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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! 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. Quick Start Guide 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. c - a - t cat Read the book several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns that are necessary for reading. AB C AB C ABC ABC A BC oo k BWritten and illustrated by Copyright (c) 2004–2008 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending A Progressive Phonics book T.M. Book Two MizMiz KatzKatz RatzRatzN.N. ee 1 red get Short vowel “e” word list bed Ed fed red Ted wed beg keg leg peg Ben hen Ken men pen ten bet get jet let met pet set vet wet yet Rex Tex vex If I my dog bananas, and I him peanuts too, would he turn into a monkey? Would they take him to the zoo? But if I my dog some pizza, and I him candy too, would he turn into a person, just l ike me and you? fed fed fed fed b b b 32 My brother, , has a big, , but he never goes to sleep. He just l ies in , his face al l , counting lots of sheep. Ted red bed bed red b b My cousin, , is soon to , but I can’t go because I feel half dead. My throat is , my eyes are – I think that I should go to . Ed wed red red bed b 54 My dog has one in the water; the other is dry. He takes a bath one at a t ime – I real ly don’t know why. leg leg leg b b If I was a pirate, my would be a , and I would drink water from a wooden . I would cal l my parrot Pol ly. Her would be a . And we would sing pirate songs, standing by the . b b leg peg keg leg peg keg w r ta e 76 My dog can for dinner. He can with both front feet . He can for a bone; he can for a treat; he can , , for what I eat. beg beg beg beg beg beg beg b Ben hen Ken Ken hen Ben hen Ken has a that he cal ls – but is for a he, and a is a she. doesn’t care, and neither does the , so he cal ls her again and again. b 98 Ben ten ten ten ten Ben ten Ben has of everything – trains, clocks, and pairs of st inky socks. gets up at o’clock, and puts on a pair of st inky socks. Then brushes his teeth, b 1110 and runs downsta i r s i n h i s s t i nky fee t . I w i sh that wou ld wash h i s socks , bu t h i s bars of soap are a lways l o s t . I guess there ’ s no th i ng I can do – I ’m jus t so g lad I ’m not h i s shoe . b b b b Ben ten Today I a monkey; a monkey I . I thought he would make a very nice . So the monkey that I came home with me – aren’t you glad that I didn’t meet three? met met pet met b b Will you me drive the car, and wi l l you me stay up late, and wi l l you me get a job when I turn eight? let let let b b 7 1312 For my birthday, I wi l l a bike. I wi l l also a cake and a dog cal led Spike. And Spike wi l l a col lar, and Spike wi l l a leash – wait ! Why wil l Spike anything? It’s MY birthday, ding-a-l ing! b b b get get get get get I always the table. I it every day. I down the spoons; I down the cups; then my baby brother messes it up. set set set set b b 1514 Not yet When I ask my dad, “Are we there ?”, he always says, “Not .” And when I ask if we can stop, he always says, “Not .” I never know when is “ ” – but I that we are not there . b b yet yet yet yet bet yet I took my to see the , and the gave my a pi l l . But the pi l l from the was bigger than my , and it stuck inside her tummy. So my became a purple pi l l – don’t laugh, it isn’t funny. pet vet vet pet vet pet pet b b 1716 If you your fly a , he wi l l f ly it to the moon. And if you do your fly a , and he fl ies it to be moon, don’t expect your or the jumbo to come back anytime soon. let pet jet let pet jet pet jet I know two dogs cal led and . and are mean. Never (that means to annoy) or , or they wi l l make you scream. b Rex Tex Rex Tex vex Rex Tex 1918 I , and me. We very close to the sea. The that I was l itt le bit , so the that I was fish I . met a man a man met met man met a wet man met a bet 2120 MMii xx iitt uu pp Up unti l now, each “story” focused on just a few letters and words at a t ime. In the “Mix It Up” sect ion, we “step it up” by highl ight ing a sampl ing of ALL words that the chi ld should know by now. If the chi ld has trouble with the “Mix It Up” sect ion, re-read the earl ier portion of this book to help the chi ld develop better recognit ion of these particular words. If I , I going to get . If I , it wi l l be very . if you think I f ish who l ikes to , maybe you need to another . get wet am mad get wet bad am a get wet get pet yap yap yap Ken Pam cat Pam can nap lap Ken yap yap yap Pam nap and are my dog and . al l day in my . l ikes to bark and , , and wake up so she can’t . 2322 When I , I want to write my name, . I mix it up, so I need – was it , or ? am ten a pen Ben Ken Zen a pen Ken Ben Fen Zen Ben Ken Remember who st inky socks? His shoes off and his socks got lost . His to buy of socks, and to learn to wash, wash, wash. Ben had ran dad had a bag Ben had b 2524 The End Next: Progressive Phonics Book 3: Short Vowel “ i” www.ProgressivePhonics .com Copyright 2004–2008 by Miz Katz N. Ratz 26 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14