A Bug in the Mud

Early Reader No. 14

Story by Jennifer Cooper-Trent © The Early Reading Company.
Illustrations by Anthony Mitchell www.early-reading.com
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Single Syllable Words

Phonic Decoding - Break the words into their phonic components, then into onsets
and Sounds, explaining how ‘dug’, ‘bug’ share a common Sound of ‘..ug ’

Short Vowel : ‘u’ as in ‘dug’ | ‘u’ as in ‘mud’

Whole Words : ‘The’

Try These New Words

bug dug jug did

mud tug fell
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The bug.
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The mud.
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The jug.
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The bug dug

and dug.
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The bug dug and

dug in the mud.
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The bug dug up a

jug in the mud.
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The bug did

a big tug.
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The bug and the

jug all fell in
the mud.
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Extra Words

rug hug bud cud

Comprehension
1. What dug and dug?
2. What did the bug dig with?
3. What did the bug dig up?
4. What happened when the bug did a big tug?
5. What happened to the jug?

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Complete the sentences with these words.

dug, mud, bug, fell.

The bug ___ in the ___.

The ___ and the jug

all ____ in the mud.