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Phonic GuidelinesUse the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Best Friends.. Short Vowels When two consonants surround a vowel, the sound of the vowel is usually sho

Best Friends

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For the RKR crew: Judy, Dorothy, Sarah,

Paul, Virginia, Tisha, Richard, Andrel, Nikki,

Nicole, and Jacky with thanks!

M L.

For my pals, Michele and Mary Beth

D H.

Special thanks to Lands’ End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing clothing

and to East End Sporting Goods, Mattituck, NY.

e-ISBN 1-58824-456-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Leonard, Marcia.

Best friends / Marcia Leonard ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.

p cm (Real kids readers Level 1)

Summary: Although they are different in many ways, two girls are still best friends ISBN 0-7613-2064-4 (lib bdg.) ISBN 0-7613-2089-X (pbk.)

[1 Best friends Fiction 2 Friendship Fiction 3 Individuality Fiction 4 Stories in rhyme.] I Handelman, Dorothy, ill II Title III Series.

PZ8.3.L54925Be 1999

[E] dc21

Best Friends

I like you

and you like me.

4

5

But we are not alike, you see.

6

I am small

and you are tall.

8

9

I play cards

and you play ball.

10

I say no

and you say yes.

12

I pick up.

You make a mess.

14

I like new

and you like old.

16

I like hot

and you like cold.

18

19

But

we like to gab.

We like to grin.

20

We like to run.

We like to win.

22

23

We both love books.

We both love cats.

24

25

We both love rings.

We both love hats.

We are best friends,

as you can see.

28

For I like you

and you like me.

30

Phonic Guidelines

Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Best Friends.

Short Vowels

When two consonants surround a vowel, the sound of the vowel is usually short This

means you pronounce a as in apple, e as in egg, i as in igloo, o as in octopus, and u as in umbrella Short-vowel words in this story include: but, can, cats, gab, hats, hot, not, run,

win, yes.

Short-Vowel Words with Beginning Consonant Blends

When two different consonants begin a word, they usually blend to make a combined

sound A word in this story with a beginning consonant blend includes: grin.

Short-Vowel Words with Ending Consonant Blends

When two different consonants end a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound

Words in this story with ending consonant blends include: best, rings.

R-Controlled Vowels

When a vowel is followed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r Words in this story with r-controlled vowels are: are, cards, for.

Double Consonants

When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent In this story,

double consonants appear in the short-vowel word mess and in the all-family words all,

ball, small, and tall.

Sight Words

Sight words are those words that a reader must learn to recognize immediately by sightinstead of by sounding them out They occur with high frequency in easy texts Sight words

not included in the above categories are: a, am, and, as, I, like, love, make, me, new, no,

old, play, say, see, to, up, we, you.