Quick Start Guide 1
Read the book WITH your child. You
read the “regular” text, and he/she reads
the big, red words, sort of like reading
the different parts in a play.
c-a-t
Help your child sound out cat
the words as needed.
a t cake Read the book several times. This
c helps develop the eye muscles and
left-to-right reading patterns that are
necessary for reading.
ABC
Don’t rush it. Body builders ABC
don’t train in a day – neither
does a child.
If your child is having difficulty, he/she
t might need more practice with simple
Ca short vowel words. Read or re-read the
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ra Progressive Phonics Beginner Books a
Miz Katz N. Ratz few times, and then try this book again.
A Progressive Phonics book T.M.
And most important of
Copyright (c) 2004–2008 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending
all, HAVE FUN!
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Words that a child should Words taught in this book:
be able to read by now are The new words
printed with BLUE ink – if being learned are
your child can’t read them “big, red words”. ate, brave, cake, came, cape,
easily, go back and review
the earlier books. cave, Dave, gave. grape, have,
made, make, name, plate, same,
save, snake, take.
Is my clock sick ? - - - - -
It only says tick .
five, ice, like, mice, mile, mine,
nine, ride, side, slide, smile,
time, twice, wife.
Words or grammatical - - - - -
constructions that a child has not bone, hole, home, hope, pole,
learned yet are written in black ink.
These words are supposed to be stole, those.
read by the parent/teacher. **
- - - - -
cute, tube, use.
** Your child can try to read them, but don’t
worry too much about them. They are taught - - - - -
later, either in later Progressive Phonics
books, or in spelling or grammar at school. Pete, these.
Note! Pages like this are
4 read TO your child. 5
There are five vowels, and each vowel Part of learning how to read is learning
can make different sounds – listen: the different sounds that vowels make.
Let’s start with this – each vowel has a
An alligator ate name, which is its “long sound,” and each
an awful apple. vowel also makes a “short sound.”
Every elephant eats Say the Say the short
eggs. name... sound...
A
It is ice.
E
Oh, no, not more
mops. I
O
Blue bug.
U
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We know that in three-letter words, the We know that when you see two of the
vowel usually makes its “short sound” – same vowel sitting together, the vowel
calls out its name or makes a different
sound –
bat
jet feet
pot
moon
wig on a pig
book
cup
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We know that when a vowel is all alone We are now going to learn a new way
at the end of a very small word, it can to know when a vowel is supposed to
call out its name – call out its name.
You see, there’s something called a
silent “e” – this is an “e” that you
sometimes see at the end of a word –
hi
me
no
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When you add an “e” to the end of a And the naughty “e” is silent because
word, the naughty little “e” reaches he doesn’t want to get into trouble.
around and PINCHES the vowel, “Silent” means to say nothing and to
making it call out it’s name: make no noise.
c-a-p
cap cap
cap e
cap
cap
A
ca p
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I am a superhero – see b
my cap and my cape . I sat at the tab le
My cap and my cape are and ate a big cookie,
as purple as a grape . but as I ate the last
My cap and my cape little bite my dog b
,
are supposed to help me fly b
, ate it first – he was
but my cape falls off so impolite. b
every time I try to fly . b
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Sam is the same age
I made a picture of a cat , as me . Sam goes to the
and I made the cat a hat. same school too .
I was mad at the cat , But my name is Pam ,
so I made his hat too small. which starts with a “ P ” b
,
But then I was sorry b
, so Sam shouldn’t wear
so I made the cat a ball. the same shirt as me .
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My cat had a party , and
everybody came – a dog , Mother , may I make a
a frog and a pig with no b cake ? A cake is what
name . The dog came I want to make . I will not
with a cake . The frog take long and I will not
,
came with a snake . The make a mess . So may
pig came late with his I make a cake ?
cousins Jack and Jake .
, Please say “ Yes .” b
,
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I gave my brother Dave
, , Save me, save me ,
a big piece of cake ; I also a bear is in the cave .
gave Dave a banana and Save me save me
, ,
a grape . Dave ate the if you are very brave .
banana. Dave ate the cake Save me save me ...
,
and grape and I was surprised
, oh... it is just my brother , b
when Dave ate the plate . Dave .
Note! Comments by Miz Katz
20 are read TO your child. 21
In the word “have,” the naughty
! “e” doesn’t do anything, so the
word “have” sounds a lot like “has.”
I have a brother, Dave .
Dave is brave . Dave
I have a cat and , is not afraid to go in a cave .
she has a rat . I have a sister too she has
,
long yellow hair. And when she b
is scared , her hair is in the air. b
22 We say “had” when we talk about 23
! the past; we say “have” or “has” when
we talk about now or the future.
When I was three , I had Yesterday I had a ham
a trike . Now I am six b , sandwich for my lunch . Today b
I have a bike . When I Ihave a ham sandwich for
grow up I will have a car;
, my lunch . Tomorrow I will b
I want to have a car so I , have a ham sandwich for
can drive it very far. b my lunch – does anybody want b
a a ham sandwich for lunch ? b
Note: A trike is a tricycle.
24 The words, “have to” and 25
! “had to” mean you are
supposed to.
When I had a cold ,
Why do I have to I had to stay in bed ;
eat my peas? I have a I had to blow my nose ,
bunny rabbit; he will eat them , b and my nose got red . b
please? And why do I b Today I have a headache ,
have to wash my plate – and my tongue is blue; b
do I have to use soap or , I think I have a fever –
can my bunny lick the plate ? b do I have to go to school?
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Sid slid down the slide .
Tim has a clock on every He slid down the slide a lot .
wall so Tim can see the
, Then his brother said “ Sid
, ,
time . Tim can see when you are a little kid , so be careful b
the time is six and Tim
, not to fall.” But when Sid
can see when the time side of the
held tight to the
is nine . slide he did not slide at all.
,
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If a frog and his wife
have a son and two daughters , b
then five little frogs would
be in the water. But if the
If a frog had
frog and his wife have two
a big , BIG mouth , b
sons and five daughters ,
smile
would his
then nine little frogs would
be as wide
be in the water. b
as a mile ?
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I like ice cream; ice If I had five ponies
,
cream is nice . I like I would ride them
ice cream and so do my
, to the zoo. b
mice so may I have
, If I had five ponies
,
ice cream for me and you could ride them
my mice . too . b
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I hope you can hop My dog wrote his name b
as fast as can be . b on a bone and then
,
I hope you can hop he gave the bone to me.
over to that tree because b I was not surprised that he b
your shoes ran away b could write , but that he gave b
with your feet , feet , feet . b his bone to me.
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I dug a hole so deep My dog dug a hole
that I could not see my b for his bone bone
, ,
pole inside
feet . I put a bone so his bone
,
t he hole and the hole
, would have a home ,
stole the pole . Yes , home home but
, ,
the pole disappeared – then he forgot which b
how weird! b hole was the home .
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This is a book ,
and that
is a bike . b
My pet pig Pete
, ,
has only three feet . b
And my pet pig Pete , , toys
likes to eat eat eat. b
, ,
These are my toys and ,
those belong to Mike .
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toys
I likethese apples;
these apples are nice . See those toys over
These apples are so nice there? Those toys are
that I bit them twice . But b mine . And those books
those apples over there over there? Those books
do not taste good because b are mine but my brother b
,
those apples over there plays with my stuff all b
are made of wood . b the time. b
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I want to look cute so
, My teacher told us
I need a cute hair cut . to use good manners
But when they cut my hair , on the bus . She also
it was not very cute – told us to use umbrellas
they only cut one hair... in the rain so we do not b
,
the hair right there. b get water on our brains. b
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How do you use a If I use a tube of tooth-
hammer? How do you b paste to clean the bath tub ,
use a nail? Each time how l ong will I have to rub - a - b
I use a hammer I hit
, dub - dub ? And if the tub is big ,
my finger not the nail. b
, and the tube is small will I
,
need a bigger tube to clean
it all? b
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