05 Lin and min are twins

· .Each of us is an identical twin.. We both twirl batons-we really make them spin!... But there are ways you can tellwhich twin is which twin.. Yes, each of us is an identical twin.. r

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My name is Lindy, but they call me Lin.

My name is Mindy, but they call me Min.

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Each of us is an identical twin.

We have the same nose

and we have the same chin.

And when we feel silly,

we have the same grin.

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We're both kind of tall

and a little bit thin.

We each have eleven freckles

on our skin!

We love to go bowling.

We both play to win.

And can you believe

it-we knock down the same pin!

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Our town has a parade that we're always in.

We both twirl

batons-we really make them spin!

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We both have a goldfish with one purple fin.

They're named after us: Little Lin, Little Min.

But there are ways you can tell

which twin is which twin.

Do you really want to know?

Okay, let's begin.

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Min plays music on the violin

and sometimes she wears a dinosaur pin.

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And Lin collects shells in a little tin.

She's a basketball star-she gets it right in!

Yes, each of us is an identical twin We're the same outside,

but a bit different in.

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And here's one more fact that really makes us

grin-We both love each other through thick and through thin!

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1 My sister looks exactly like me She is my In

Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter

or letters to the -in sound to finish each one.

My dad is good at bowling He knocks down

We thought we saw a shark at sea, but it was

6 As I march in the parade I make my baton

Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell

For all of the words that we can spell

Two little letters, that's all that we need

To make a whole family of words to read.

Make a list

words Then

use them in

the cheer!

Here are some quick and fun ways to use this

story to help children learn the word family -in.

chart paper of all the -in words

might even choose a "cheerleader")

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Meet Min and Lin -each of them is an identical twin ! Learn how to tell who's who in this story about

similarities and differences!

are humorous read-aloud stories created to bu il d early phonics skills by teach i ng chi l dren to recognize " fam i es " of words that share the same spell i ng pattern This key reading strategy helps kids decode new words with ease - and become s t ronger readers , writers , and spellers Set l earners on the path to literacy success with these rib-tickling tales-one for each of the top 25 word f amilies!

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