Beginner book 5 2016

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PHONICS
bug

Beginner
Book

1
5

T.M.

sun

cup

Short Vowel “U”
Written and illustrated by

Miz Katz N. Ratz
T.M.


Letters & words used in this book
Alphabet letters
introduced in
this book:

u

Alphabet letters
introduced in
earlier books:

actsmndhr
ebglvwy
Ikfxpz oj

Letters not yet
introduced:

q

(no short-vowel, 3-letter
words start with a ‘q’)

fun but tub mud gum bug
up us
cup bus run cut
yum hug
jug
sun nut
rug
I

it
hit
sit

in

if

bed

leg

red

wet

at
cat

can
ran

had
sad

on

dog

got
hot

big

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Start Guide ...............................

4

o

Intro to “uh” sound ............................

5

o

“up” word family .................................

6

up, cup
o

“us” word family .................................

15

us, bus
o

“un” word family .................................

21

fun, run, sun
o

“ut” word family ..................................

31

but, cut, nut
o

“ub” word family .................................

38

tub
o

“um” word family ................................

44

gum, yum
o

“ud” word family .................................

48

mud
o

“ug” word family .................................

52

bug, hug, jug, rug
3


Quick Start Guide
Read the book WITH your child.
You read the “regular” text, and
he/she reads the big, red words,
sort of like reading the different
parts in a play.

Help your child sound
out the words as
needed.
Read the book several times.
This helps develop the eye muscles
and left-to-right reading patterns.

Don’t rush it. Bodybuilders don’t train in
a day – neither does a child.

And most important of

all, HAVE FUN!
4


(Read this page TO
your child.)

Today we are going to
practice the “uh” sound.
Can you say, “uh”?
The “uh” sound is in lots
of words, like --

up, up, up
and away
Uncle
Dunkle’s
underwear
under
an ugly
umbrella
5


”up” family

up
cup

(Other “up” words not taught here:

pup, sup, syrup, ketchup, hiccup, etc.)
6


Balloon

I lost my balloon
up in the sky.
Up, up it went
without saying bye-bye.

b
7


My next balloon will

b

it
can’t go up if
it is full of rocks. b
never be lost –

8


Cat Cloud

There’s a cloud

up

up in the sky,
white and fluffy and b
up really high.
there,

9


I think my cat
goes up to sleep.
If you look up, you
can see her feet.
10


Cup Of Water

I drank a cup
of water – in a

cup of course.
11


I drank a second b
cup, and then a
third and a fourth. b

12


1

2

3

4

cup
would have been b
enough... b
Maybe one

13


I think four
cups was a b
little too much. b
14


”us” family

us
bus

(Other “us” words not taught here:
pus, plus, minus, walrus, focus, fungus, virus, etc.)
15


Eat With Us

b
Pappa take care b
of us.
Our Mamma and

16


They bring

us

food, and they give

b

us lots of love.
17


If you like, you could b
eat with

us – wiggly

worms and jiggly bugs!

b
18


The Bus

at us.
We are on a
bus...
Look

19


...which is much,

b

much better than a

b

bus on us!
20

”un” family

fun
run
sun

(Other “un” words not taught here:
pun, gun, spun, shun, begun, rerun, etc.)
21


Sun

sun is
big. The

The

sun is yellow. b
22


sun is like
my lemon Jell-o. b
The

23


I thought the sun

would taste good too, but

b

sun was much
too hot to chew.
the

24


Run

I run so quickly.
I run so fast.
No one catches me b
as I run past.
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