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Learning rice, shrimp, crab

An original short story that weaves in vocabulary for this Grade list.

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Learning rice, shrimp, crab began on an ordinary morning. Someone noticed rice first, then shrimp,
and soon crab became part of the plan.

They practiced carefully. "rice comes before shrimp," one learner said.
Another pointed to crab and smiled. When meat appeared, everyone
paused to check the meaning once more.

By afternoon the group could use rice, shrimp, and crab in short lines
without freezing. eggplant showed up in a joke; lentil closed
the page. The story of learning rice, shrimp, crab was small, clear, and easy to retell. They said the key words once more, checked the meaning together, and ended with a calm line that made the practice easy to remember the next day.

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Which three words from the list appeared in the story, and what happened?

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