Mom and Dad held a yard sale, setting items on benches in their yard to sell. The benches held glasses, dishes, dresses and more. Many people came to the yard sale, which Dad said was like a party. After several hours, Dad's red jar that was used to collect cash was full of pennies and dimes from sales. A man then asked to buy the jar itself, so Dad emptied the cash and sold the jar as well, concluding a successful yard sale.

1. Decodable
Yard Sale Practice
Passage
9B
Plurals
boxes shelves benches
glasses dishes dresses
books brushes waxes
crutches sales parties
pennies dimes
High-Frequency Words
people after bought
Mom and Dad had a yard sale.
Dad got boxes of stuff from attic
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Dad set sale stuff on benches in
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2. the yard. The benches had glasses,
dishes, dresses, comic books,
brushes, waxes for cars, used
crutches, and much more.
At ten, the yard was filled with
people. Dad and Mom had fun with
them. “Yard sales are like parties,”
said Dad.
After five, Dad’s red jar was
filled with pennies, dimes, and
more. People had bought a lot.
Then a man spotted Dad’s red jar.
“Is that jar for sale?” he asked.
Dad dumped the cash in a bag
and said, “Yes!”
Mom and Dad had a great yard
sale!
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