The Rhyming Reader

Book Four

1

help@rhymingreader.com

Copyright © 2011 The Rzeppa Family

INSTRUCTIONS0 1 2 3

Print some pages.

Do just a couple

at a time to start.

Later, you can do a

half-dozen or more

in one sitting.

Have your kid

sound out all the words

on the pages.

You can help with the

letter sounds, but don't

say the words.

Make the kid

sound them out.

Send the kid off

to a nice quiet place

with a big fat pen

to trace all the words.

If you must watch,

watch from a distance.

The kid will digest

the stuff better alone.

Have your kid

sound out all the words

with you again.

Review the pages the

next day and repeat

them as necessary.

Don't rush. The tortoise always wins in this race.

2

HINTAnd now we come to the nasty part of

written English, where a single vowel sound is

spelled with two or more letters. Fortunately,

our rhyming approach makes it easy for your

kid to learn the necessary combos.

We cover the easy ones first, then the more

difficult and unusual combos, in this book

and the next. Just encourage your kid, as

you've been doing all along, to see words in

two parts, beginning and ending, where each

part makes a single sound. The rest will

happen automatically.

3

BAR

FAR

JAR

STAR

are under a not-so-far star.

The bars in the jar

ar un-der

4

CARD

HARD

LARD

YARD

SHARD

some cards in the yardsum

5

BARK

DARK

PARK

SHARK

in the park after dark.

I met a shark

af-ter

6

BARN

DARN

YARN

"Darn yarn!"7

CARP

HARP

TARP

SHARP

a sharp carp8

CARP

HARP

TARP

SHARP

a sharp carp plucks a harp9

HARP

CARP

TARP

SHARP

harps and accordionsuh-cor-dee-uns

10

ARM

FARM

HARM

CHARM

arm charms11

ARM

FARM

HARM

CHARM

farm arms are charming12

charm-ing

ART

DART

START

CHART

HEART

Art got a dart in his heart.

HART

harthiz

13

BART

CART

FART

MART

PART

Bart at the mart with a cart14

ARCH

MARCH

PARCH

STARCH

a march under an archun-der

15

OR

FOR

NOR

THOR

and boy are my arms thor."

"I just got done thunderingdun thun-der-ing

ar

16

CORD

FORD

CHORD

SWORD

a chord sword with a cord

SORD

CORD

cord sord

17

LORD

FORK

PORK

CORK

YORK

STORK

The stork left a spork.18

FORM

DORM

NORM

STORM

A storm forms over Norm.o-ver

19

CORN

HORN

BORN

TORN

WORN

I love corn in the morn.luv

20

FORT

PORT

SORT

SNORT

SPORT

Not a sport for the short.

SIGN-UP

FOR

BASKETBALL!

21

FORTH

NORTH

I went forth, North.

YOU ARE

HERE

22

PORCH

TORCH

SCORCH

a torch on the porch23

ORDER

BORDER

order at the border.

Tex and Mex

24

HORSE

NORSE

MORSE

FORCE

in Morse with the Force.

A Norseman taps "HORSE"

FORSE

Norse-man

Forse

•••• ---•-• ••• •

25

CARL

SNARL

SHORT

SNORT

Mort is in his best red shorts.

Carl snarls and Carl snorts.

iz hiz

26

HER

PER

WERE

Her furs were $1000 per.

WER

wer

27

HERB

VERB

Which verb for Herb?

pick

dig

rub

itch

scratch

28

HERD

NERD

a herd of nerdsuv

29

JERK

PERK

CLERK

The clerk was a jerk.

TICKETS

30

BERM

PERM

TERM

GERM

a germ gets a perm31

JERM

jerm

FERN

KERN

VERN

TERN

STERN

Vern spots a tern on a fern.32

PERP

TWERP

The perp was a twerp.wuz

4'6"

5'

5'6"

6'

6'6"

1 2 4

3

33

FIR

SIR

STIR

Yes, sir! Stir, stir, stir!34

BIRD

GIRD

THIRD

The third bird is missing.miss-ing

35

IRK

DIRK

QUIRK

SHIRK

SMIRK

The Klingons irked Kirk.Kling-ons irk-d

NCC- 1 701

36

GIRL

SWIRL

TWIRL

WHIRL

The girl twirls and whirls.

WIRL

37

"I think I will squirm

FIRM

SQUIRM

if the mattress is firm."mat-tress

38

DIRT

FLIRT

SHIRT

SKIRT

SQUIRT

a squirt of dirt on a shirtuv

39

BIRTH

GIRTH

MIRTH

and a bit of birth girth.

Jill had a dill

uv

40

FUR

CUR

BLUR

SLUR

SPUR

a spur in the fur for the cur41

SURF

TURF

surf and turf42

LURK

TURK

I lurk with a Turk.43

CURL

FURL

HURL

EARL

Earl, master of the curl

URL

Url mas-ter

44

CURL

FURL

HURL

EARL

Thor, master of the hurl

URL

mas-ter

45

URN

BURN

TURN

CHURN

SPURN

churned to the dark sidechurn-d

MILK

46

BURP

SLURP

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp. Burp!47

BURR

PURR

"It's a burr, not a Velcro Seed."48

BURT

BLURT

CURT

KURT

HURT

Burt's blurt hurt Kurt.

JERK!

49

SPURT

SPLURT

are a lot like squirt.

Spurt and splurt

ar

50

LURCH

CHURCH

What's missing?miss-ing

CH_ _CH

51

DAY

PLAY

PRAY

STAY

SPRAY

Stay and spray all day.

?

LET US

PRAY!

52

AID

MAID

PAID

BRAID

with the maid's braids.

The cats played

53

MAIL

PAIL

QUAIL

SNAIL

get mail in a pail.

A snail and a quail

54

AIM

MAIM

CLAIM

"Aim, Dad! Aim!"55

RAIN

MAIN

SPAIN

PLAIN

falls mainly on the plain."

"The rain in Spain

main-ly

56

BRAIN

TRAIN

CHAIN

VAIN

think this page is about you."

"You're so vain, you probablypro-bab-ly

57

PAIN

BRAIN

DRAIN

SPRAIN

STRAIN

"A brain sprain?"58

FAINT

PAINT

SAINT

TAINT

QUAINT

the saint painter as a boypaint-er

MICHELANGELO!

59

BAIT

GAIT

TRAIT

STRAIT

WAIT

bait and wait (fishing)fish-ing

60

BE

HE

ME

WE

SHE

He, she, and me are we.fam-i-ly

61

BEE

SEE

TREE

THREE

KNEE

I see three bees on my knee.

NEE

nee

BBB

62

FEED

SEED

NEED

GREED

WEED

The seed was full of weeds.63

BEEF

REEF

beef on a reef64

PEEK

WEEK

MEEK

SEEK

GEEK

Geek of the Week65

CHEEK

CREEK

GREEK

and big fat cheeks

REEK

a Greek with a leek

66

EEL

HEEL

PEEL

REEL

An eel cannot kneel.67

can-not

KNEELNEEL

FEEL

KEEL

STEEL

KNEEL

WHEEL

the first wheel

WEEL

NEEL

3

5

0

C T

A

68

DEEM

SEEM

TEEM

teeming with germs.

It seems to be

teem-ing jerms

69

DEEP

KEEP

JEEP

SLEEP

went beep, beep, beep!

The sheep in the jeep

70

GREEN

QUEEN

SCREEN

BETWEEN

the red and green queens.

The screen is between

71

BEER

DEER

JEER

CHEER

SNEER

a cheer and a jeer72

FEET

MEET

SHEET

SWEET

STREET

The sweet meets the street.

CANDY FUDGE ICE CREAM

73

BEECH

BREECH

LEECH

SPEECH

SCREECH

a speech on leecheslee-chez

74

PEA

SEA

TEA

FLEA

PLEA

a flea in the tea75

EAT

HEAT

MEAT

CHEAT

TREAT

then we eat. What a treat!

We heat the meat and

Wut

GET

YOUR

BUNS !

76

BEAD

LEAD

READ

PLEAD

KNEAD

The reader is the leader.

NEAD

read-er lead-er

R UL E

S

77

PEAK

WEAK

SNEAK

SPEAK

had a leak in his beak.

The freak

SQUEAK!

I'M A

BIRDBRAIN

78

HEAL

REAL

SEAL

ZEAL

STEAL

a meal deal that squeals

$1

OINK

79

TEAM

CREAM

DREAM

STEAM

SCREAM

The dream team on the beam.80

BEAN

LEAN

MEAN

JEAN

Dean was a clean green bean.

CLEAN

81

HEAP

LEAP

REAP

CHEAP

a cheap heap

$5

82

EACH

BEACH

BLEACH

REACH

TEACH

a peach on the beach83

EAST

BEAST

FEAST

LEAST

YEAST

I like the east beast least.

WEST EAST

84

HEATH

SHEATH

WREATH

in the heath.

REATH

We hung the wreathreath

85

FEAR

REAR

YEAR

SMEAR

on your rear, dear."

"I fear you have a smear

yur

86

EAR

DEAR

HEAR

NEAR

CLEAR

"Can you hear me now?"87

BEARD

a man with a beard88

DIE

LIE

PIE

TIE

a tie in the pie

I TOLD YOU

TO WEAR

A BOWTIE

89

DIES

FLIES

FRIES

TRIES

...and die.

The flies try for the fries...

90

DIED

LIED

CRIED

PRIED

TRIED

I cried when he died.

S P O T

I TOLD YOU

NOT TO LET HIM

EAT YOUR

HOMEWORK.

91

BRIER

CRIER

FLIER

PLIERS

with the pliers.

I got the flier from the brier

92

DIET

QUIET

the quiet diet93

BY

CRY

DRY

SKY

My, oh my! Why can't I fly?

TRY

94

BYE

DYE

EYE

LYE

RYE

The Catcher in the Ryeketch-er

95

Kyle (rear)

KYLE

LYLE

STYLE

Kyle with style (front)frunt

96

HYPE

TYPE

Yipes! I typed "I typed hype".type-d type-d

I TYPED

HYPE

97

GO

HO

NO

SO

Way to go, Joe!

So... a ho-ho yo-yo.

98

ROAD

TOAD

LOAD

GOAD

a toad, stuck by the road99

OAF

LOAF

The oaf loafs.100

OAK

SOAK

CLOAK

CROAK

and a croak under an oak

CROAK

101

a soak

GOAL

COAL

FOAL

The foal heads for the goal.heds

102

FOAM

ROAM

roaming and foamingroam-ing foam-ing

103

LOAN

MOAN

JOAN

GROAN

as she hears about the loan.

See Joan moan and groan

$1,800

A MONTH

FOREVER

104

az a-bout

BOAT

COAT

GLOAT

THROAT

floating in a moat.

The goat was in a boat

105

COAX

HOAX

Coaxing or hoaxing?106

TOAST

BOAST

COAST

ROAST

...you got toast! Coast to coast!

GET A

PIECE OF

BREAD

PUT IT IN

THE SLOT

PRESS

DOWN

THE LEVER

AND

THE WIRES

GET HOT...

107

OAR

BOAR

HOAR

ROAR

SOAR

The boar is ready to soar.redy

108

COACH

BROACH

ROACH

POACH

on a coach on a coach

a roach broach

109

DOE

FOE

HOE

JOE

TOE

a woeful poem from Poe110

JOEL

NOEL

Joel at the First Noel111

BOTH

GROWTH

growth for both112

DON'T

WON'T

I don't and I won't.113

OH

WHOA

Oh, boy! Whoa, boy!114

MOO

TOO

SHOO

WOO

ZOO

Cindy Lou Who goes boo-hoo.115

FOOD

MOOD

BROOD

in the mood for food116

GOOF

ROOF

SPOOF

PROOF

built a goofy roof.

The goofy roofer

bilt

117

KOOK

SPOOK

Casper is a kooky spook.118

COOL

FOOL

TOOL

SPOOL

STOOL

Be cool. Don't drool in the pool!119

BOOM

DOOM

ZOOM

BLOOM

GROOM

My room needs a broom.120

MOON

GOON

LOON

SWOON

It will be noon soon!

Get your spoon.yur

121

GOOP

HOOP

LOOP

SCOOP

TROOP

a snoop behind the coop122

HOOT

TOOT

SCOOT

SHOOT

and scoot.

Put the loot in your bootyur

123

GOOSE

LOOSE

MOOSE

NOOSE

with a goose on the loose

a moose

124

POOCH

MOOCH

HOOCH

SMOOCH

BROOCH

a smooch from a pooch125

BOOST

ROOST

roost at Wal-Mart.

Boost and his friends

126

SMOOTH

SOOTHE

a smoother soother

a soother and

127

BOOTH

TOOTH

a tooth booth

DENTIST

O PENwide

128

BOOZE

SNOOZE

and you will snooze.

Too much booze

129

NEW

DEW

CHEW

SCREW

Who knew?NEW

I blew a few in the pew.

MEW

130

DEW

JEW

CREW

GREW

SPEW

I threw the stew at the shrew.131

FLU

GNU

THRU

a gnu with the flunu

NU

132

CUE

DUE

SUE

GLUE

TRUE

A clue! A clue on Blue!133

CRUEL

DUEL

FUEL

GRUEL

serves the gruel.

A master cruel

PLEASE, SIR,

CAN I HAVE

SOME MORE ?

134

DUET

SUET

a duet on the suet135

The Rhyming ReaderINSTRUCTIONSHINTThe bars in the jarsome cards in the yardI met a shark"Darn yarn!"a sharp carpa sharp carp plucks a harpharps and accordionsarm charmsfarm arms are charmingArt got a dart in his heart.Bart at the mart with a carta march under an arch"I just got done thunderinga chord sword with a cordThe stork left a spork.A storm forms over Norm.I love corn in the morn.Not a sport for the short.I went forth, North.a torch on the porchTex and MexA Norseman taps "HORSE"Carl snarls and Carl snorts.Her furs were $1000 per.Which verb for Herb?a herd of nerdsThe clerk was a jerk.a germ gets a permVern spots a tern on a fern.The perp was a twerp.Yes, sir! Stir, stir, stir!The third bird is missing.The Klingons irked Kirk.The girl twirls and whirls."I think I will squirma squirt of dirt on a shirtJill had a dilla spur in the fur for the cursurf and turfI lurk with a Turk.Earl, master of the curlThor, master of the hurlchurned to the dark sideSlurp. Slurp. Slurp. Burp!"It's a burr, not a Velcro Seed."Burt's blurt hurt Kurt.Spurt and splurtWhat's missing?Stay and spray all day.The cats playedA snail and a quail"Aim, Dad! Aim!""The rain in Spain"You're so vain, you probably"A brain sprain?"the saint painter as a boybait and wait (fishing)He, she, and me are we.I see three bees on my knee.The seed was full of weeds.beef on a reefGeek of the Weeka Greek with a leekAn eel cannot kneel.the first wheelIt seems to beThe sheep in the jeepThe screen is betweena cheer and a jeerThe sweet meets the street.a speech on leechesa flea in the teaWe heat the meat andThe reader is the leader.The freaka meal deal that squealsThe dream team on the beam.Dean was a clean green bean.a cheap heapa peach on the beachI like the east beast least.We hung the wreath"I fear you have a smear"Can you hear me now?"a man with a bearda tie in the pieThe flies try for the fries...I cried when he died.I got the flier from the brierthe quiet dietMy, oh my! Why can't I fly?The Catcher in the RyeKyle (rear)Yipes! I typed "I typed hype".So... a ho-ho yo-yo.a toad, stuck by the roadThe oaf loafs.a soakThe foal heads for the goal.roaming and foamingSee Joan moan and groanThe goat was in a boatCoaxing or hoaxing?...you got toast! Coast to coast!The boar is ready to soar.a roach broacha woeful poem from PoeJoel at the First Noelgrowth for bothI don't and I won't.Oh, boy! Whoa, boy!Cindy Lou Who goes boo-hoo.in the mood for foodThe goofy rooferCasper is a kooky spook.Be cool. Don't drool in the pool!My room needs a broom.Get your spoon.a snoop behind the coopPut the loot in your boota moosea smooch from a poochBoost and his friendsa soother anda tooth boothToo much boozeI blew a few in the pew.I threw the stew at the shrew.a gnu with the fluA clue! A clue on Blue!A master cruela duet on the suet