is it the bus

Is It the Bus?
by Ross Calderara illustrated by Maribel Suarez
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Is It the Bus?
by Ross Calderara illustrated by Maribel Suarez
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Jen and Ed will hug Mom.
Ed and Jen will get the bus.
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There is a bus, Jen.
Can we get on it?

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It is a cab, Ed.
It is not for us.
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There is a bus, Jen.
Can we get on it?
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It is a van, Ed.
It is not for us.
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There is a bus, Jen.
Can we get on it?
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Yes Ed, we can get on it.
Hop on the bus!
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School-Home Connection Have your child read the book to you. Then
discuss how you get to work and school.
Is It The Bus?
Word Count: 78
High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*
and
for
the
there

we
a
bus
cab
can
Ed
get
hop
hug
is
it
Jen
Mom
not
on
us
van
will
yes
*Boldface words indicate sound-spelling introduced in this story.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-15-364075-9
ISBN-10: 0-15-364075-8
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