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How to Read When You’d Rather Not BY BETH BACON AS TOLD BY HER KIDS, ARTHUR & HENRY
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ATE REA H I D
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SCE N E 1
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OK, you have to read for
20 MINUTES but you don’t want to.
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AS
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A TIM E
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YIKES.
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Here’s the best book for you.
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THIS ONE .
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SCE N E 2
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These next pages are the most important. They are a list of RULES.
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RULE #1 Look at the book and move your eyes from side to side. Slowly. Eyes on book.
RULE #2 Stay in your seat. Butt on chair.
RULE #3 Repeat rules 1 and 2 over and over for 20 minutes, or until a grown-up says you’re done.
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EYES ON BOOK. BUTT ON CHAIR.
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SCE N E 3
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Reading is not so bad when the words are EASY. Here are some easy words.
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TO, I, AND. AND, I, TO.
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OK, OK, OK.
NO, NO, NO.
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Oh yes. A! A is an easy word, too. It’s the easiest of all. We can’t forget A.
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a , , a a , , a a , , a , a a , , a , A
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a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a.
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