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The Cat

By Teresa Taylor

Illustrated by Daniela Avelar

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This is a cat.

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She is a fat cat.

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She can be a bad cat.

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But she is not a mad cat.

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When her pal the rat runs…

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…she is a sad cat.

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Short a words

cat

fat

can

bad

mad

pal

rat

sad

High Frequency Words

�this�she�be

her

when

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PINK Level 2

3 sound words

Focus on short vowel a

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Targeted Reading Instruction

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This work was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305R220013 to the University of Florida.