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dog fox pot

Written and illustrated by

Miz Katz N. RatzT.M.

Short Vowel “O”

bed getleg yes

Letters & words used in this book

atcat

hatsat

canam

inpin

Iif

six bigdig

itfitsit

himdidkid

on lotnotgothotpot

jobdog boxfoxox

poptopmophop

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Tom

Alphabet letters introduced in

this book:

Alphabet letters introduced in earlier books:

o j

a c t s m n d h r e b g l v w yI k f x p z

Letters not yetintroduced:

u q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide 4 ................................

Intro to “-o-” sound 5 ............................

“on” word family 6.................................. on

“ot” word family 15 ................................... lot, not, got, hot, pot

“op” word family 46 .................................. pop, top, mop, hop (plus Tom)

“og” word family 56 .................................. dog “ob” word family 63 .................................. job “ox” word family 68 .................................. box, fox, ox

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Don’t rush it. Body-builders don’t train in a day – neither does a child.

And most important ofall, HAVE FUN!

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.

Quick Start Guide

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Today we are going topractice the “-o-” sound.

Note: pronounce this with the short sound as in,

“hop,” not “hope.”

Can you say, “-o-”?

The “-o-” sound is in lots of words, like --

(Read this page TO your child.)

OfficerOstrich

otter onox

otter offox

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First, let’s practice the “on” word

family. Say after me:

”on” family

on

(Other “on” words not taught here:gone, don, yon, John, Ron, etc.)

6

on

in

7

A mouse is onthe table, eating all bthe cheese. b

Peas And Cheese

8

His brother mouse bis the floor, on beating all the peas. b

9

The mouse onthe table said, “Give b

bme some peas!”

10

11

The mouse onthe floor said, “Please bsay please!” b

Turn On The Light

I in bed was

with my blanket meonwhen something bigjumped my knee.on

12

So turned I onthe light, and what b did I see?

13

A a cat oncow a camel onon my knee.

14

gothotlotnotpot

”ot” family

(Other “ot” words not taught here:cot, dot, jot, rot, blot, clot, knot, plot, shot spot, etc.)

15

I I like books.

like them a .lot

I Like Books A Lot

16

So have a I lotof books – and b

mean, a !I lot17

But when is a lotmuch too much? b

18

When you can’t b a a fit lot in

lot of trucks.

19

We Did Not Say No

Do we want to bgo? No, no, no! b

20

We will ,notwould ,notcould ...not

21

There’s ice bcream? b

22

We would , notcould , not

did notsay, “No!” b

23

I got

a ball... b

Who Got The Ball?

...and threw I up high.it

24

“ !” I got itsaid my brother... b

25

“ !” I got itsaid my friend... b

26

Oops!

27

“ ,” I got itsaid the dog. b“Throw again.”it

28

Cheese

Do like cheese? INo, do .I notBut for lunch today, bguess what ?I got

29

I got a cheese

sandwich, and I got cheesy chips. b

30

I got a chunk

of cheese and some bcream cheese dip. b

31

If got a mouse

the cheese, thinkIhe would be happy b

32

But a I amkid I, and

want candy! b33

When was a baby,I walk,I did not jump, I did not

and talk.I did not

When I Was A Baby

34

Then , I got bigand strong,I got

35

but still like to Isleep all day long. b

36

Hot Pot Of Soup

A hot potof soup would be bvery, very nice. b

37

A of hot potsoup for two hungry bmice. b

38

So they put a pea ba , in pot

39

and when the bpot got hot,

40

they found that one bpea did notmake a .lot

41

Riddle

You see me, bbut do I notsee you. b

42

I am not

alive, but I canmove. b

43

If you tell me to

leave, will I notgo. What ?am I

44

Your shadow!

45

hopmoppoptop

”op” family

(Other “op” words not taught here:cop, chop, drop, stop, etc.)

46

Balloons

How does a bporcupine play bwith balloons? b

47

Pop pop, ,

pop! b

48

On Top Of The World

I wanted to be

the on topof the world, b

49

So climbedIto the topof a tree. b

50

I I am said, “

on top of

the world!” b51

Then a bird bsat on top of me. b

52

Because a has moponly one , a leg mophas to all the way hopto the .top

Mop Hop

53

Tom The Top Catby Daniel White

Tom Top Cat the

wore a top hat on top

of his head. top cat54

Then one day his top hatwent “ ” pop hat on top of his

top cat head.

55

dog

”og” family

(Other “og” words not taught here:cog, fog, jog, frog, smog, etc.)

56

My will dogeat anything. b

My Dog

57

So my dogate everything. b

58

Hot Dog

I got myself

a . hot dogI got him

yesterday. b59

I hot thought that a

dog would run and

jump and play. b60

But my hot dogdoes do a ; not lothe only wants to sleep ba . lot

Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z

61

And because he smells blike cheese, want a Ireal ... please? dog b

62

job

”ob” family

(Other “ob” words not taught here:Bob, cob, lob, job, sob, knob, blob, snob, etc.)

63

My Job

In our family,

we all have a .jobAnd my isjobto walk the .dog

64

Or is the job of the dogto walk me? b

65

Pop Popcorn

My is to jobpop popcorn,

but how do begin? I66

The popcorn will b not pop

when poke I itwith a . pin

67

boxfoxox

”ox” family

(Other “ox” words not taught here:lox, pox, xerox, detox, unbox, etc.)

68

“Oh, no!” said the fuzzy b, “my tail is fox

gone – is it not on box the .

Fox Tailby Daniel White

69

“ is It not onthe table, not onthe ...bed

70

“Oops! found I it on my head.” b

71

a were In box sixlittle rocks, but Mr. Ox sat on box the .

The Ox On The Box

72

“You are our onbox,” said rock

number .six73

“ ,” said the Yesox I sit, “ like to .”

74

“But we are ,” said inrock number three. b“Look the clock–atit’s time for tea.” b

75

“Tea is good, but not in box a ,” said

Mr. Ox on topof the .box

76

“Then get off our ;boxwe can’t out!” said getrock number five with ban angry shout. b

77

But the the ox onbox did not get off, and this made

the rocks the in boxquite cross. b

(Cross means angry.) 78

The oldest rock, brock number one, bsaid, “Mr. , Oxare you quite done? b

79

“Our mother will be back bwhen the sun goes down, band you, Mr. , shouldOx

be around.”not80

Well, the sun went down band the still , ox sathalf asleep and quite brelaxed... b

81

And then a rock bigknocked flat, and himthe mother rock said, b“Ha, ha, take that!” b

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The End

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