Description Pat the panther and Shan the snake want to try something new! This decodable book covers phonics and phonemic awareness concepts for young readers. Students engage with high-frequency words and build reading comprehension with this fiction book. Compound Words: cannot, hometown, jigsaw, pathway, sunlight, sunset. Types of Syllables: Open: paper; Closed: letter, pencil, tummy. Consonant-le: apple, gentle, jungle, puzzle, ruffle.