The Rhyming Reader. Book One. Copyright 2011 The Rzeppa Family

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1 The Rhyming Reader Book One Copyright 2011 The Rzeppa Family 1

2 INSTRUCTIONS Print some pages. Do just a couple at a time to start. Later, you can do a half-dozen or more in one sitting. Have your kid sound out all the words on the pages. You can help with the letter sounds, but don't say the words. Make the kid sound them out. Send the kid off to a nice quiet place with a big fat pen to trace all the words. If you must watch, watch from a distance. The kid will digest the stuff better alone. Have your kid sound out all the words with you again. Review the pages the next day and repeat them as necessary. Don't rush. The tortoise always wins in this race. 2

3 HINT English has 40-some sounds (depending on your accent) but only 26 letters. We make up for this shortage by using groups of letters to represent single sounds. EA, for example, typically makes the long-e sound. It's important that your kid learns to spot groups of letters, and not just individual ones. So as your kid sounds out the words in this book, point out that both individual letters and groups of letters have sounds. Tell him that the word "cat", for example, can be thought of as three separate sounds (c-a-t). Or as just two (c-at). Then make sure he understands that the second way is better. All the words in our reader are arranged in rhyming groups that make it easy to spot the common letter combinations. 3

4 CAT HAT cat hat 4

5 HAT RAT PAT rat hat 5

6 CAT FAT SAT fat cat 6

7 AT BAT RAT VAT rat bat 7

8 RAN MAN CAN can man 8

9 PAN TAN VAN JAN tan van 9

10 BAD FAD LAD bad lad 10

11 HAD DAD MAD RAD rad dad 11

12 DAD CAD SAD PAD TAD sad dad 12

13 BAG JAG RAG rag bag 13

14 HINT Many of the words in this book will be new to your kid. And he probably won't get some of the jokes. WOW This is intentional. It minimizes guessing. It increases the kid's vocabulary. And it reinforces the fact that you're the teacher. So tell the kid what the words mean, and explain the jokes as you go along. It will be a quality bonding experience. And after a while your kid just might start to think that you're almost as smart as he is. 14

15 BAG GAG LAG gag bag 15

16 WAG $3 TAG ZAG HAG tag wag 16

17 NAG FAG MAG SAG nag sag 17

18 SAL 9000 AL HAL 9000 GAL HAL SAL PAL Hal and Sal 18

19 PAM SAM HAM Sam ham 19

20 AM HAM JAM BAM DAM ham dam 20

21 TAP LAP NAP nap lap 21

22 RAP ZAP CAP YAP Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap! Zap. 22

23 CAB JAB GAB $75.23 cab gab 23

24 GAB TAB LAB DAB NAB lab gab 24

25 AX SAX FAX WAX sax wax 25

26 MAX SAX WAX TAX wax sax 26

27 MAX SAX FAX AX sax fax 27

28 SAX MAX TAX LAX max sax 28

29 PET WET GET wet pet 29

30 PET BET VET LET pet vet 30

31 MET JET SET NET YET jet net 31

32 NED BED FED bed fed 32

33 ED LED RED TED WED Red led Ted 33

34 MEX TEX VEX Tex and Mex 34

35 HEX REX SEX EX T-rex 35

36 DEB JEB WEB web 36

37 LEG Ah! PEG BEG peg leg 37

38 KEG MEG EGG egg keg 38

39 TEN MEN HEN BEN PEN ten pen men 39

40 DEN MEN TEN ZEN YEN ten Zen men 40

41 BIB RIB rib bib 41

42 RIB BIB FIB rib fib 42

43 PIG DIG WIG pig wig 43

44 BIG FIG JIG RIG big rig 44

45 PIG DIG ZIG RIG GIG pig rig 45

46 IN BIN PIN DIN pin bin 46

47 KIN FIN TIN WIN SIN tin fin 47

48 DIP SIP TIP RIP tip sip 48

49 HIP LIP NIP YIP ZIP lip zip 49

50 DID KID BID SID Sid kid 50

51 LID HID SID RID Sid hid. 51

52 HIM RIM JIM "Him Jim." 52

53 DIM JIM KIM KIM TIM JIM TIM dim Kim 53

54 IT KIT SIT HIT LIT sit kit 54

55 BIT NIT FIT PIT WIT nit wit 55

56 MIX SIX FIX six mix 56

57 MIX SIX NIX FIX six fix 57

58 JOB LOB COB cob lob 58

59 BOB ROB SOB MOB Bob mob 59

60 ROD NOD COD GOD cod rod 60

61 2 6 MOD POD 12 TODD 5 ODD Odd Todd 61

62 DOG LOG? JOG dog jog 62

63 DOG FOG BOG HOG hog dog 63

64 MOM TOM Mom. Tom. Tom-tom. 64

65 ON R NON DON D RON Ron on Don 65

66 DON CON NON RON con and non-con 66

67 HOP TOP BOP POP pop top 67

68 MOP POP COP TOP mop top 68

69 TOP LOP HOP COP cop top 69

70 HOP TOP Z ZZ Top 70

71 POP TOP HOP MOP hop on pop 71

72 HOT POT TOT COT NOT tot pot 72

73 HOT DOT GOT LOT ROT Dot got hot. 73

74 OX BOX FOX Fox box 74

75 FOX SOX BOX POX fox pox 75

76 BUG RUG TUG HUG bug hug 76

77 BUG DUG JUG MUG PUG bug mug 77

78 GUM HUM BUM YUM Gum. Yum! 78

79 BUM MUM RUM SUM bum sum 79

80 UP CUP PUP pup up 80

81 CUP PUP YUP SUP pup cup 81

82 US BUS GUS PUS bus 82

83 HUT NUT RUT CUT nut hut 83

84 CUT BUT JUT GUT gut cut 84

85 CUB RUB TUB BUB cub tub 85

86 TUB HUB PUB SUB NUB tub sub 86

87 BUD MUD DUD CUD cud bud 87

88 FUN RUN SUN GUN gun fun 88

89 BUN FUN NUN PUN bun nun 89

90 TUX Tux 90

91 HINT wuz iz hiz elefant was is his eleph From here on, some of our pages will include special words where the letters make unusual sounds. Many people call these words "sight words." We prefer to think of them as "cursed words": words that, for some strange reason, we've all agreed to misspell over and over again. To help your kid learn these words, we've done two things: And God said, "Go to, let us go down and there confound their language." Genesis 11:7 First, we always put the cursed words in context, where your kid is used to hearing them. This makes it easy for him to get used to the unusual spellings of those sounds. Secondly, the first ten or so times a cursed word appears, we include the "correct" spelling of that word directly underneath the nasty thing in small gray letters. Your kid can simply look there and sound them out in the usual way. And now it's time for more phun with fonnix. 91

92 DEB JEB WEB Deb and Jeb on the web thuh 92

93 HOT ROD a hot rod uh 93

94 BIG PIG HEN PEN a pig pen uh a big hen uh 94

95 YAP ZAP YIP ZIP Yip! Yap! Yip! Yap! Yip! Yap! Zip zap. 95

96 AT BAT RAT a rat at bat uh 96

97 CAT HAT a cat in a hat uh uh 97

98 CAT HAT MAT a cat hat on a mat uh uh 98

99 CAT HAT SAT MAT The cat hat sat on a mat. thuh uh 99

100 DAN MAN PAN Dan the pan man thuh 100

101 FAN VAN TAN a tan van with a fan uh uh 101

102 NAN CAN PAN Nan with a can in a pan uh uh 102

103 ADD PAD Add on a pad. uh 103

104 DAD HAD PAD RAD Dad had a rad pad. uh 104

105 RAG BAG TAG $3 a rag bag with a tag uh uh 105

106 GAG BAG $3 TAG a gag bag with a tag uh uh 106

107 SAM HAM Sam-I-am with a ham uh 107

108 HAM JAM DAM J AM a ham and jam dam uh 108

109 CAP SAP TAP sap tap sap in a cap uh 109

110 NAP NEXT EXIT 350 MILES MAP LAP a nap with a map in the lap uh uh thuh 110

111 DAB GAB gab and a dab uh 111

112 AL PAL SAL Al has a pal. haz The pal is Sal. thuh iz 112

113 SAL GAL VAL Sal has a gal. haz The gal is Val. thuh iz 113

114 AL SAL PAL GAL VAL Val is the gal of Al's pal Sal. iz thuh uv 114

115 SAX FAX a sax in the fax uh thuh 115

116 MAX SAX WAX sax wax for the max sax thuh 116

117 BED ED NED RED TED Red, Ned, Ted and Ed in bed 117

118 PIG WIG a pig in a wig uh uh 118

119 PIG BIG RIG a pig in a big rig uh uh 119

120 BIG PIG JIG RIG a pig jig with a big pig uh uh 120

121 BIG FIG PIG WIG a big pig uh 121

122 US BUS us on the bus thuh 122

123 DUB RUB TUB rub-a-dub-dub in the tub uh thuh 123

124 DUD MUD a dud in the mud uh thuh 124

125 FUN SUN fun in the sun thuh 125

126 FUN NUN SUN fun in the sun with a nun thuh uh 126

127 NUN RUN GUN a nun on the run with a gun uh thuh uh 127