Written and illustrated by

Miz Katz N. RatzT.M.

Short Vowel “E”

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ten red get

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Produced in the United States of America.

Fifth Edition, 2015.

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c a t s m n d h r Letters & words used in this book

henmenten

bedred

getletwet

vetyet

leg yes

canvan

badhad

atcathat

matsat

am

e b g l v w y

The red letters and words are newly introduced in this book.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

Intro to “eh” sound 5 ............................

“en” word family 6.................................. hen, men, ten

“ed” word family 20 ................................ bed, red

Letter “b” vs. letter “d” 32 ....................

“eg” word family 49 ................................ leg

Letter ‘g’ note 50......................................

“et” word family 55 .................................. get, let, vet, wet, yet

“es” word family 86 ................................. yes

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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 “eh” sound.

Can you say, “eh”?

The “eh” sound is in lots of words, like –

(Read this page TO your child.)

Elephantelevator.

Endless eggs.

Empty envelopes.

5

”en” family

tenmenhen

6

I Am Ten

I , am tenand I have tenpets... b

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... lovely tenworms all slimy band wet. b

8

My little tenworms eat dinner bon my plate... b

9

...then one day I bhad spaghetti... b

10

...and a worm bsaid, “Hey! b

Hey!

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Usually when there is more than one of something, we add a “sss”

sound to the end of the word to show there is more than one.

(Read this page TO your child.)

catcats

henhens

But it’s different with the word ‘man.’ We don’t say, “mans” – we say, “men” –

man

men mans

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Three Men And A Hen

One manand a .mat

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Two menand a .hat

14

Three menand a .hen

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Three men,

an egg and a b. hen

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bedred

”ed” family

17

The letters ‘b’ and ‘d’look a lot alike.

(Read this page TO your child.)

db

On the next page is a trick tohelp remember which is which.

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Make a fist with both of your hands withthe thumbs sticking up.

Now pretend that this is a bed –

bedThis hand is the letter ‘b’

This hand is the letter ‘d’

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Betty’s Bed

My is not beda baby . bedMy is not bed

too small. b 20

My is fine – bedthe problem is... b

21

...that I amreally tall. b

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Bad Food

I hid some food bunder my ... bed

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...but then the food bwent . bad

24

The food badjumped up and bdown on my head. b

25

Then the badfood kicked me bout of . bed

26

I Like Red

I like .redI like a lot.red

27

So I always bwear something b

on top.red28

Like my little bred ribbon,

29

or my little,

red hat...

30

...or my big, bred wig,

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which is full bof cats. b

32

I a had badcold, so I hadto stay in .bed

Red Nose

33

My nose was brunny and really, breally .red

34

My runny, rednose tried to run b

baway.

35

So I used some bglue to make my bred nose stay.

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leg

”eg” family

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Here’s a way toremember the

letter ‘g’

(Read this page TO your child.)

The letters ‘b’ and ‘d’ have arms that reach up above their “bodies”

But the letter ‘g’ has a FOOT under its “body”

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A foot is always at the end of a leg,not the middle or the top:

legSo it helps to remember that the letterwith the little “foot” (the letter ‘g’) is always at the end of the word, ‘leg.’

39

Hold your left hand flat to make the letter ‘l’ – Point your right

thumb down to make the letter ‘g’ –

Curl your thumbto make the little “foot.”

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leg40

One Leg In The Water

This is how I like to bstand: one legin the water, one bleg in the sand.

41

But with one inlegthe water, I never, b

bever know if some-

thing in the water.... b42

...wants to bite bmy toe. b

43

I stand canon one .leg

I Can Stand On One Leg

44

I stand on canthe other too.leg

45

But I standcanon no at all?leg

46

When I try, bI just fall. b

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getletvetwetyet

”et” family

48

For My Birthday

For my birthday, I will b a bike. I will get

also a cake and geta dog called Spike. b

49

And Spike will geta collar, and Spike bwill a leash... get

50

Wait! Why will Spike bget anything?

On my birthday, I bbam the king!

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Purple Pill

If I sick,getif I ill, get

52

I always gettwo purple pills. b

53

The pills getstuck inside my bmouth. b

54

Then I have to

get my brother

to pull them out. b55

Let Me Wear Your Hat

My said to catme, “Please, letme wear your .”hat

56

Then my said, cat b“Please, me letwear your pants.” b

57

Then my said, cat b“Please, me letwear your shoes...” b

58

“Look me, atnow I you!”am

59

Last night, I blet my fish

watch a little TV. b

I Let My Fish

60

Then I letmy fish sleep in b

with me. bed61

I forgot that my bfish water hadin his bubble. b

62

And now my bedhas a really big bpuddle. b A puddle is a small pool of water. 63

The Vet’s Van

The vacuumedvethis today. When vanthe was clean, vanthe said, “Yay!” vet

64

But then a vulture bb jumped into the bvan.

65

with mud on his feet band chocolate on his bhands. b

66

“Oh, no!” said the . vet“Now my is dirty. vanThat vulture is a , badbad birdie.”

67

With a spongewetin his hand, the wetvet washed the

.wet van

Wet Vet

68

When it was time to brinse off the soap, the bvet turned around

and said, “Oh, no!” b69

Splash! The vulture bsprayed the ...vet

70

...and that is how bthe got vetwet.

71

Not Yet

The and thevetvulture made a cake. bThey put it in the oven bso that it could bake. b

72

The down vet saton his little “beddy,” vet

saying, “Wake me up bwhen the cake is ready.” b

73

( minutes later.) Ten“Oh, vulture,” said the bvet, “is the cake

ready ?” yet74

“Not , , yet Vetgo back to sleep. I bwill wake you when bit’s time to eat.” b

75

( minutes Tenlater.) “Tell me, little bbirdie, is the cake bready ?”yet

76

“Not , . yet Vet

No, no, not .”yet

77

A little while later, the b was awake. He vet

went downstairs to bbeat some cake.

78

But the cake was bgone, and the dishes bwere dirty. b

79

“Oh, no!” said the b vet bad. “That ,

bad, birdie.” b

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yes

”es” family

81

Where Is My Cake?

Yes, it is my birthday,

and , I have a cake, yesbut where is the cake? b

bIt is not on the plate. 82

I have a , so catI looked in her mouth. b I saw no cake, but b

, I saw a mouse. yes b83

I asked my dog, “Have byou seen the cake?” bMy dog said, “ , Yesgo ask the snake.” b

84

Yes, I guess,

the snake ate bthe cake. b

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