Lee is raking leaves in her yard. Leaves cling to her jeans as she leans on her rake. She enjoys raking leaves and watching the leaves change color and drift off the trees. Her father sees her thinking and asks if she is dreaming of past hot days or future cold days, but Lee says she is thinking about how pretty the leaves are in each season. A breeze blows a leaf off a tree, and Lee continues raking neatly.

1. Decodable
Lee Rakes Practice
Passage
11B
Vowel patterns e, ee, ea, y
Lee leans she deep
leaves jeans green trees
feel feet cleaning sees
dreaming steamy windy chilly
pretty each season weeks
seems very breeze leaf
neat
High-Frequency Words
pretty very again
Lee leans on her rake. She is
standing in a deep pile of leaves.
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trees. She likes the feel of crisp
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2. leaves on grass. She likes crunching
them with her feet.
Dad is cleaning screens by the
shed. He sees Lee thinking. “Are
you dreaming of past hot, steamy
days or windy, chilly days ahead?”
Dad asks.
“I’m thinking of how pretty these
leaves are,” Lee tells Dad. “Each
season has nice days and weeks.”
“That seems to be a very wise
way to feel, Lee,” Dad admits.
A breeze twirls a leaf from a
tree. Lee starts to rake again. Dad
grins. Lee is a neat kid.
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