Quick Start Guide 1

Intermediate
Book 8 Read the book WITH your child. You
read the “regular” text, and he/she reads

Blen
the big, red words, sort of like reading

n d the different parts in a play.

N c-a-t

ds
E
Help your child sound out cat
the words as needed.
N-dings
Read the book several times. This
helps develop the eye muscles and
left-to-right reading patterns that are
necessary for reading.
pink
king Don’t rush it. Body builders ABC
ABC

don’t train in a day – neither

does a child.

If your child is having difficulty, he/she

t might need more practice with simple
Written and illustrated by Ca short vowel words. Read or re-read the
t
ra Progressive Phonics Beginner Books a
Miz Katz N. Ratz few times, and then try this book again.

A Progressive Phonics book T.M.

And most important of

Copyright (c) 2004–2008 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending
all, HAVE FUN!
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Words that a child should Words taught in this book:

be able to read by now are The new words
printed with BLUE ink – if being learned are
your child can’t read them “big, red words”. and blond end fond
easily, go back and review hand land pond sand
the earlier books.
send spend stand
-----
bring king long ring
Did a bee sting a king sing song sting string

who was sitting on a swing ?

strong swing swung thing
-----
drink Frank Hank ink
pink sink skunk stink
Words or grammatical
thank think
constructions that a child has not
learned yet are written in black ink. -----
These words are supposed to be ant bent mint plant
read by the parent/teacher. ** tent went
------
** Your child can try to read them, but don’t
worry too much about them. They are taught bump champ jump lamp
later, either in later Progressive Phonics plump rump stamp wimp
books, or in spelling or grammar at school.
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hand
nd
king
ng
At the end of words , sometimes
two letters work together to
make a sound.

Like the letter “N” – see how

drink
nk
the letter “N” works together
with other letters to make

mint
nt
sounds at the end of words.
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Some words have an “N” and a “D”

at the end of the word:

hand

pond

bend
Can you hear the “n” and “d”
talking together at the end of
these words?
and
(If you need more example words,
sand
I like to play in the
box . I like the sand on my
hand . I like to drive my cars
and trucks up and down the
sand . I even made my sister’s

doll stand up in the sand .

try: and, grand, land, end, bend,
spend, friend, and pretend.)
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I wrote a letter in red b

I can do a hand stand and blue , but who , who ,
on just one hand . Can you who shall I send it to ? b
stand on one hand too ? I could send it to Mom ,

And how do I stand on or dear old Auntie Elle b

, ,

just one hand ? I step on my but I think I would rather b

hand with my shoe. b send it to myself.
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My feet walked all the way b

At the end of my nose to theend of the land ,

is a book , book , book . I neverb the end of the sea and

,

put it down to look look look . b

, , the end of the sand .
One day I walked to the b Lucky for me , the world is b
end of the street but that
, round , so at the end of the
did not stop my two little feet . b day , I was back in town. b
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My fat cat can spend a My frog is fond of

lot so I hate to send her
, swimming in the pond .
to the shop . And what He can swim in the pond
did she spend my money all day. My frog is so fond
on ? A hat and a wig so of swimming in the pond that
blond blond blond .
, , he won’t come out and play.
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Some words have an “N” and a “G”

at the end of the word:

ring

sing

king I know a cat who likes b

Can you hear the “n” and “g”
to sing . His voice is loud
talking together at the end of
these words?
and strong . He sits
and outside to sing his song ,
(If you need more example words,
try: long, strong, wrong, lung, swing
and sting.)
and boy his song is
, ,

long long long .

, ,
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ice cream

I lost my ring when

I was swimming in the sea. b
How long must I stand A little fish said he would b
at the end of a line to make
bring it back to me.
an ice cream mine oh mine? b
But did the little fish b
, ,

The sun is hot and the line is

,
long – and how long before
all the ice cream is gone? b
bring me my ring ?
Or did he bring a big ,
long piece of string ?
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Some words have an “N” and a “K”

at the end of the word:

drink

skunk

Did a bee sting a king pink

who was sitting on a swing ?
“ No ” said the king as he
, Can you hear the “n” and “k”
talking together at the end of
swung on the swing . these words?

“ I wear so many clothes that b

and
(If you need more example words,

I did not feel a thing .”

try: bank, thank, blink, think, wink,
honk, junk and trunk.)
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Look at me . What do you b

I think I want a think ? My pirate hat is
drink – a lovely pink
, pink pink pink .
, ,

drink – so I’ll get some My pirate friends say b

water from the sink pink is bad but I think,

and color it pink with ink . pink is really rad .

Rad is an abbreviation for “radical , ”
and means cool and awesome.
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Think how much the house I have the best manners.

would stink if I kept a I say “thank you ” all the
skunk in the kitchen sink . time. I thank my dog ,

I would call my skunk and I thank my cat –

Frank the Rose – and every I even thank my brother ,

day he did not stink I’d say

, , Hank every time he
,

“ Thank you from my nose!” doesn’t cry or whine. b

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Some words have an “N” and a “T”

at the end of the word:

present
I went camping with
my friend’s old tent
mint
,

but the tent had a hole ,

plant
and the pole was bent .
Can you hear the “n” and “t” When I went to sleep ,
talking together at the end of
these words? so did the tent – the
and tent fell down on top
(If you need more example words,

of me . b
try: ant, slant, bent, dent, went, print,
hint, hunt, front, and blunt.)
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I saw an ant on my plant I ate a mint as big as

as little as can be . I saw me . A mint that big ?

an ant upon my plant , How can that be ? I ate a b

and I think the ant saw me . mint that big before –
Why is an ant on my plant ? and my tummy had room
Should I give the ant some tea? to eat one more. b
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An “N” and a “P” don’t talk together

because it’s too hard to make that
sound.... “nnnnnp.” But the letter “M”
and the “P” can work together. Can
you hear the “M” and the “P” talking
at the end of these words?

lamp I can jump so high that

I bump my head so I
,

sometimes jump low

jump

stamp
instead. I can jump
much higher than a tree – b
and a tree can’tjump , so
(If you need more example words, try:

fiddle-dee-dee! b
camp, clamp, damp, ramp, imp, limp, shrimp,
skimp, romp, pomp, clump and thump.)
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I sent a letter to Uncle Jack ,

but it did not have a stamp , My cat is so plump

so they sent it back. So I that she will not jump ;
put the letter on the floor b
. she will not run or play. b
I went stamp stamp , , My plump cat likes to
stamp and just to be sure
, , eat eat, eat and sit
,

I had my dog stamp on it too . on her rump all day.

What else was I supposed to do ? b
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THE END

Next: Intermediate
Book 9, More
wimp ;
I am not a End Blends
I am a champ –
I am bigger and stronger b
than any other lamp !