old together, okay?” Nancy said to her father “Yes, honey, wewill grow old together,” he said to Nancy Then Nancy smiled She gave her daddy a big hug
3 Barking Dog
Bobby woke up because he heard a dog He heard a dog barking outside his window Bobbywoke up when he heard the dog barking Bobby got out of bed He got out of bed and walked tothe window He looked out the window He saw a big brown dog It was barking very loud Bobbyopened his window He looked at the barking dog “Why are you barking so loud?” he asked thedog The dog looked at Bobby Then it stopped barking
5 Horse Rider
Trang 3“Can I ride my horse, Mommy?” Sara asked her mom Sara loved to ride her horse Sherode her horse almost every Saturday “Okay, honey, get ready to go,” her mom said Sara washappy She went into her bedroom She put her pink socks on She put her pink sneakers on.She grabbed her pink hat She went to the front door “I’m going to wait in the car,” she told hermom “Okay, I’ll be there in a minute,” her mom said Sara opened the car door She sat down inthe front seat She put on her hat She was excited.
6 Yellow Corn
Brian sat down for dinner He sat down in the chair He sat down at the table He looked at his white plate He looked at his silver fork He looked at his silver spoon His dad said, “Pass me your plate, Brian.” His dad put white rice on the plate His dad put yellow corn on the plate His dad put green peas on the plate He gave the plate back to Brian “This looks delicious,” Brian said “It is delicious,” his dad said Brian wondered why corn was yellow He wondered why peas were green He wondered if there were yellow peas and green corn.
7 Row Your Boat
Brenda sang a song She sang the song while she walked to school The name of the songwas “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Brenda liked to sing this song It was her favorite song to sing.She sang it every day while she walked to school Sometimes she sang it with her best friend.Sometimes her best friend walked to school with Brenda Then they both sang the song together.Brenda liked the song because it was easy to remember the words “Row, row, row your boat”are easy words to remember
8 The Jumper
Johnny jumped over the dog The dog was lying on the ground Johnny jumped over it.The dog saw Johnny jump over it The dog got up The dog got up and barked at Johnny Johnnylaughed He laughed while the dog barked Johnny ran over to the fence The dog chased him tothe fence Johnny jumped over the fence He turned around and looked at the dog The dogstopped at the fence The dog could not jump over the fence Johnny said, “Jump, jump!” Thedog barked, but did not jump
Trang 4is red So, why don’t you call it a redberry? Mary asked her mom Her mom didn’t know Sheasked her dad Her dad didn’t know She asked her little brother “Because a red berry is acherry!” her brother said.
10 Chocolate Milk
James took the milk out of the refrigerator He put the carton of milk on the counter Hetook the cap off the carton of milk He opened the kitchen cabinet He took a glass out of thecabinet He put the glass on the counter next to the milk He poured some milk into the glass Heput the cap back on the carton of milk He put the milk back into the refrigerator He took thechocolate syrup out of the refrigerator He poured some chocolate syrup into the glass of milk
He stirred the milk with a spoon He licked the spoon
11 Go to Work
Patricia did not have much time It was time to go to work She did not want to be late forwork She would lose her job if she was late She finished her coffee She drank the last drop.She put the coffee cup in the kitchen sink She turned on the kitchen faucet She poured waterinto the cup She turned off the faucet She picked up her keys The keys were on the kitchentable She grabbed her gray coat Her gray coat was on the chair The chair was next to thedoor She walked outside She locked her door with her house key
12 Fresh Fish
Mike was ready for bed It was 11 o’clock He had to get up early the next day The nextday he was going fishing Fish wake up early They look for food early in the day They look forfood late in the day The best time to fish is early or late in the day That is when the fish arehungry Mike set his alarm He set his alarm for 5 o’clock The next day he would start fishing at
6 o’clock He wanted to catch four or five fish If he caught four or five fish, he could eat freshfish all week Fresh fish is the best fish Mike went to bed
13 Buy a New Car
Linda wants to buy a new car She has an old car Her old car is a white Honda Linda wants
to buy a new Honda She wants to buy a new red Honda She has saved $1,000 She will use
$1,000 to help buy the new car She will give $1,000 to the Honda dealer The Honda dealer willgive her a contract to sign The contract will require her to pay $400 a month for seven years
Trang 514 A Thin Man
Richard is a light eater He doesn’t eat much He isn’t a heavy eater He eats a lightbreakfast, a light lunch, and a light dinner Richard is not fat He is thin He will always be thin,because he is a light eater He eats a bowl of cereal for breakfast He eats a bowl of cereal withmilk He eats a sandwich for lunch Sometimes it’s a fish sandwich He likes fish He eats rice andvegetables for dinner All he eats for dinner is rice and vegetables He will never get fat
15 A Funny Story
Barbara likes funny stories She likes to hear funny stories She likes to tell funny stories.She told her mom a funny story When she finished, she waited for her mom to laugh “Mom,why aren’t you laughing? That was a funny story,” Barbara said “Oh, I’m sorry,” her mom said
“Sometimes you think something is funny, but someone else thinks it isn’t funny.” So, Barbara’smom did not laugh at Barbara’s story Barbara told the same story to her younger sister Heryounger sister laughed at the story
16 Bug in a Bottle
Charles found a glass bottle He found the glass bottle in his back yard It was a pretty glassbottle It was dark green He looked inside the dark green bottle He couldn’t see anything Heshook the bottle Something came out of the bottle It landed on the ground It was a bug.Charles picked up the bug He looked at it The bug looked at Charles Charles put the bottleback on the ground He put the bug on the ground, next to the bottle The bug crawled back intothe bottle
17 Clean Hands
Elizabeth washes her hands every day She likes to wash her hands She washes her handswith soap and water She uses soap and water to wash her hands She uses warm water andsoap She washes her hands for 30 seconds After 30 seconds she stops washing her hands Sheturns off the water She dries her hands on a clean towel Every few hours she turns on the
Trang 6water and washes her hands Elizabeth has very clean hands She does not have many germs onher hands Germs cannot live on her clean hands.
18 Who Is It?
Joseph never opens the front door When someone knocks on the front door, Joseph says,
“Who is it?” But he does not open the door His parents told him to keep the door closed Hisparents want him to be safe He will be safe if he doesn’t open the door Yesterday someoneknocked on the front door “Who is it?” Joseph asked “It’s the mailman,” the person said “Icannot open the door,” Joseph said “Okay, I will come back tomorrow,” the mailman said
“Goodbye,” Joseph said Joseph is a good boy He listens to his parents He doesn’t open thedoor for any person
19 Trash Day
Jennifer pulled the trash can out to the street She pulled the trash can out to the street onMonday morning Monday was trash day The trash truck came to her house The truck had ametal arm The metal arm picked up the trash can It raised the trash can into the sky Itemptied the trash can into the truck Then the arm put the can back on the street On Mondayafternoon Jennifer walked out to the street The trash can was empty She pulled the trash canback into her yard Next Monday she would pull it out to the street again
20 Cold Weather
Thomas was not hot He was not warm either He was cold The weather was not hot Theweather was not warm either The weather was cold Thomas did not like to be cold He lookedfor his jacket He found his jacket He put on his jacket But he was still cold He looked at thewindows Were all the windows closed? Yes, they were They were all closed None of thewindows were open He looked at the door The door wasn’t open It was closed He was stillcold He looked for a warmer jacket
21 Add Numbers
Maria was learning to add numbers She liked to add numbers It was easy to add numbers.She could add one and one She knew that one and one are two She knew that two and two arefour She knew that three and three are six But that was it She didn’t know what four and fourare She asked her mom Her mom told her that four and four are eight “Oh, now I know,” Mariasaid “I am four years old now In four more years, I will be eight.” Maria was a fast learner Shewasn’t a slow learner
Trang 722 Write a Letter
Christopher wrote a letter to his sister His sister lived in another city His sister did nothave a computer Neither did he His sister didn’t like to use the phone Neither did he He wrotehis sister a long letter He told her the news in his life He told her that he had a new job He toldher that he had a new girlfriend He told her that he had a new car He had lots of news for hissister She would be happy to read his letter Then she would send him a letter Her letter wouldhave lots of news, too
23 Short Girl
Margaret was a small girl She was a little girl All her friends were taller than her Shewas shorter than all her friends She wanted to be tall Her mom told her not to worry One dayMargaret would be tall One day she would be taller than her friends One day all her friendswould be shorter than her She was happy to hear that She only had one question for her mom.When would she be taller than her friends? Would it be next year? She hoped it would be nextyear She was tired of being the shortest girl
24 The Farm
Daniel wanted to visit a farm He asked his parents to take him to a farm His teacher toldhim about the animals on a farm There are lots of animals on a farm Daniel wanted to see theanimals He wanted to see the cows He wanted to see the chickens He wanted to see the pigs
He wanted to pet the animals He wanted to feed the animals He loved animals He wanted tolive on a farm He wanted to live with cows and chickens and pigs They would be his friends Hedidn’t have any friends in school
25 Tenth Birthday
Dorothy will be ten years old next month She is excited Ten years old is very old Shewill not be a little kid anymore A nine-year-old kid is just a little kid A ten-year-old kid is almost
an adult Nine is only one number, but 10 is two numbers Nine is a little kid number, but 10 is
an adult number When she is ten, she will be an adult almost She will be a young woman Shewill wear lipstick She will wear nail polish She will have a boyfriend He will be handsome andpolite He will open doors for her He will buy her birthday presents Dorothy can’t wait until nextmonth
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Paul has a red bicycle He loves his red bicycle He got the red bicycle for his ninthbirthday His parents gave him his bike when he was nine He takes care of his bike He puts air
in both tires He puts air in the front tire He puts air in the rear tire He puts oil on the bikechain He wipes dirt off the bike with a damp rag He puts water on the rag and wipes all the dirtaway He rides his bike everywhere He rides it to school He rides it to the library He rides it tohis friend’s house He really loves his bike
27 New Shoes
Lisa loves to go shopping Tomorrow she is going shopping She needs a new pair of shoes.She wants to buy a pair of red shoes She thinks red shoes are pretty She will buy a pair ofshoes at the mall Lisa usually shops at the mall The mall is only a mile from her house She justwalks to the mall It only takes her 20 minutes Tomorrow she will go to four different shoestores Tomorrow is Saturday The mall always has sales on Saturday If the sale price is good,Lisa might buy two pairs of shoes
28 A New Car
Mark bought a new car last week He is happy with his new car He got a good deal on hisnew car It was on sale His new car is green The four tires are black His new car has fourdoors It has one trunk The spare tire is in the trunk All new cars have a spare tire His new carhas one hood The engine is under the hood All new cars have an engine His new car has twobig seats One seat is in the front One seat is in the back Mark sits in the front seat when hedrives his new car He always buckles his seat belt
30 Piano Player
Donald plays the piano He loves the piano He has a big piano in his living room His piano
is shiny and black It has three legs He sits on a bench to play the piano The bench has fourlegs His piano has 88 keys The keys are black and white Donald has ten fingers His ten fingersplay music on the 88 piano keys The piano also has three pedals Donald uses his two feet onthe three pedals He uses both of his hands and both of his feet to play the piano He also usesboth of his eyes to play the piano
31 The Runner
Trang 9Betty’s doctor told her to exercise more So she began running She enjoys running Sheruns almost every day She runs two miles a day On the weekend she runs five miles She runs
up hills She runs down hills She runs in the street and on the sidewalk She runs on trails Sheruns in the heat and the cold She runs on sunny days and rainy days Betty will run in themarathon next week Next week will be her first marathon A marathon is 26 miles She will runfor three hours without stopping She won’t try to win the marathon She will try to finish it
32 A Simple Salad
George is going to make a salad He is going to make a simple salad It will be a simplesalad, but it will also be delicious His salad will have only two ingredients One ingredient is freshcucumber A cucumber is dark green and long George will peel the skin off the cucumber He willthrow the skin in the trash He won’t eat the skin He will slice the cucumber into little pieces.Each piece will be about the size of a nickel He will put all the pieces into a big bowl Then hewill pour salad dressing on the pieces in the big bowl That’s it—a cucumber, and salad dressing
33 How Rude
Helen is unhappy with her mother Her mother is unhappy with Helen They are bothunhappy with each other Helen has a boyfriend His name is Peter Her mother doesn’t likePeter Her mother said that Peter is rude Why did she say that? Because Peter didn’t take hishat off in the house Helen’s mother says that is rude A man should take his hat off in thehouse “Your father always took his hat off in the house,” Helen’s mother said “But, Mom, timesare different now,” Helen said "I promise you, Peter will take his hat off next time." Helen’smother said it was too late—rude is rude
34 Clean the Apartment
Kenneth cleaned his apartment He emptied the trash He washed the dirty dishes Helooked in his bathroom The sink and bathtub were dirty He scrubbed the sink and bathtub Helooked in his bedroom Clothes were on the floor He picked up the clothes He put the shirts onhangers He folded the pants He put the pants in the dresser He washed the dirty clothes Helooked in his living room Papers were on the floor Books and newspapers and magazines were
on the floor He picked them all up He put them on the book shelves Then he vacuumed hiswhole apartment
35 Write a Check
Sandra wrote a check to her gas company On one line she wrote “May 17, 2009.” On the
Trang 10next line she wrote “The Gas Company.” On another line she wrote “$35.66.” On another line shewrote “Thirty-five and 66/100.” On another line she wrote “Monthly Gas Bill.” On another line shesigned her name Then she put the check into an envelope She also put the gas bill into theenvelope She licked the envelope and sealed it She put her return address on the front of theenvelope She put a 44-cent stamp on the front of the envelope She put the envelope in themailbox
36 Melted Cheese
Steven was hungry What could he eat? He looked in the refrigerator He saw some orangecheese He saw some yellow butter He knew what he would eat He would eat a melted cheesesandwich He took the cheese and butter out of the refrigerator He buttered two slices of bread
He sliced the cheese and put it between the two buttered slices He heated the frying pan He putthe cheese sandwich into the frying pan After three minutes, he flipped the sandwich over Afterthree more minutes, he put the melted cheese sandwich on a plate
37 In Love
Donna loved her husband Her husband loved Donna They were in love with each other.She wanted to give him a birthday present He was going to be 40 years old next week Shewondered what to give him Should she give him a watch? Should she give him a sweater?Should she give him a new guitar? What should she give him? She asked him what he wanted forhis birthday He said he didn’t want anything for his birthday “Oh, you must want something!”she said “You’re right,” he said “I want your love forever.”
39 No Energy
Carol felt tired She felt tired all the time She didn’t use to feel tired She used to have a lot
of energy Why was she so tired all the time? “You should eat more sugar,” her friend told her
Trang 11“Sugar will give you energy.” But Carol didn’t want to eat more sugar More sugar would give hermore weight She didn’t want to put on weight She wanted to have energy again She finallydecided to see a doctor Her doctor told her that she had a thyroid problem “What is a thyroid?”she asked her doctor "It can make you feel very tired But don't worry, I can fix it," he told her
40 A Fast Driver
Brian has a fast car He drives his car fast He never gets a ticket His car is too fast for thepolice They chase him, but they can’t catch him Brian always escapes from the police Thepolice want to catch him But their cars are too slow Brian’s car is very fast He likes to driveover 100 mph When he sees the police, he waves to the police The police turn on their sirens.They turn on their red lights They chase after Brian Brian speeds up He passes all the othercars on the road He escapes from the police
41 A New Baby
Ruth is pregnant She is expecting a baby The baby is due in two months The baby is aboy It is her first boy She already has a little girl Her little girl is two years old Ruth loves herlittle girl Her little girl is happy to get a baby brother Ruth is eating for two people right now.She is very careful about what she eats and drinks She eats a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.She eats fresh fish twice a week She doesn’t drink alcohol or coffee She doesn’t eat candy orpotato chips She stays away from cigarette smokers She will have a healthy baby
42 Questions
When does Ronald eat breakfast? He eats breakfast in the morning What does he eat forbreakfast? He eats ham and eggs What does he drink for breakfast? He drinks coffee Wheredoes he eat breakfast? He eats breakfast at home Who makes breakfast for Ronald? His wifemakes breakfast for him Why does Ronald eat breakfast? Because food gives him energy Whatdoes he do after he eats breakfast? He brushes his teeth What does he do after he brushes histeeth? He goes to work Which bus does he take to work? He takes the city bus to work
43 Swimming Pool
Sharon jumped into the water at the swimming pool She held her nose She went under thewater Then she came back up She swam to the ladder in the pool She climbed out of the pool.She stood at the edge of the pool She held her nose She jumped in again Sharon liked to jumpinto the pool The water felt good It was a hot day The water was cool The water felt so good.Sharon’s mother had brought her to the pool Her mother was sitting in a chair She was
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46 Losing Weight
Kevin wanted to lose weight He was getting fat His stomach was getting bigger He wasgaining weight He was gaining one pound every week He had to buy new pants He didn’t fitinto his old pants He couldn’t see his feet anymore When he looked down, all he could see washis big fat belly He wanted his belly to disappear How could he do that? How could he loseweight? What could he do? He talked to his wife She told him to stop eating candy She told him
to stop eating cake She told him to walk up and down the big hill every day
47 No Job
Kimberly was not happy She was sad She needed a job She asked everyone for a job.Everyone told her no No one had a job for her She came home every day and cried How couldshe live without a job? She had only $1,000 After she spent the $1,000, she would have nomoney Then what would she do? She had nowhere to go She had no friends She had nofamily She was all alone She was very worried She looked in the newspaper every day Shewas ready to take any job If someone gave her a job, she would be so happy