Book 3 New Font
Book 3 New Font
Book 3 New Font
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Read the book several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns that are necessary for reading. Dont rush it. Body builders dont train in a day, neither does a child.
ABC
ABC
C AB o k Bo
If your child is having difficulty, he/she might need more practice with the alphabet. Get a fun book about the alphabet and read that lots of times. Then come back to Progressive Phonics.
bid did hid kid lid One kid hid in the closet What did I do with my coat? I put the lid on the cookie jar big dig fig gig pig wig I know a pig My sister, Sue, was five years old dim him Jim Kim Tim The light is dim My brothers dog has fuzzy black hair bin fin in win When I play games, I like to win I am very good at cleaning my room When you meet a fish A bird is in a tree dip kip lip nip pip Zip your lip On the tip of my tongue If you zip your lip sip tip yip zip
bit it fit hit it pit I told my dog to sit I bit my bottle You can hit a ball with a bat My little sister had a fit These shoes do not fit me It is red
if
sit
My brother says he would let me ride his bike is his My dog is big His name is Sam I I am me, I am an elf Listen, Mother dear Mix it up Jim and Kim Kip likes to dip Henrys wig
kid hid in the closet. Another kid hid in the den. The last kid hid in the garden, and never was found again. b
One
did I do with my coat? What did I do with my hat? Did I put them in the closet? Did I give them to my cat? And if I did give my coat and hat to my silly, orange cat, b why, oh, why did I do that?
What
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cookies
lid on the cookie jar. I put the lid on tight. But someone took the lid off,
I put the and ate all the cookies last night.
big as me.
My sister, Sue, was five years old I saw her fall; I heard her shout so I asked the dog to
b b b
dig her out. BUT.... my dog doesnt like to dig, even though his feet are really big. That silly dog was just no help, b so I had to dig her out myself.
dim; I cannot see who is hiding in the closet with me. Maybe it is my brother, Tim, but I cannot see; the light is dim. Maybe Jim I think thats him in here with me where the light is dim. But if Tim and Jim are hiding with me, whos out there playing hide and seek? b
The light is
My brothers dog has fuzzy black hair; just like just like just like just like and
b b
him, my brother Jim. him, my brother Jim. b b b him, my brother Jim. him, my brother Jim.
The dog wears bright orange underwear; The dog has tiny, shiny front teeth;
And the dog has very, VERY big feet; So yesterday, the dog went to school,
win, b b
so I always play with my sister, Lynn. I make up the rules as we go along I am always right,
b b
bin for blocks, a bin for books, and a bin for socks.
But its too much work to keep it tidy, stuff is hiding.
b b b
so under my bed my
in the sea or on the land, you have to shake his fin he doesnt have a hand. b
and
He uses his
fin b b
Zip your lip; b It is late, and I b want to sleep. b So zip your lip and zip your eyes.
dont talk to me. Its time to sleep
b b
goodnight, goodnight.
b b b
sit; I told my dog to stay. But he didnt sit not one little bit he just up and walked away. b Again I told my dog to sit I even showed him how to b sit but he rolled over and shook his head, so I made b my brother sit instead.
I told my dog to
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bit my bottle; I bit my bed. I bit my book until it bent. But it wasnt me, it was my teeth, that bit the elephant.
I
hit a ball with a bat; you can hit a ball with a shoe. In lots of games you hit a ball just dont let the ball hit you.
You can
fit b
sit. My dog said sit, and she hit the floor, screaming and crying and a whole lot more. b I dont know why she had that fit maybe the dog said fit, not sit.
fit me, and neither does this hat. b But someday they will fit me when Im human, not a cat. b
These shoes do not
if I was bigger, if I was nice, if I paid him lots of money, and if I asked twice.
is big. My dog is brown. My dog is standing on the ground. His nose is wet, and his tail is wagging. He always looks like he is laughing. But why is he laughing? I dont know. Is he laughing at me, or did he hear a funny joke? b
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Sam
Sam
Sam
Sam
Sam
His name is Sam, his dog is Sam, his cat is Sam and his rock is Sam.
If you say, Sam, except for
b b
his rock
When the letter I stands by itself it sounds like eye. Lets practice....
I am, but I know they dont understand that every toy I make doesnt want to leave, so I have to keep them here with little, old me. b
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I have
I cant go
I have little red dots all over my tongue, I have an ache in my head, and a cough in my lung. b I would love to go to school on any other day, but my doll b and I should stay home and play.
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Mi x it up
When a child is comfortable reading the Big Red Words in this book, he/she is ready for Mix It Up the part of the book where a child practices reading a variety of short vowel words.
Jim and Kim were the best of friends. They lived in a house where the old road ends. Jim was a baby, learning to walk. Kim was older; she could already talk.
The day that
Kim could not believe what she thought she just heard. Encyclopedia! said Jim, clapping his hands, smiling with four teeth as he sat in the sand.
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e l t t bo
it again, Kim leaned closer to Jim like maybe shed hear better if she sat next to him. Constantinople, said Jim with a burp. He took a sip from his bottle; some spilled on his shirt.
Say
Kim was laughing out loud. Listen to Jim. It is so far out! And Jim showed his family that now he could talk, but the words came too b quickly -- they ran, wouldnt walk.
Hey everyone,
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r e t bet
bat, sat, mat.... get a garble gobble, pet a purple pat. a whole year of listening, the words b as a shout. Jim put his hands
After
his mouth, but the words squeezed by and filled up the house. b
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ran and fin and fly. Is and his and mud in your eye! As fast as they came, the words just
Dan and stopped. They lay where they landed didnt move, didnt hop.
It took all day to clean up those words. They filled up a truck like a mountain of dirt. And Jim was two when he spoke again. Hi, Kim, he said to his very best friend.
r e t bet
Kip likes to dip bananas in lots of chocolate fudge. Kip likes to dip and lick his lip all day and just because. b
and
Yip said no bananas. Doctor Pip said no more fudge. Doctor Nip said no more nothing they said it just because. b
Doctor
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Kip was very hungry his tummy growled out loud. He had to zip his upper lip to keep bananas out.
and
at the ice cream shop they each had a banana with fudge on top. b
But then he saw the doctors
and
Kip ran home to his kitchen. He was happy; he was glad. b How can chocolate and bananas possibly be bad?
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Henrys Wig
Fig wore a big, red, wig. When I say big, I mean big, big, BIG. He wore it in the swimming pool; he wore it every day to school.
Henry
and
dig your wig, but I wish it wasnt quite so big. I cant see the teacher or the wall I cant see anything at all.
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Sally said, I
wig to make it smaller, but overnight, the wig grew taller. It scraped the trees as he walked by. I think it even scraped the sky.
Henry cut his And Sally
had to b
sit on a ladder,
and this made Sally even madder.
b Sally said, I dig your wig, but it has got to go, it is way too big.
it off. He pulled it hard; he pulled it soft. But it stuck to his head like SuperGlue, and again that night it grew and grew.
So Henry tried to take Sally screamed, and Sally cried.
Fig, your wig is too wide! She tried to sit in a different place, but still that wig was in her face.
Henry
Teache r
wig inside a hat, hoping that would make it flat, but during lunch the wig blew up and landed in the teachers cup.
Henry squished the And now poor Henrys head no
is bare
The end
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