Short Reads | Cole for President

CARD 43 REALISTIC FICTION

SCHOLASTIC

Cole for President

DECODABLES

Cole hopes to be class president. Cole hopes to win lots of votes.

At home, Cole made lots of signs. He hung those signs in his class.

He gave out notes with jokes like this.

Cole made fun notes with new codes. He gave those notes and codes to the kids.

% * — ^

) * & ^

# * !

Cole’s Code

T=& V=)

F=# C=%

O= *

L = – E = ^

R = !

By Lin Prince

Illustrated by Ahya Kim

Cole picked up stones. He sketched faces on the stones. Then he printed “Vote for Cole!” on them. He gave those stones out in class.

Cole had big plans. He spoke to the class.

“I will be the best president. I will work to get us time for a chess club. I will work to get us a class spring trip.”

Did Cole win the votes? Yes! President Cole had a big win!

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Item #CRD3300752 Pack ISBN: 978-1-339-00754-0

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