Beginner book 3 2015

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 word

Short Vowel

Progressive

PHONICS Progressive T.M. Book Beginner 1

PHONICST.M. Book Beginner 3

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big pig wig

bit fit it sit

sip zip tip lip

did hid kid

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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

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

Can you say, “ih”?

The “ih” sound is in lots

”in” family

in win

(Other “in” words not taught here:

bin, din, fin, kin, tin, skin, etc.)

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A cat in

a hat

A Cat In A Hat

in a box

in a dish b

in a fish

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in a fish in a

oops, missed!

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Getting Dressed

My hands are in

my socks b

My ears are b

my shoes

in

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But what goes in

my sweater? b

Ahh! Isn’t b

he cute? b

There are two ways to write the letter ‘i’ – the little letter ‘i’

and the big letter ‘I.’

(Read this page TO

your child.)

little i big I

Most of the time, we use the little ‘i’ –

I am happy

When we talk about ourselves, we use

the big letter ‘I’ –

“No, I win!” said

the snail “ was the I

“No, you guys did

not win You

didn’t even start!” b

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In The Bath

I am in the bath

with my hair in hat a

I

The hat stops

shampoo from b

getting in my eyes

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or in my hair

where keep I b

kid hid did

”id” family

(Other “id” words not taught here:

bid, lid, mid, rid, skid, grid, etc.)

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The Kids

Big kid

Hid is past tense of “hide,” but now is not the time to teach grammar, If you

need to explain, just say that “hid” is another way of saying “hide.”

A hen hid

in hat a

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A horse hid

in the hay

A kid hid

in a candy store

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hid in

Who Spilled The Milk?

Who spilled

the milk?

I did not!

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I did not!

He did!

The dog did!

I know who did

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it bit fit sit

”it” family

A towel!

Elephants are big, b

that is what they are, b

so how many elephants b

a car?

fit in

How Many Elephants?

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One baby elephant fit

the front, but he

fit

Another baby elephant

fit in the back

“Help!” he said “I am

squashed quite flat.” b

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A third baby elephant b

said, “Me too!” But b

fit

Yesterday, I sat

and sat, all day long,

waiting for the radio to b

play my favorite song b

Waiting For My Song

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Today I sit and

sit some more

I am

Then my sister says, b

“Silly, you have to b

turn it on!”

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The bug that bit me

was not very big, but b

it bit

The Bug That Bit Me

Then it bit me on my

knee, and it bit me on

my nose, and to say good- b

night, it bit my toes

(This picture has differences.) 5

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”if” family

But don’t like I

worms if they

The first letter of a sentence

is always a big letter

(a capital letter).

(Read this page TO

your child.)

C an a cat catch a mouse?

(A sentence is a group of words that say something – a thought, an idea, a question.)

I f I was a cat,

I would catch candy, not mice.

So, if the first word in a sentence begins with

the letter “I,” we always write the big letter “I”

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(Note: More rules about Capital Letters are taught in the second handwriting

book series, Capital Letters, due for release in Spring 2016.)

Fishy Wishy

If fishes made

wishes, and if

would a fish kiss his b

Mrs if she cooked

his favorite dishes? b

Mrs (pronounced “missus”) is a name for a wife. 52

fix mix six

”ix” family

But can it fix

a loose tooth? b

(These are nonsense sounds.)

Mmm, mmmph, mmmph!

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I can mix

a cake I can

mix it

Mix A Cake

Six racoons

can mix a

(This picture has differences.) 6

But they always I

two cakes

mix

because they mix

one for themselves b

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Can six

sick sticks fix

Tongue Twister

”im” family

(Other “im” words not taught here:

dim, rim, Jim, Tim, slim, swim, etc.)

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My little dog is tiny, and b

when he needs a bath, I

him in

My Tiny, Little Dog

Then wrap I him in

a ribbon and put him

in a box Then put I

him in my pocket

so he doesn’t get lost b

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big pig wig

”ig” family

Remember the trick to know which is the letter ‘b’ and

which is the letter ‘d’?

(Read this page TO

your child.)

bed

letter ‘b’ letter ‘d’

We will now learn a trick to remember which

is the letter ‘p’ and which is the letter ‘g.’

(next page)

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Turn your hands so that your thumbs

are pointing down –

Now pretend that this is a pig – wiggle

your thumbs to make him run.

pig

pig

When a pig goes

to bed, what does

he wear? b

pig

bed

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A pig wears

-jamas, and

pig

And with my b

toys, will

big I

If A Big Pig Hid

by Daniel White

If big pig hid a ,

where would he hide? b

The closet, perhaps, b

if he weren’t so wide

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He would, if he could,

hide under the bed,

fit

he a box,

If hid in

the box would break b

Oh, where should he b

hide, for goodness sake? b

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He took some time

to sit and think

if hid

But a pig that

size is not that small – b

what if pig a

can’t hide at all? b

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So the big pig

hid behind the door

in the cupboard and on

the floor, over the rug and b

under a chair – the big

pig hid everywhere!

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Pig Wig

A little pig in

a big wig

A big pig in

a little wig

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There once was a b

whale who wore b

Wet Wig

Then the whale went b

the water, oh,

in

yes did, he

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“My wig!” said the

whale “My wig is now

wet

So the wig

went flying b

through the air b

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“Look at me!”

said a bird b

lip tip sip zip

”ip” family

(Other “ip” words not taught here:

dip, nip, rip, trip, slip, etc.)

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I had sip a

of lemonade b

Just A Sip

I had sip a

of tea b

Then I had a

of something that

sip

Oh, no, my zip

Here is a way to remember

the difference between

z

If you zip your lip,

you cannot sip water,

milk or tea So if you

are thirsty, un-zip

your lip “firsty.”

Zip Your Lip

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I stood on the tip

of the hill with a ball b

On The Tip

Then balanced I

the ball on the tip

of my toe b

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So there was, I in

the sun, having a lot b

What word is on b

the tip of my

tongue? b

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Tongue Twister 2

I like to lick my lip

My lip I lick a lot