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BEGINNING READING

WORDS PHRASES SENTENCES

Fat a fat 1. A fat cat is on the mat.
Cat a cat 2. A fat, fat cat is on the mat.
Sat a fat cat is 3. A fat cat sat on the mat.
On sat on 4. A fat, fat cat sat on the mat.
A a mat
Mat sat on a mat

STORY 1
A FAT CAT SAT ON THE MAT
A fat cat.
A fat, fat cat.
A fat, fat cat sat.
A fat, fat cat sat on the mat.
QUESTIONS
1. What is the animal in the story?____
2. What can you say about it? _______
3. What did it do? _________________

STORY 2
PAT A RAT QUESTIONS
A rat, a rat 1. What is the animal in the story?____
A fat, fat rat 2. What can you say about it? _______
Pat the fat rat. 3. What is done to the rat? __________
Past pat the fat rat.

STORY 3
BAT A FAT RAT QUESTIONS
Bat, bat, bat 1. What is the animal in the story?____
Bat, bat rat 2. What can you say about it? _______
Bat a rat 3. What is done to the fat rat? _______
Bat a fat rat
Bat a fat, fat rat.

STORY 4
A FAT RAT IN A HAT QUESTIONS
A rat. 1. What is the animal in the story?____
A fat rat. 2. What is in a hat? _______________
A fat rat is in a hat. 3. What is on a mat? ______________
The hat is on a mat.
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STORY 5
A RAT, A CAT, A HAT QUESTIONS
A rat, a cat, a hat. 1. What are the animals in the story?
A rat, a cat, a hat. 2. What sat on the mat? ____________
The fat rat sat on the mat. 3. What object is on the mat? ________
The hat is on the mat. 4. What animals are on the mat? _____
The cat is on the mat, too.
The fat rat, and the cat sat on the mat.
A rat, a cat, a hat.

WORDS PHRASES SENTENCES

Can fat man 1. I have a fan.
Fan in the pan 2. I have a hat.
Man Dan sat 3. The fat man is in the van.
Pan has a fan 4. The can is in the van.
Van in the can 5. The fan is in the van.
Tan in the van

STORY 6 QUESTIONS
I am An-an. 1. What is the name of the girl?______
I have a fan. 2. What does she have?____________
A fan, fan, fan. 3. What is asked in the story?________
I have a hat too.
Do you have a hat too?

STORY 7 QUESTIONS
The fat man is in the van. 1. What can you say about the man?
The can is in the van. 2. What things are in the van?_______
The fan is in the van, too.
The fat man and the can are in the van.
The fat man, the can and the fan are in the van.

STORY 8
DAN QUESTIONS
This is Dan. 1. What can you say about Dan?______
He is fat. 2. What does he have? _____________
He is in the van. 3. What things are in Dan’s van? _____
He has a can, a hat and a fan in the van.
The cat is in the van, too.
Oh! The hat, the can, the fan and the cat are in the van.
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WORDS PHRASES SENTENCES

Ham jam in the can 1. I have a jam.
Dam ham in the pan 2. I have a ham.
Jam a dam and a ram 3. She has a ham.
Ram a jam 4. She has a jam.
Sam has a ham 5. Lam likes jam.
Lam ham and jam
Pam

STORY 9
SAM’S HAM AND JAM QUESTIONS
Sam has ham. 1. Who is the character in the story?_______
Ham, ham, ham 2. What does he have? _________________
Sam has jam, too. 3. What does Sam like? ________________
Jam, jam, jam
Sam has ham and jam.
Sam likes ham and jam.
Do you like them too?

STORY 10
Ham and Jam QUESTIONS
Ham and jam 1. Who are the children in the story? ______
Do you have a ham? 2. What do they have? ________________
Ham, ham, ham 3. Do you like ham? ___________________
Do you have a jam? 4. Do you like jam? ___________________
Jam, jam, jam
Do you have ham and jam?
Lam and Pam have ham and jam.
They have ham and jam.

STORY 11
The fat man sat on the mat.
The fat man has ham in the pan.
The fat man has jam in the can.
The rat ran to the pan of ham.
The rat ran to the can of jam.
The fat man pats the cat.
So, the cat ran, ran and ran.
QUESTIONS
1.Who is the man? ________________
2.What does the man have? ________
3.What ran to the pan of ham? ______
4.What ran to the can of jam? ______
5.What does the fat man do with the cat?
6.What does the cat do? ____________

WORDS PHRASES SENTENCES

Cap a cap 1. He has a cap.
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Map a map 2. He has a map.

Nap a nap 3. Pap has a cap.
Tap a tap 4. Pap has a tan cap.
Lap a lap 5. He takes a nap.
Rap has a cap
Sap has a map

STORY 12 QUESTIONS
Pap has a cap. 1. What does Pap have? ________________
It is a tan cap. 2. What is the cap ? ___________________
Pap has ham and jam, too. 3. What is in the pan ? _________________
His ham is in the pan. 4. What is on the mat? _________________
His ham is on the mat. 5. What has a nap on his mat? ___________
Then Pap has a nap on his mat.

STORY 13
Sam has a van.
The van is tan.
He has a map in his tan van.
He has a cap, too in his tan van.
Sam, Sam, Sam in his tan van.
QUESTIONS
1.Who is the boy? __________________
2.What does he have? _______________
3.What is the color of the van? ________
4.What are in the van? ______________

STORY 14 QUESTIONS
Cam has a cat. 1. Who has a cat? _________________
It is on her lap. 2. What is on Cam’s lap? ___________
Cam sat on the mat, too. 3. What sat on the mat? ____________
Cam and her cat sat on the mat.

STORY 15 QUESTIONS
Rap is lad. 1. Who is sad? _______________________
He is a sad lad. 2. Who is the sad lad? _________________
He has no dad. 3. Who has no dad? ___________________
His fad is a pad. 4. Who is his fad? ____________________
He has a bad cat, too. 5. Who is a pad? _____________________

STORY 16 QUESTIONS
An-an has a fat cat. 1.What does An-an have? ___________
The fat cat is mad at the bad rat. 2.Who is bad? ____________________
The bad rat is in the hat. 3.Where is the rat? ________________
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The fat cat bat the rat. 4.What bats the rat? _______________
The rat ran, ran and ran. 5.What does the rat do? ____________

STORY 17
A Fat Lad QUESTIONS
Lam is a fat lad. 1.Who is the fat lad? ______________
He is a fat, fat lad. 2.Who has a dad? _________________
He has a dad. 3.About what he is sad and mad?_____
He is sad and mad at the bad cat. 4.What does he pat ? ______________
Lam pats the bad cat. 5.Where does the bad cat ran?_______
The bad cat ran to the van.

WORDS PHRASES SENTENCES

Cab rag on the mat 1. The rag is on the mat.
Nab dad’s bag 2. Dad’s bag has a tag.
Dab in the cab 3. Dad is in the cab.
Bag has a tag 4. The bag has a tag.
Rag He lags 5. The rag is in the bag.
Tag tan cab
Nag in the bag
Lag

STORY 18
Dad has a tan cab.
The cab has a tag.
The bag is in the cab.
The rag is in the cab.
The bag and the rag are in the cab.
QUESTIONS
1.Who has a tan cab? _____________
2.What does the cab have? _________
3.What are in the cab? _____________
4.Where are the rag and the bag? ____

STORY 19 QUESTIONS
Dad’s bag is tan. 1. What is tan? __________________
It is a tan bag. 2. Who has a bag? _______________
It has a label. 3. What has a label? ______________
The rag is in the bag. 4. Where is the rag? ______________
Dad’s bag is on the mat. 5. Where is the bag? ______________
It is on the mat.
The bad rat bats the bag.

STORY 20 QUESTIONS
The fat lad has a bag. 1.Who has a bag? _____________________
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The map is in the bag. 2.What are in the bag?__________________

The fan is in the bag.
The pad is in the bag.
The cap is in the bag.
The hat is in the bag.
The map, the fan,
the pad, the cap and
the hat are in the bag.
The bag is in the van.
3.Where is the fan?_____________________
4.Where is the pad?____________________
5.Where is the cap?____________________
6.Where is the hat?____________________
7.Where are the map, fan, pad, cap and hat?
____________________________________
8.Where is the bag? ___________________

WORDS PHRASES
Ib id ig in has a bib has a pig
Bib bid dig bin can dig fat pig
Fib did big kin fin of a fish has a wig
Jib hid wig din pin for hair wig on a hair
Nib lid rig pin has a rib likes the bib
Rib kid jig sin has a pin wears a wig
A big pig a big pin

SENTENCES
1. The baby has a bib. 6.The pig is fat.
2. She has a wig for hair. 7.The bib is big.
3. The kid is fat. 8.The pin is big.
4. The fish has a fin. 9.He has a wig.
5. I do not want to make sin. 10.the kid has a pig.

STORY 21
THE FAT PIG QUESTIONS
The kid has a fat pig. 1.Who are the characters in the story?
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The fat pig naps, naps 2.What word is the same as child?_________
And naps. 3.What can the fat pig do? ______________________
It likes to nap on a mat. 4.Where can the fat pig run? ___________________
Ha! Ha! Ha!
It also runs, runs and runs.
It can run to the tan van.

STORY 22
THE GIRL QUESTIONS
She is Rosa. 1.What is the girl?_______________
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The girl wears a wig. 2.What does she wear?___________

She also has a big pin on her wig. 3.Where is the big pin? ___________
She likes the bib. 4.What does she like? ____________
She likes to get the kid’s bib. 5.What does she want to get?______
She wears the kid’s bib now. 6.What does she wear now?________

STORY 23 QUESTIONS
It’s a pin, pin, pin. 1. What is big?____________________
It’s a big, big, pin. 2. What does the kid have?__________
There’s a big pin 3. What does she wear? _____________
In the big bib. 4. Where is the kid’s wig? ____________
The kid has a big pin.
She has a big bib too.
And also wears a wig on her head.

WORDS PHRASES Answer with Yes or No

Ip it ix a kit 1.Do you sip with your lip?
Dip bit fix with your lip 2.Can you sit on your lip?
Hip fit mix hit a cat 3.Is it bad to hit a cat?
Lip hit six six cats 4.Can you fix your kit?
Sip kit fix your kit 5.Can you mix six with fix?
Tip pit a big pit
Sit

SENTENCES
1. The kid hid the pan.
What did the kid hide? _____________________
Who hid the pan?_________________________
2. Sam digs a big pit.
What does Sam dig? ______________________
What is the size of the pit? _________________
3. There are six rats in the kit.
What are in the kit? ______________________
How many rats are there? _________________
Where are the rats? ______________________

STORY 24
The six cats in the pit are big.
The six rats in the pit are big.
The six cats and the six rats in the pit are big.
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The six cats and the six rats hid in the pit.
1. How many cats are in the pit?____________________________
2. What is the size of the cats? ?____________________________
3. Where are the cats? ?___________________________________
4. How many rats are in the pit? ?____________________________
5. What is the size of the rats? ?____________________________
6. Where are the rats? ?____________________________________
7. What did the six rats and the six cats do in the pit?____________

STORY 25
Pip and Sam nab the bad lad.
The bad lad is mad.
They sip from the can’s lid and dig a pit.
1. Who is the bad lad?____________________________________
2. What did Pip and Sam do with the bad lad?_________________
3. Who is mad?_________________________________________
4. What has a lid?_______________________________________
5. Who digs the pit?_____________________________________

WORDS PHRASES
Ob od og op ot about food
Bob god fog hop cot hot food
Cob hod hog lop hot in the pot
Mob nod jog mop not any mop and cot
Rob pod log pop pot after Bob’s top
Sob rod bog top rot always pray to God
Hop around the log

DOLCH Basic Sight Vocabulary

A about after again all always
Am an and any are around

SENTENCES SENSE
1. I eat the hot food in the pot.
What is in the pot?___________What do you eat?______________
Where is the hot food?____________________________________
2. Bob’s top is on the cot.
Who has a top?______________
Where is the top?_____________
3. Again, I cannot see the cub around the log.
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What is around the log?_______

Where is the cub?_____________
4. I always use a mop in cleaning.
What do you do?________
What do you always use in cleaning?_____
5. Bob sobs when the can pops.
Who sobs?_______________
When does he sob?_________________
What pops?______________

RHYME WORDS
Pas porridge hot ub ud ug um
Peas porridge cold cub bud dug gum
Peas porridge in the pot hub mud bug sum
Nine days old dub cud tug hum

DOLCH Basic Sight Vocabulary

As ask at ate away be because
been before best better big black blue

PHRASES
The big black top better go away a black hog
Ate the best ham are before us before me
And ran away big blue mug best pig
Because of the blue gum because of the cat ate a ham

SENTENCE SENSE
1. Dan has a big black top.
Who has a big black top?_________
What does Dan have?__________
What is big and black? ___________
2. The big blue mug falls because of the cat.
What is big and blue?_________
What is the color of the mug?_______
3. The black hog is in the mud with a log.
What is black?_______________Where is the black hog?___________
What is in the mud?__________
RHYME
All: I’m going to the pet shop to buy a pet. What kind of animal will I get?
Group 1: Buy a rabbit that goes hop, hop, hop.
Group 2: Buy a frog that goes jump, jump, jump.
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Group 3: Buy a pig that goes oink, oink, oink.

Group 4: Buy a kitten that says meow, meow, meow.
DOLCH Basic Sight Vocabulary
Both bring brown but by cold
Call came can carry clean come

WORDS PHRASES
Un up ut a big brown cap carry the toy can
Fun cup but carry the gun and cup Bob and Dan
Gun pup cut come and call the nun go to the hut
Nun sup hut the hot sun then they go
Sun nut the clean brown nut call and ask the nun

SENTENCES
1. Bring a cup with nuts. 6. Bob and Dan carry the toy can.
2. The nun has a clean cup. 7. They go to the hut.
3. It is fun to see a nun. 8. The poor man lives in a hut.
4. The tailor cuts the cloth. 9. Mother saw a bug on a rose.
5. The sun is very hot. 10. They carry a clean cup.

SENTENCE SENSE
1. It is fun to play outside in the sun.
What is fun?__________
Where can you play? ___________
2. Rona wants a cup of milk.
What does Rona want?_________
What is the amount of milk?______
3. There is a cub in the hut.
Where is the cub?_____________
4. The children run up the stairs.
Who run up the stairs? _________
5. He fills the tub with water.
What is in the tub?_____________
Who fills the tub?_______________
6. There is a bug on the flower.
What is on the flower?__________
Where is the bug?______________
7. Six is the sum of three plus three.
What is the sum of three plus three?____________________________
8. Dad likes to chew gum.
Who likes to chew gum?_________
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What does dad like?____________

9. The boy cuts the paper.
Who cuts the paper?____________
What does the boy do?__________
10.Just put the pot under the tub.
What is to be put under the tub?_______________________________

DOLCH Basic Sight Vocabulary

Could cut did do does done don’t
Down draw drink eat eight every fall

WORDS PHRASES
Ed eg en ep et ex wet legs
Bed beg hen pep bet sex the red bed
Fed keg pen rep get vex the six hens
Led leg ten sep let nex in the keg
Red peg men met the bed
Ted pet ten pens
Med wet in the hut

SENTENCE SENSE
1. The boy has wet legs.
Who has wet legs? ____________
What are wet? ____________
What are legs? ____________
2. Here is the red bed.
What word tells where? ____________
What is the color of the bed? ____________
3. There are six hens in the keg.
What are in the keg? ____________
How many hens are there? ____________
Where are the six hens? ____________
4. Father and mother sleep on the bed in the hut.
Who sleep on the bed? ____________
Where do father and mother sleep? ____________
Where is the bed? ____________
5. The man gets the ten wet nets.
Who get the ten wet nets? ____________
How many wet nets are there? ____________
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RHYMES
One, two One, two, three, four, five
Tie my shoe I caught a fish alive
Three, four Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Shut the door I let it go again.
Five, six
Pick up sticks Ted, Ted
Seven, eight Your face is red
Lay them straight Go to bed
Nine, ten Red Ted.
A big fat hen.

DOLCH Basic Sight Vocabulary

For fast find first five fly for
Found for from fall funny gave give

WORDS PHRASES ANSWER WITH YES OR NO

Ball a big ball 1. Is your house far from school?____
Hall a big hall 2. Is your face funny?_____________
Mall a big mall 3. Do you give food to your sister?___
Wall funny wall 4. Did you find you bag?___________
Tall tall mall 5. Can you run fast?_______________
Call first call
Fall give a call

SENTENCES
1. Dan has ten balls.
2. Ted has a red ball.
3. Med go to the mall.
4. The hen is funny.
5. Give me a call.
6. Give me five balls.
7. I found a ball in the hall.
8. He sat on the wall.
9. Pam fall from the wall.
10.She has a big red ball.
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bat bat cat

rat fat mat

hat

man can fan

tan van
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ham dam ram

cap map

tap nap

pad dad lad

cab bag tag

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