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 Teacher’s
Guide

Targeted Phonics Long Vowel Storybooks • Teacher’s Guide

TCM 14178
 Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Research on Early Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features of Targeted Phonics: Long Vowel Storybooks. . 10
How to Use This Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Kit Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to Use This Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Skills Addressed in the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Level Correlations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Guided Reading Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using Targeted Phonics ina Guided Reading/
Balanced Literacy Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Other Blocks of a Balanced Reading Program . . . . . . . . 20
Pacing Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Interactiv-eBooks in the Classroom . . . . . . . . 27
Standards Correlations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Introduction to Correlations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Standards Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 1: Long a Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-46
Long a Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Book 1: Late Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Book 2: Kate and Gail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Book 3: Big Day for Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Long a Review Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 2: Long i Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-60
Long i Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Book 1: Twice as Nice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Book 2: Spy It!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Book 3: Mike Makes Up His Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Long i Review Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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 Book 1 Late Kate

Learning Objectives
• Students will identify and produce the long a
sound, both elongated and in CVCe words.
• Students will distinguish between the short a and
long a sounds.
• Students will understand the role of the letter e in
CVCe words.
• Students will distinguish between real and
nonsense words containing the long a sound.
• Language objective: Students will use English to
interact in the classroom.
Materials
• Listening Activity: 3 x 5-inch cards
• Art Activity: materials for each student—two
sheets of white construction paper, three or more
pieces of string cut into 12-inch lengths, and small
bowls of tempera paint in a variety of colors
• Student Guided Practice Book: pages 10–13
Book Summary
Kate is always in a hurry and hates to be late. She’ll race to
do something and then get distracted and stop to wave
at someone, take a break, and so on. Finally, her mother
gives her a gift that might help her never be late again.

Decodable Words Sight Words

and get not a I the
at hate race be is to
bake Jake rake first my who
base Kate stop for see
cake lace take
came lake wave
dates late will
Challenge Words

fix make win

first-rate street

game name

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Reading the Book

Long a Stories • Book 1 • Late Kate

Vocabulary Second Reading
Determine students’ familiarity with the 1. Read page 3 aloud to students.
baseball term first base. Offer support as 2. Tell them that you will read all the
needed. sentences that begin with I race to….
Before Reading the Book The students are to read aloud the
sentences that begin with I stop to….
1. Ask students if they have ever been late
Continue this process for pages 4–13.
for something. Discuss what kinds of
things can cause someone to be late. 3. Read aloud page 14 together.
2. Show the cover and title of the book to Third Reading
students. Read the title aloud. Ask if 1. Divide the class into two groups.
anyone knows why the title is Late Kate.
Ask if anyone can guess what she is late 2. Read aloud pages 3 and 14 together.
for. 3. Have one group read all the sentences
that begin with I race to… and have the
First Reading other group read the sentences that
1. Read the first page of the book aloud. begin with I stop to….
Explain to students that Kate is the
narrator in the story. Independent Reading
2. Reinforce the pattern that develops Send the books home with the students
beginning on page 4 by emphasizing so they have the opportunity to practice
the words I race and I stop. reading the books independently.
Encourage them to read the books aloud
3. Read the story aloud in full. to family members. Family members can
participate by using the questions and
activities provided on page 16 of each book.

Discussion Questions
• What might Kate be racing to on page 3? (Possible answers include: going to
school or going to day camp.)
• It is not a big problem when Kate stops to wave when baking a cake. However,
sometimes Kate creates problems for others when she stops. Ask students to
name an example. (When Kate stopped to fix her lace and when she stopped to see
who came to the game.)
• What did Kate’s mom do to try to solve Kate’s problem? (She gave her a watch.)
• Do you think a watch will keep Kate from being late? Why or why not?

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Long a Stories • Book 1 • Late Kate Differentiating Instruction
Below-Level Instruction for Beginning Language Learners

Activity 1 Activity 2
1. Write the following words on the 1. Write the following words on the
board: bake, cake, Jake, rake, take. board: cap, hat.
2. Ask students what is the same about 2. Have students read the words aloud.
each word. Discuss the short a in each word.
3. Underline ake in each word and discuss 3. Write the letter e at the end of each
the sound that letter a makes. word, making the words cape and hate.
4. Ask students if they can name other 4. Describe how adding the silent letter e
words that end in ake. Write the changes the letter a to the long sound.
words on the board. (Possible answers Have students read the words aloud.
include: fake, flake, lake, make, quake,
sake, slake, snake, stake, wake.)

On/Above‑Level Instruction for Extending Language Learning

Activity 3 4. Discuss each pair of words when the
1. Write the following words on the correct pairs are selected: ate, at; fate,
board: cane, made, mane, pale, pane, fat; hate, hat; Kate, Kat; mate, mat; rate,
tape. rat; skate, skat; slate, slat; state, stat.
2. Have students read the words aloud. Activity 5
Then erase the letter e in each of the 1. Review the story again and discuss the
words. I race... and I stop... pattern
3. Have students read the new words 2. Discuss how race and stop are action
aloud. Discuss the change in the sound words. Brainstorm other things
of the letter a. students could race to and stop to do.
4. Explain the function of the letter e with For example, they could race to get
these words. to recess and stop to help a friend. Or
they could race to get to the bus and
Activity 4 stop to pick up a book they dropped.
1. Write the following words on the 3. Have students use the pattern to write
board: ate, crate, date, fate, gate, grate, their own pairs of sentences that use
hate, Kate, late, mate, rate, skate, slate, the contrasting actions.
state.
2. Have students read the words aloud.
3. Ask students to choose a word that
becomes a new word when the letter
e is erased. For example, ate becomes
the word at. Students should not erase
the letter e in words like date, because
dat is not a real word.

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Extension Activities

Long a Stories • Book 1 • Late Kate

Listening Activity: Movement Activity:
Short or Long? Race and Stop
Have each student write the letter e on Read aloud sentences from the story. When
a 3 x 5-inch card. Tell students to listen students hear you read the word race, they
carefully to the words as you read them should run in place. When they hear the
aloud. When they hear a word that has the word stop, they should stop. Read the story
long a vowel sound, it will be a word that a second time, mixing up the actions. For
ends with the silent e. Students should example, you could say I stop to win a game.
hold up their cards when they hear the Use sentences that the students created
long a words. Read the following words: in On/Above–Level Activity 5 (page 36), or
at, ate, cap, crate, fat, fate, gate, grate, hat, create new sentences using the words race
hate, Jake, Kate, late, mat, mate, page, pal, and stop.
pave, skate, slate, state, take, tap, vase, wade.
Drama Activity:
Art Activity: Late Kate in Action
String Art A’s Have a small group of students review
Give each student two sheets of white the illustrations and determine how many
construction paper, three or more pieces of students are needed to act out each page
string cut into 12-inch lengths, and a small or pair of pages. For example, two people
bowl of tempera paint. Have students dip could play Kate and her mother to act out
pieces of string into the paint and carefully page 3, while a third student reads the
arrange them on the paper to make one or lines. On pages 4 and 5, three students
more capital letter a’s. Next, have students could play Kate and the two ballplayers,
press the top sheet of paper on the strings while others watch the action. The story
to ensure that the bottom piece absorbs could be divided up for whole-class
the paint. Carefully remove the strings. participation.
Exchange strings and bowls of paint for
different colors, and repeat the process.

Student Guided Practice Pages: Use these pages to support the lesson.
The answer key is on page 118.
Late Kate Long a Late Kate Long a Late Kate Long a Late Kate Long a

Name___________________________________________________ Name___________________________________________________ Name___________________________________________________ Name___________________________________________________

Directions:_Say the name of each picture. The letters Directions:_Read the words. Draw a circle around Directions:_Read the words in the box. Choose the Directions:_Read the words in the box. Choose the
are mixed up. Spell the word correctly in the blank. each word that has the long a sound. correct word for each sentence. Write the word in correct word for each sentence. Write the word in
the blank. the blank.

1. teaK Kate Jake rake cake lake take for at to and be

dates cake
1. Kate can rake . 1. I race to make first base.
2. kace
cat gate 2. I stop to wave Jake.
2. Kate bakes a .
3. awve
cage rake 3. I stop dates to take.
3. Kate races to the .
4. krae
4. I race to rake rake.
wave hat 4. Kate will dates.
5. dsate
5. I will not late.
5. Kate waves to .
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 Assessment
Guide

Targeted Phonics Long Vowel Storybooks • Assessment Guide

TCM 15098
 Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction to Oral Reading

Components of the Tile Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Administering the Tile Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Oral Reading Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tile Test Pre-test Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Late Kate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tile Test Pre-test Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Kate and Gail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tile Test Pre-test Fluency Passage . . . . . . . 9 Big Day for Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tile Test Pre-test Recording Sheets. . . . . 10 Twice as Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Parts 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Spy It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parts 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mike Makes Up His Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rose and Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Rose and Bose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parts 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 On the Road with Rose and Bose . . . . . . . . 37
Part 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Pete Has Fast Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tile Test Post-test Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Green Peas and Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tile Test Post-test Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 What Can I Read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tile Test Post-test Fluency Passage . . . . . 18 To the Dunes with Luce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tile Test Post-test Recording Sheets. . . . 19 Luce and Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parts 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 On My Stoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parts 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Main Street Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Main Street Game Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Main Street Block Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Parts 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 References Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Part 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Contents of the Assessment CD . . . . . . . . . 48
Pre- and Post-test Summary Sheet . . . . . 25

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 Tile Test Pre-test Letters

Directions: Use the letters below for parts 1–6 of the Tile Test (pages 10–13). Prior to administering the
Tile Test, you will need to cut out the letters. Students will use the letter tiles during the test. You may
wish to print the letters on cardstock or laminate them for durability. A reproducible version of the
Tile Test letters is available on the Assessment CD (filename: pretestletters.pdf).

a f

b i

d m

e n

p s

t
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 Tile Test Pre-test Words

Directions: Use the words below for Parts 7–8 of the Tile Test (page 14). Prior to administering the
Tile Test, you will need to cut out the words. Students will use the word tiles during the test. You may
wish to print the words on cardstock or laminate them for durability. A reproducible version of the
Tile Test words is available on the Assessment CD (filename: pretestwords.pdf).

a dog look sat

at fat Look sit

big . I me

can on the is

cat little run The

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 Tile Test Pre-test Recording Sheets (cont.)

Student ______________________________________________ Date ________________________

Part 3: Decoding CVC Words Part 4: Making CVC Words

Materials: Letter tiles or cards for m, a, p, i, s, t, Materials: Letter tiles or cards for m, a, p, i, s, t,
d, n, f, b d, n, f, b
Steps: Steps:
1. Display m, a, p, i, s, t, d, n, f, b. 1. Display m, a, p, i, s, t, d, n, f, b.
2. Say, Now let’s put some letters together to 2. Say, Now, I’ll say a word, and you make it
make words. I’ll go first and make a word. for me.
Then I’ll ask you to read it to me. 3. As you say each word, clearly articulate by
3. Build the word pat. Say, Read it to me. stretching it out. Record each response in
Record the student’s response in the chart the chart for Part 4.
for Part 3.
Words Responses Words Responses
4. Manipulate only the necessary letters for
each successive word. pat fin
Words Responses Words Responses

pat fin sat pit

sat pit tad pin

tad pin
sip tab
sam tab
mad pad
mad pad
fan mid
fan mid

sap fit sap fit

✔ Interpreting the Results for Parts 3 and 4

Find the total number of correct responses in Part 3 and Part 4. Discontinue the test if the student has
fewer than four total correct responses in Parts 3 and 4. Use Targeted Phonics: Short Vowel Rimes kit
to build experience with CVC words before beginning instruction in Targeted Phonics: Short Vowel
Storybooks. The student may need additional practice with phonics skills by using the activities
described in the Below-Level Instruction section of the Teacher’s Guide.

Total Score ____________

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Oral Reading Record for:
Late Kate
Name_ ______________________________ Date__________ Suzanne I. Barc
hers

Assessor_____________________________
Word Count Codes
79 E = errors SC = self-corrections M = meaning S = structure V = visual
Cues Used
Page Text E SC
E SC

3 My name is Kate. I hate to be late. M S V M S V

4 I race to make first base. M S V M S V

5 I stop to fix my lace. M S V M S V

6 I race to bake a cake. M S V M S V

7 I stop to wave at Jake. M S V M S V

8 I race to win a game. M S V M S V

9 I stop to see who came. M S V M S V

10 I race to get to the lake. M S V M S V

11 I stop for dates to take. M S V M S V

12 I race to rake and rake. M S V M S V

13 I stop to take a break. M S V M S V

14 My name is Kate. I will not be late! M S V M S V

Error Rate: Self-Correction Rate: Accuracy Percentage: Time:

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 Student Guided
Practice Book

Targeted Phonics Long Vowel Storybooks • Student Guided Practice Book

TCM 13943
Name
 Table of Contents

Letter Formation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Long Vowel Storybook Characters . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Long a Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Late Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Kate and Gail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Big Day for Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Long i Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Twice as Nice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Spy It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mike Makes Up His Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Long o Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Rose and Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Rose and Bose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
On the Road with Rose and Bose . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Long e Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Pete Has Fast Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Green Peas in Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
What Can I Read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Long u Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

To the Dunes with Luce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Luce and Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
On My Stoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Mixed Practice Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Main Street Parade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Main Street Game Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Main Street Block Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

My Word Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

My Own Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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 Late Kate Long a

Name___________________________________________________

Directions: Say the name of each picture. The letters

are mixed up. Spell the word correctly in the blank.

1. teaK Kate
2. kace

3. awve

4. krae

5. dsate

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Late Kate Long a

Name___________________________________________________

Directions: Read the words. Draw a circle around

each word that has the long a sound.

dates cake

cat gate

cage rake

wave hat

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 Late Kate Long a

Name___________________________________________________

Directions: Read the words in the box. Choose the

correct word for each sentence. Write the word in
the blank.

Jake rake cake lake take

1. Kate can rake .

2. Kate bakes a .

3. Kate races to the .

4. Kate will dates.

5. Kate waves to .
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Late Kate Long a

Name___________________________________________________

Directions: Read the words in the box. Choose the

correct word for each sentence. Write the word in
the blank.

for at to and be

1. I race to make first base.

2. I stop to wave Jake.

3. I stop dates to take.

4. I race to rake rake.

5. I will not late.

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Suzanne I. Barchers
Suzanne I. Barchers
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Stanford University Lee Aucoin, Creative Director
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University of California, Berkeley Robin Erickson, Designer
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 I race to make first I stop to fix my lace.
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 I race to bake a cake. I stop to wave at
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 I race to win a game. I stop to see who
came.
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lake. take.
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 I race to rake and I stop to take a break.
rake.
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 Decodable Words
and fix lake stop
at game late take
bake get make wave
base hate name will
cake Jake not win
came Kate race
dates lace rake

Sight Words Challenge

Word
a my
be see break
first the
for to
I who
My name is Kate. is

I will not be late!

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 Extension Activities
Discussion Questions
• Why does Kate stop when running to first base? (She stops to fix
her lace.)
• Why does Kate stop when she is playing a game? (She stops to
see who came.)
• Do you think Kate really hates to be late? Why or why not?
• Do you think Kate will be late in the future? Why or why not?

Exploring the Story

• Discuss the words base, hate, Kate, lace, late, and race. Write
them out so you can see how they are spelled. Notice that all the
words have a silent e at the end. Find other words in the story
with the same pattern (bake, cake, Jake, game, came, lake, take,
and rake). Discuss how the letter a has the long vowel sound as
heard at the beginning of the word ape.

• Write the following phrases on small sheets of paper: make first

base, bake a cake, win a game, get to the lake, rake and rake.
Place the papers in a sack. Use additional paper to write the
following phrases: fix a lace, wave at Jake, see who came, dates
to take, and take a break. Place these papers in a second sack.
Each player takes one paper from the first sack and reads the
phrase. Then he or she takes a paper from the second sack and
reads the phrase. If the phrases match what happened in the
story, the player keeps the match. For example, if a player draws
make first base and fix a lace, that is a match. If the player does
not have a match, he or she returns the papers to the sack and
the next player takes a turn. The game ends when all
matches are made.
Note: You may need to help read the phrases.

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 No matter how much Kate
races to be on time, she is
always late. Can anything
help her solve this
problem?

BP 311717

Long a
Book 1 TCM 13906