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Bud! How did you get gum? That is bad.
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Pop Goes the Gum!
Have fun with decodable text.
By Janice Behrens | Designed by Marybeth Butler Rivera
From the October/November 2026 Issue
Learning Objective: Students will decode words with a short vowel CVC pattern and understand the sequence of events in a story.
Lexiles: 130L
Featured Skill: Phonics (Short Vowel CVC Words)
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Gum is fun, Nat.
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Gum is not fun! Gum is on your lip.
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Stop, Bud!
It will pop!
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Pop!
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It is on your hat, Bud.
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Get set! The next pop will be big.
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Pop!
Can you not?
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Oops. Did it get on your wig? Do not be mad, Nat.
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Yes! A lot got on my wig. But this gum is yum.
Can I get a bit?
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OK, Nat. But do not let it pop!
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