Ren Hen and Rod Rat

Red Hen and Rod Rat Written by Susan Hartley Illustrated by John Kastner www.readinga-z.com

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New phonic element r Reviewed phonic elements n, a, m, t, o, d, e, h, f, g, i, b, c Story word eggs New high-frequency words my, stop Reviewed high-frequency words a, can, do, for, get, has, he, is, like, of, run, said, she, the, to, was Special considerations none

Red Hen had ten eggs in a bag.

The bag of eggs was for Nan. 3

Rod Rat was a bad rat. “I like eggs,� he said.

4

“Rod Rat said, “I can rob Red Hen. “I can get the eggs.”

5

“Rod Rat had the bag.

“Stop,” said Red Hen. “Do not rip my bag of eggs.”

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Rod Rat did not stop.

He got the bag.

Red Hen was mad.

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“Red Hen ran to Ron Ram. “Get rid of Rod Rat,” she said.

“He is a bad rat.

“He has my bag of eggs.”

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“I can get rid of him,” said Ron Ram. “I can run at him.

“I do not like Rod Rat.” 9

Ron Ram got rid of the rat.

He got the eggs for Red Hen. She had the eggs for Nan. 10