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THE CASE OF THE UNALTERED STATE
August 29, 2024
THE CASE OF THE UNALTERED STATE
Singer Melody is starring in a movie musical. Her costumes that don’t yet fit her are on a hanger with a label that reads “alter.” When the label disappears, nothing in Wordsville can change! Help the Word Detectives solve “The Case of the Unaltered State.”
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PREFIXES
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about prefixes.
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INFLECTED ENDINGS
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about inflected endings.
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COMPLEX VOWEL AW
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about complex vowel aw.
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LONG E: -Y, -EY, -IE, -EI
Carissa Berliner helps students long e sounds -- -y, -ey, -ie, -ei.
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MY GARDEN (POEM) – ILD, IND, OLD
Renata Archie explores ILD, IND, OLD in a poem “My Garden.
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LONG I & O — IND, ILD, OLD
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about long i & o.
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SHORT O & U
Renata Archie helps students learn about short o & u.
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REVIEW BLENDS
Carissa Berliner helps students review blends.
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VCe WORDS – LONG VOWEL A
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about words with long vowel a.
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SHORT I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about short i.
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BLEND/DECODE WORDS WITH OO
Renata Archie helps students blend/decode words with oo.
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REVIEW CONTRACTIONS AND SUFFIXES
Isabel Simmons helps students review contractions 've, 're and suffixes -er, -est.
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DECODE SUFFIXES -ER, -EST
Celeste Rivers helps students decode suffixes -er, -est.
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DECODE CONTRACTIONS ’VE, ’RE, ’M, ’S, N’T, ’LL
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend/decode contractions ’ve, ’re, ’m, ’s, n’t, ’ll.
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REVIEW FINAL BLENDS AND INFLECTION-ING
Anna Scretching-Cole reviews final blends nk, ng & inflections -ing, -s & -es.
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DECODE INFLECTIONS -S, -ES
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students decode inflections -s, -es.
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PRACTICE BLENDS NG, NK, & INFLECTION -ING
Isabel Simmons helps students practice practice final blends ng, nk, & inflection -ing.
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FINAL BLENDS NG, NK, AND INFLECTION -ING
Nicole Treanor helps students learn final blends ng, nk and inflection -ing.
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REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Lauren Olivieri helps students review r-controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir, ur.
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PRACTICE TWO-SYLLABLE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Nicole Treanor helps students practice two-syllable r-controlled vowels.
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PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS ER, IR, UR
Lunisol Tavarez helps students practice r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS ER, IR, UR
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode r-controlled vowells er, ir ur.
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REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Meridith Emmer helps students review r-controlled vowels.
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PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Lauren Olivieri helps students practice r-controlled vowels.
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R-CONTROLLED VOWELS OR, ORE
Renata Archie helps students learn r-controlled vowels or and ore.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS OR, ORE
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend/decode r-controlled vowels or, ore.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS & REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Isabel Simmons helps students review r-controlled vowel ar.
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DECODE TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS
Carissa Berliner helps students decode two-syllable words.
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BLEND SOUNDS/PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend sounds and practice r-controlled vowel ar.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Celeste Rivers helps students blend/decode r-controlled vowel ar.
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CHANGE SOUNDS; LONG I & LONG O
Lauren Olivieri helps students change sounds in words, focusing on long I and long o.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG & SHORT I, O
Meridith Emmer helps students blend/decode long & short i and o sounds.
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BLEND PHONEMES, PRACTICE LONG I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend phonemes and practice long i sounds
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG I
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend and decode long i sounds in words.
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REVIEW WORDS WITH LONG O & LONG I
Vida Nazemian reviews words with long o and long i sounds.
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BLEND/DECODE OE AND IE VOWEL TEAMS
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode oe and ie vowel teams.
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PRACTICE LONG O VOWEL TEAMS OA & OW
Renata Archie helps students practice long o vowel teams oa and ow.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG O VOWEL TEAMS
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode long o vowel teams oa and ow.
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CONTRACTIONS WITH ’M, ’S, N’T, ’LL
Isabel Simmons helps students learn contractions ‘m, ‘s, n’t, ‘ll.
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RHYME & PRACTICE LONG A
Celeste Rivers helps students rhyme words and practice long a sounds.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG A (AI, AY)
Meridith Emmer helps students blend and decode words with long a sounds.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG E
Lauren Olivieri helps students rhyme words and review long e.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, SHORT E (EA)
Trinette Carruthers helps students rhyme and learn about short e.
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PRACTICE LONG E
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students read words with the long e sound.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG E
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend and decode words with the long e sound.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG U, E
Renata Archie helps students listen for rhyming words and review the long u sound.
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READ WORDS WITH SOFT G
Celeste Rivers helps students read words with soft g.
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PRACTICE LONG U, E
Meridith Emmer helps student practice long u and e sounds in words.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG U, E
Isabel Simmons helps students read words with long u and e sounds.
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REVIEW LONG I, O
Celeste Rivers helps students review words with long i and long o sounds. .
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SILENT LETTERS KN & WR
Nicole Treanor helps students learn about silent letters in the combinations kn and wr.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG I, O
Lauren Olivieri helps students decode long i and o in words.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG A
Nicole Treanor helps students rhyme and review long a in words.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, AND SOFT C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students rhyme and learn about soft c.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, AND SOFT C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students rhyme and learn about soft c.
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BLEND/ISOLATE SOUNDS; PRACTICE LONG A
Renata Archie helps students practice long a in words.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG A (VCE)
We will learn, blend, and decode the sound-spelling for long a (VCE pattern).
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW LONG E, I, O
Isabel Simmons help students review long e, i, o in words.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS; BLEND AND DECODE ‘S
Isabel Simmons helps students blend and decode ‘s.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE LONG E, I, O
Carissa Berliner helps students practice long e, i, o.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG E, I, O
Raheem Wilson helps students blend/decode long e, i, o.
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PRACTICE FINAL BLENDS
Trinette Carruthers helps students practice final blends in words.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH FINAL BLENDS
Nicole Treanor helps students learn final consonant blends.
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REVIEW INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Renata Archie helps students review initial blends with r.
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BLEND AND DECODE INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Meridith Emmer helps students blend/decode initial blends with r.
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REVIEW INITIAL BLENDS WITH L
Lauren Olivieri helps students review initial blends with l.
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BLEND PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH L
Lauren Olivieri helps students practice initial blends with l.
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BLEND AND DECODE INITIAL SOUNDS WITH L
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode initial blends with l.
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BLEND SOUNDS/PRACTICE INITIAL S BLENDS
Trinette Carruthers helps students review initial blends with s.
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PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH S
Nicole Treanor helps students blend sounds and practice initial blends with s.
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DECODE INITIAL BLENDS WITH S
Erica Ramos helps students decode initial blends with s.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS & REVIEW DIAGRAPHS TH & WH
Isabel Simmons helps students review diagraphs th and wh.
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BLEND SOUNDS & PRACTICE DIGRAPHS th & wh
Carissa Berliner helps students blend sounds and practice digraphs th & wh.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH TH & WH
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode words with th & wh.
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REVIEW DIAGRAPH CH
Meridith Emmer helps students review diagraph ch.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE DIGRAPH CH
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice digraph ch.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH CH
Celeste Rivers helps students blend and decode words with ch.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW DIGRAPH SH
Isabel Simmons helps students segment sounds and review digraph sh.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE DIGRAPH SH
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice digraph sh.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH SH
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode words with sh.
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REVIEW DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANTS
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students review double final consonants.
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LET’S READ, WRITE AND MAKE 10!
Trinette Carruthers and her daughter explore different ways to make 10.
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LEARN MIDDLE SOUNDS, DOUBLE CONSONANTS
Celeste Rivers helps students learn middle sounds and double consonants.
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DECODE WORDS ENDING WITH D, F, L, S, Z
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend & decode words ending with d, f, l, s, z.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Carissa Berliner helps students review short e, qu, x, z.
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BLEND AND PRACTICE SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Isabel Simmons helps students blend and practice short e, qu, x, z.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode short e, qu, x, z.
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REVIEW SHORT I, O, U, W, J, Y, V
Renata Archie helps students review short i, o, u, w, j, y, v.
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PRACTICE SHORT O, W, J, Y, V
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend sounds, practice short o, w, j, y, v.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT U, W, J, Y, V
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode short u, w, j, y, v.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, REVIEW SHORT O, L, H
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students segment sounds & review short o, l, h.
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BLEND SOUNDS, PRACTICE SHORT O, L, H
Isabel Simmons helps students blend sounds and practice short o, l, & h.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT O, I, H
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode short o, i, h.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, REVIEW SHORT I, G, K
Lunisol Tavarez helps students segment sounds and review short i, g, and k.
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BLEND SOUNDS, PRACTICE SHORT I, G, K
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice short i, g, k.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT I, G, K
Carissa Berliner helps students blend and decode short i, g, and k.
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REVIEW SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Lauren Olivieri helps students review short i, r, f, & final s.
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PRACTICE SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Isabel Simmons helps students blend/segment sounds, practice short i, r, f, & final s.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend and decode short i, r, f, & final s.
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RHYME AND REVIEW SHORT a, n, d, p, & c
Lauren Olivieri helps students rhyme and review short a, n, d, p, &c.
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RHYME AND PRACTICE SHORT a, n, d, p, & c
Nicole Treanor helps students rhyme and practice short a, n, d, p & c.
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BLEND & DECODE WORDS WITH SHORT A, N, D, P, C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode words with short a, n, d, p, & c.
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LISTEN AND REVIEW SHORT A, M, S, & T
Celeste A. Rivers helps students listen for sounds and review short a, m, s, & t.
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RHYME AND PRACTICE SHORT a, m, s, & t
Renata Archie shows students how to blend and segment sounds and syllables.
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BLEND/DECODE WORDS WITH SHORT A, M, S, T
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students review the short sound of a and do a word sort.
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DIGRAPHS NG AND NK
Anna Scretching-Cole explores “bonus letters” and the digraphs -ng and -nk.
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SHORT O
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about short o.
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SHORT A
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn words with short a and use them in sentences.
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LONG U
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about long u.
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MAKING WORDS WITH SHORT A AND SHORT I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students make words with short vowels a and I and consonants.
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REVIEW FINAL BLENDS
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students review final blends in words.
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THE A TRAIN
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about the vowel teams ai and ay.
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PRACTICE CONTRACTIONS
Trinette Carruthers helps students practice contractions.
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PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students practice initial blends with r.
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