Cal the Cub has the best day! He is glad he had fun with Mig the Pig and Sam the Ram at the pond. He is glad he split his drink with Punk the Skunk. He is glad he got to help Nuck the Duck with his plants. He is glad he had a fresh glass of red punch.
And the best is... He is glad he met Nick the Chick at the shop and went on a trip up the cliff.Scope and Sequence Analysis: Explore detailed scope and sequence and read a sample chapter for each title on Simple Words Books' website.

Step: #4 Early Decodable Chapter Books
Decodability: 92.1%
Word Count: 2278 words
Chapters: 21

• Irregular - taught: 500 words, 8 unique words, 21.9% of the word count. (a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you )
• Short vowels: 881 words, 91 unique words, 38.7% of the word count.
• Blends: 301 words, 75 unique words, 13.2% of the word count.
• Digraphs: 251 words, 46 unique words, 11.0% of the word count.
• FLSZ: 92 words, 21 unique words, 4.0% of the word count.
• Double consonants: 5 words, 1 unique word, 0.2% of the word count.
• -ng, -nk: 71 words, 16 unique words, 3.1% of the word count.
• Open syllables: 146 words, 5 unique words, 6.4% of the word count.
• Ctr r: 17 words, 1 unique word, 0.7% of the word count.
• Y vowel: 2 words, 1 unique word, 0.1% of the word count.
• Irregular - other: 11 words, 3 unique words, 0.5% of the word count.
• Pre-teach words: 1 word, 1 unique word, 0.04% of the word count.

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