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Get the Hen

Have fun with decodable text.

By Janice Behrens | Designed by Marybeth Butler Rivera
From the September 2026 Issue

Learning Objective: Students will decode words with a short vowel CVC pattern and understand the sequence of events in a story.

Lexiles: 90L
Featured Skill: Phonics, Fluency

Standards

Story Navigation

Get the Hen

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A red hen!

Who let her in?

Go to your pen, hen.

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Oh no!

I will get the hen. 

I have a net. 

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The hen is in the den.

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Red hen!

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Do not get wet, hen.

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Not the bed! 

I beg you, hen.

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The hen is in the bed.

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An egg!

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Yes, red hen. I will let you on the bed.

Pet, pet, pet.

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