Beginner book 1 2015

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Short Vowel “ A ”

had

can

cat am

Written and illustrated by

Miz Katz N Ratz

Short Vowel “ A ”

Progressive

PHONICSProgressive T.M. Book Beginner 1

cat

hat

mat rat sat

am ram Sam

had dad sad

c a t s m n d h r

Letters & words used in this book

can man ran nan

Copyright © 2004–2015 by Miz Katz N Ratz

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may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

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Produced in the United States of America.

Fifth Edition, 2015.

Progressive Phonics Co

Los Angeles, CA

Acknowledgements:

For my Mom, who

made it all possible.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide 5

b

“at” word family 6

at, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat

“an” word family 27

can, man, nan, ran

“ad” word family 39

dad, had, sad

“am” word family 49

am, ram, Sam

Don’t rush it

Body-builders don’t train in

a day – neither does a child.

And most important of

all, HAVE FUN!

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.

Help your child sound

out the words as

needed.

Read the book several times

This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns.

Quick Start Guide

Today we are going to practice the “ah” sound.

The “ah” sound is in lots

of words, like

(Read this page TO

your child.)

animal alphabet

angry ant

act like an alligator.

Look, look, b

Look At My Cat

That is not b

My silly cat is

I tell my cat,

Then one day b

I got so scared b

“The cat in the window

The Cat In The Window

“No, no, no!” a second b

“The cat looks at

But the cat was a

We have three cats, b

Three Cats And A Mat

So one cat

Then the second b

Then the third cat

And then they b

The first hat

The second hat

The third hat

so the rat

can man nan ran

”an” family

Note 1: The word “an” will be in an Intermediate Phonics

book because it is a grammatical lesson.

Yes, I can jump higher

But a can of corn

A Man Ran

A man ran too,

stinky!

My nan can

My Nan

My nan can

My nan said

So, look! I b

bmade a mess!

dad had sad

”ad” family

Note: The word “bad” will be in Beginner Book 2

because the letter “b” is a difficult letter, and

When I was a baby, b

b

Had

When I was three, I b

a chimpanzee

had

I had to brush my hair,

Had To

Then I had to put a

on top of my head

hat

Dad Shoes

But I would like to b

So Sad

It was a sad,

song

sad

And the sad

ram

Sam

”am” family

I am as tall

I Am Tall

Well when I stand b

The hat is nice

A rat and a

ram ran

Rat Race

The ram

so the rat

“Cheater!” said the b

as the

“I am the winner!” b

But the rat wasn’t

into a tree

ran

“No,” said the b