Litterbug <oi> <oy>

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Free SEL Decodable Reader with oi oy Words | Litterbug

Practice Words

Words containing 'oi' or 'oy' vowel teams, making the /ɔɪ/ diphthong sound.

joy boys ploy
Page 1
A girl in a plaid shirt watches as passengers in an auto-rickshaw throw trash out the window while her mother looks on disapprovingly.

Di is a litterbug. She likes to throw trash and watch it fly.

Page 2
A girl peers from under a blue blanket as a pile of trash with flies looms overhead, with stuffed animals beside her.

The next day as she wakes up, there is trash by her bed. It stinks!

Page 3
A sad girl stands alone with flies buzzing around garbage above her head while newspapers and debris surround her.

It goes with her like a cloud. It takes all of her joy.

Page 4
Classmates point and look uncomfortable at a sad girl surrounded by smelly trash and flies in a classroom setting.

The girls and boys hate it. They tell her to clean up.

Page 5
A dejected girl with trash cloud above her head stands apart while classmates gather together with cleaning buckets nearby and a mouse offers comfort.

Di is left with the rats for pals. She feeds them scraps.

Page 6
A girl hides behind a park bench with a mouse companion while garbage and flies float overhead near a curved pathway.

Di tries to hide from the world. She feels gross.

Page 7
A sad girl stands alone in a grey misty landscape with garbage in the corner and flies scattered around her.

Di does not want to be a litterbug. There is no trick or ploy that will help. She just needs to change.

Page 8
A frustrated girl tries to push away a cloud of trash and flies while standing on a green hill.

She runs, but the junk zooms with her. The flies come too.

Page 9
An angry girl with garbage and flies surrounding her confronts another child at a bus stop with a banana peel on the ground.

Di sees a litterbug throw trash on the street. She tells them not to be a litterbug if they do not want to end up like her.

Page 10
An upset girl with messy hair holds trash near an overflowing garbage bin with flies buzzing around a pile of litter above.

Di starts to grab all of the bits of trash that she can find. She puts them in bins.

Page 11
A smiling girl carries recyclables toward a green bin while a small mouse with a banana peel follows behind.

The more trash that she puts in the bins, the more the cloud shrinks.

Page 12
Children in school uniforms play with balloons, a kite, and a ball in a park with a green recycling bin nearby.

It is all gone! Her pals are glad that she had a big clean and is not a litterbug now.

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