The Monster (CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC)

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Free SEL Decodable Reader with CCVC Patterns | The Monster

Practice Words

Complex single-syllable patterns with consonants qu, x, z, w, 's' plurals pronounced /z/, and the 'floss' rule for doubling final consonants.

want work fix quit quick was works
Page 1
A boy with a pot on his head charges at a pink monster in a mango tree while a scared girl screams and other children watch nearby.

Sam was a lot of fun.

Page 2
A sad boy stands with a dark angry monster cloud above his head while a worried girl with pink glasses looks at him.

But a monster got him.

Page 3
A huge furry monster with sharp teeth looms over a boy in yellow on a bunk bed while a girl in pink watches from below.

Sam got sad. He is in bed a lot.

Page 4
A gloomy boy in yellow with a dark cloud above him while an angry girl with pink glasses yells and tugs his sleeve.

I want to help. He tells me to quit it.

Page 5
A sad boy sits at dinner with the monster cloud above him while his sister and father at the pink tablecloth look concerned.

He does not want to be with Mum and Dad.

Page 6
A girl with pink glasses video calls her brother who appears on a tablet screen holding a birthday cake with candles.

He is not Sam at all.

Page 7
A sad boy sits between worried grandparents on a pink couch with a dark monster cloud rising from his head.

Nan and Pop try as well. It does not work.

Page 8
A sad boy in yellow sits hunched over with a fading monster cloud while his sister in pink sits beside him offering comfort.

So I tell Sam I miss him. It works.

Page 9
A boy with a dark cloud stands before a friendly woman at a desk with books while his sister in pink watches from the side.

He has a talk to Mum. She had a monster as a kid.

Page 10
A boy in a yellow shirt talks with a woman wearing glasses and pink traditional clothing in an office with bookshelves.

Sam talks to a doctor. She can help.

Page 11
A boy in a yellow shirt faces a large furry gray monster with angry eyes emerging from dark smoke beside him.

Sam has to work on it. It is a bit hard. It is not a quick fix.

Page 12
Children play dress-up in a bedroom while a dark monster lurks by the door and a girl with pink glasses looks startled.

The monster will still be by him for a bit. But my Sam is back.

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