This resource contains a leveled reader SAMPLE and a writing FREEBIE. The SAMPLE contains 4 pages from a 16-page Level D/5 guided reading book. The FREEBIE consists of 2 writing pages from the Ho, Ho, Ho! COMPLETE SET, which comes with resources for skill work, as well as the book. Ho, Ho, Ho! is especially helpful for teaching fluency and phonetic decoding, as the students enjoy reading a book about Santa. As students read it, they: →relate illustrations to meaning of text →self-m