2 Beginner Book Four Quick Start Guide o h S r o t V o w e l Read the ook WTH your child. You read the regular text, and he/she reads the ig, red words, sort of like reading the different parts in a play. Help your child sound out the words as needed. Read the ook several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns that are necessary for reading. D t rush it. Bodyuilders d t train in a day neither does a child. Written and illustrated y T.M. f your child is having difficulty, he/she may need more practice with the alphaet. Get some fun ooks aout the alphaet, and read them many times. Then come ack to Progressive Phics. and introducing two stories y Daniel White T.M. A Progressive Phics ook Copyright (c) 2004 2012 y Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending And most important of all, HAVE FUN!
3 4 Words taught in this ook:, D, R dot, got, hot, lot, not, pot hop, mop, pop, top dog, jog D R Bo, jo, ro nod ox, fox, ox The aove list includes the following Dolch** words: not, ** Dolch words: This is a list of 220 words that comprise 50% 80% of all written texts in English. These words were identified y Edward William Dolch, PhD., in 1948; the theory is that children who can read these words rapidly and without cscious effort will e well their way to ecoming good readers. The Dolch List is the acke of many English reading programs, including Progressive Phics. in
5 6 Jungle Rumle Ed walk. the Elephant was a his ack, a purple turtle talked. and, Ed On stumled On while the purple turtle the jungle ack urle ule ungled. am in Ed his tired, mumle crumple grumled, and he sat his rump with a ruffle tumle thumple. Get ack your feet! the purple turtle warled, ut sleepy-head Ed was snoring snorkel snortles.
7 8 Peas and Cheese (This picture has 5 differences.) D is R the tale, eating all the cheese. His rother,, is the floor, eating all the peas. Cheese peas for munching. Peas cheese for lunching. R and and peasy lunche. D eat their cheesy,
9 10 n A Pot dot got hot lot not pot put a pea and when the hot had, pea, ut a pea is lot a. in pot a pot got a yummy not,
11 12 So put a potato the pot, got hot ad off with a in and when the, my, oiled potato red pot ig tomato. ran So the put a pot, and when the, the made me a piece-a of pepperi pizza. ig pig in pot got hot pig
13 14 Mop Hop hop mop pop top When he must Then to the mop told my said, Yes, mop not hop watched my silly mop hop top, the will. all the way of the hill.
15 16 Dot On Top POP POP The little letters and have a. But the letter and the letter not do have a. i j dot top ig ig J dot Did ig did ig top the letter dot J and the letter ever have a then maye the? f they dot pop went!
17 18 Tom The Top Cat y Daniel White and Miz Katz N. Ratz Tom Cat Top top hat the top the wore a of his top cat head. Then e day his top hat the of his went pop hat top top cat head.
19 20 dog jog And that is when Tom Cat that a the pig sat top top cat saw of his head.
21 22 Hot Dog (This picture has 5 differences.) got myself a hot dog. got him yesterday. thought that a hot dog hot dog would run and jump and play. But my does not lot dog do a lot lot ; he ly wants to sleep a he smells a cheese,. And ecause like want a real... please?
23 24 Bo s Jo Bo jo ro Bo jog jo has a jog jo Bo, and the of is to around a track. But the shoes of hate to Bo, so they keep running ack.
25 26 (This picture has 5 differences.) The Roer A roer tried to a ank, ut he never washed, and his feet really stank. So he ro did not ro a ank, and he not ro They could smell did a store. him coming, and they caught him at the door.
27 28 Nod nod f nod when nod yes has to guess nod if my head mean no, and when mean, then everyody my yes is no or.
29 30 Fox Tail y Daniel White ox fox ox Oh, no! said the funny fuzzy ge is, my tail is the. is found fox it not ox t not t not the chair. is the ed it. Oops, my head.
For My Birthday 31 32 (This picture has 5 differences.) For my irthday, got lot a of cake. also got candy and a some lot of lemade. From my dog got, in ox a e a. know happy, ut should e gotten socks. wish d
33 34 Pop Popcorn Part Two NOTE TO TEACHERS/PARENTS: n Part Two, we practice the reading of ook style fts (letters). Two of the iggest differences are the letters a and g writing ook style: style: a a My jo is to popcorn, and fill each ox pop need to. But when it pin poke with a, the not pop popcorn will. g g f your child/student is very young, or if he/she struggles with ook fts, you may want to skip this secti and come ack to the suject when your child has more experience with reading.
35 36 The Ox On The Box n ox a were little rocks, ut Mr. sat six Ox ox the. ox You are our, six said rock numer. Ox Mr. said,, sit like to. But we are numer three. Look it in Yes, said rock at the clock is time for tea.
37 38 Tea is good, ut a ox top, said Mr. get not in Ox ox of the. ox Then off our! We can t get out! said rock numer five with an angry shout. But the off, and this made the rocks the ox quite cross. the ox did not get in ox
39 40 The oldest rock, rock numer e, said, Mr. quite de the yet ox yet Ox? We, are you aren t having fun get. Please off in efore the sunset, or our mother will e so upset. Well, the sun went down and ox sat the still, half asleep and quite relaxed...
41 42 The End Next: Progressive Phics Book 5: Short Vowel u ProgressivePhics.com And then a knocked ig him rock the mother rock said, Ha, ha, take that! flat, and Copyright (c) 2004 2012 y Miz Katz N. Ratz Produced y Progressive Phics LLC