The Rhyming Reader
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Transcript of The Rhyming Reader
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.
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HINTTime for the infamous "Silent E" words - and
a few other curious things in written English.
And once again, the rhyming approach
comes to our rescue and makes it easy for
your kid to learn all the various spellings of
the long vowel sounds.
All you have to do is what you've been doing
all along. Encourage the little guy to split
each word into two parts and to assign a
single sound to each part. Before you know
it, he'll have all the right spellings hanging on
all the right sounds in his head.
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ABE
BABE
Abe freed the slaves.
Abe held the babe.
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SAFE
Safe? Or not-so-safe?5
FACE
PLACE
SPACE
BRACE
if you want to win the race.
Slow and steady is the pace
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FADE
GRADE
TRADE
WADE
with a spade
made in the shade
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AGE
RAGE
STAGE
WAGE
on the bottom of a cage
a page
AGE
RAGE
STAGE
WAGE
on the bottom of a cage
a page
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LAKE
MAKE
FAKE
FLAKE
TAKE
Jake the snake baked a cake.9
PALE
TALE
MALE
SALE
STALE
Dale with a whale on a scale.wale
7 1 5 3
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CAME
TAME
FLAME
BLAME
SHAME
the same old name game
Tony Tony
Bo Bony
Bonana Fanna Fo
Fony
Fee Fy Mo Mony
Tony
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NAME
CAME
DAME
LAME
FRAME
the same old blame game12
CAN - CANE
MAN - MANE
VAN - VANE
PLAN - PLANE
"Say hello to Dan and Dane."
Jan said to Jane,
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APE
CAP - CAPE
TAP - TAPE
GAP - GAPE
SCRAP - SCRAPE
a grape ape in great shape14
SHAPE
APE
CAP - CAPE
TAP - TAPE
fixes his cape with tape.
The grape ape
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CASE
BASE
VASE
CHASE
a vase chase to first base16
TASTE
WASTE
PASTE
HASTE
BASTE
a taste of paste17
RAT - RATE
HAT - HATE
MAT - MATE
FAT - FATE
through the gate on a skate.
Kate takes the plate she ate
thru
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CAVE
GAVE
SAVE
WAVE
but he needs a shave.
Dave is brave
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DAZE
GAZE
BLAZE
CRAZE
on the cheese in the maze.
Help the rat graze
WILL PRESS
LEVER
FOR FOOD
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BRIBE
JIBE
SCRIBE
TRIBE
a jibe at the scribe
VIBE
XEROX
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NICE
RICE
SLICE
TWICE
with the dice on the ice.
The mice played
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HIDE
WIDE
GLIDE
PRIDE
for a ride on the slide.
The bride went
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LIFE
WIFE
STRIFE
KNIFE
Happy wife, happy life.
NIFE
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MIKE
HIKE
DIKE
TRIKE
Spike liked his new bike.
STRIKE
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FILL - FILE
PILL - PILE
BILL - BILE
MILL - MILE
TILL - TILE
a smile while on the Nilewile
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DIM - DIME
TIM - TIME
SLIM - SLIME
GRIM - GRIME
to take a bite out of crime.
It's time
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TWIN - TWINE
SPIN - SPINE
SHIN - SHINE
PIN - PINE
FIN - FINE
If you don't win, don't whine.wine
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PIP - PIPE
RIP - RIPE
GRIP - GRIPE
STRIP - STRIPE
WHIP - WIPE
Take a trip. Don't eat tripe.
WIP
EAT
MOR
CHIKIN
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FIRE
HIRE
TIRE
WIRE
SQUIRE
a tire fire at the wire
F I N I S H
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BIT - BITE
KIT - KITE
SPIT - SPITE
QUIT - QUITE
WRITE
the Sprite site
RITE
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DIVE
DRIVE
FIVE
HIVE
STRIVE
five dive for the hive32
PRIZE
SIZE
the size of that prize?
Did you see
WISEWIZE
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ROB - ROBE
LOB - LOBE
GLOB - GLOBE
PROBE
probed the globe.
The aliens
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COD - CODE
NOD - NODE
ROD - RODE
STRODE
and strode into the saloon.
He rode into town
WENDY'S
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COKE
POKE
BROKE
SMOKE
at the stroke of noon.
I awoke to a jokea-woke
KNOCK, KNOCK
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HOLE
MOLE
POLE
STOLE
WHOLE
a mole in the hole by the pole
HOLE
HOME
SWEET
HOME
3
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HOME
DOME
GNOME
by his nice new dome home
a gnarly old gnome
NOME
nomenarly
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POEM
TOME
JEROBOAM
and the tale of Jeroboam
a tome with some poems
Jer-o-bo-am
sum
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ZONE
TONE
STONE
SHONE
at the throne.
A stone was thrown
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HOP - HOPE
SLOP - SLOPE
MOP - MOPE
POP - POPE
ROPE
The pope said nope to my scope.
JUNE
1610
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OPEN
CLOSE
"Close your mouth, son."
WOW
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CLOZE
cloze
TOT - TOTE
NOT - NOTE
ROT - ROTE
DOT - DOTE
WROTE
Who wrote the mote quote?
ROTE
Hoo
hy do you see
the mote
in your brother's eye,
but not the beam
in your own?
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COVE
ROVE
WOVE
STOVE
to the grove for a clove.
We drove
GARLIC
$3
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Rover in the clover
OVER
ROVER
DOVER
CLOVER
by the Cliffs of Dover.45
DOZE
FROZE
A dozen frozen treats.duz-en froze -n
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(nasty)
CUB - CUBE
Silent E makes a cub a cube.47
HUG - HUGE
No E, hard G. Silent E, soft G.
HUJE
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MULE
a yuletide mule
YULE
yule-tide
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CURE
LURE
PURE
SURE
a 99% pure lure
I VORY
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SHURE
TUB - TUBE
RUB - RUBE
Silent E makes a tub a tube.51
Bruce by a pitiful spruce.
BRUCE
TRUCE
SPRUCE
A Christmas truce withKris-mas
pit-i-ful
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DUD - DUDE
CRUD - CRUDE
RUDE
NUDE
PRUDE
Hey, Jude! It's a rude dude!53
DUKE
LUKE
PUKE
FLUKE
UKE
The Duke Boys - Bo and Luke
YUKE
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RULE
SCHOOL
disputes the school rules.
Maverick Mary
SKOOL
Mav-er-ick
dis-putes
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DUNE
JUNE
TUNE
PRUNE
a tune on a sand dune.
June crooned
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FLUTE
MUTE
BRUTE
CUTE
CHUTE
the cute and the brute57
SHUTE
GOOD
HOOD
WOOD
STOOD
The good wood stood.58
HOOF
WOOF
a woofer and a hooferwoof -er hoof-er
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HOOK
LOOK
TOOK
SHOOK
a book on a Nook by a brook.
A cook and a crook read
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red
FOOT
SOOT
PUT
You put your left foot in...
OTHER
LEFT,
SNOOKUMS
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SWOOSH
WHOOSH
Whoosh!woosh
WOOSH
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WHOOPIE
WHOOPS
on a whoopie cushion.
Whoopi sat
cush-un
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ALSO
Nothing rhymes with "also".Nuth-ing rimes
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NO, IT
DOESN'T
A little salt
SALT
HALT
MALT
makes the malt taste better.lit-tle
bet-ter
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BALL
CALL
FALL
HALL
WALL
They are all tall. We are all small.66
PAUL
SAUL
MAUL
HAUL
CAUL
a part-time job
SAUL'SP
TENT and
AWNING Co.
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CLAUDE
MAUDE
FRAUD
their dog Frank
Claude and Maude and
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FAULT
VAULT
a fault in the vault69
CAUSE
PAUSE
CLAUSE
the Santa Claus Clause
WARNINGEnter at your own risk. Owner is
not responsible for immediate or
consequential damage resulting
from illegal ingress.
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CAUZ
PAUZ
CLAUZ
CLAUZ CLAUZ
FLAUNT
DAUNT
JAUNT
VAUNT
AUNT
a taunt from a gaunt haunterhaunt-er
some people say "ANT"
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BOO
LAUNCH
HAUNCH
STAUNCH
and count down to launch.
Sit on your haunch
Ten...
Nine...
Eight...
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CAUGHT
TAUGHT
HAUGHTY
NAUGHTY
haughty naughty boy a lesson.
Dad taught the
SMACK!
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OUGHT
BOUGHT
BROUGHT
FOUGHT
but there was nought.
He sought for a thought
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LAW
RAW
JAW
STRAW
GNAW
I saw a paw draw a claw.
NAW
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BRAWL
DRAWL
SHAWL
ALL
bundle of joy
a crawling, scrawling, bawlingcrawl-ing scrawl-ing bawl-ing
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YAWN
SAWN
BRAWN
SPAWN
on a lawn at dawn
a fawn and a pawn drawn
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OFF
SCOFF
COFFEE
TOFFEE
toffee in the coffee
SOUND
IT
OUT
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OUCH
POUCH
VOUCH
CROUCH
a grouch slouch on a couch79
LOUD
CLOUD
SHROUD
PROUD
a loud cloud over a crowd
BOOM!
CROWD
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OUNCE
BOUNCE
POUNCE
TROUNCE
first a pounce, then a trounce81
LOUNGE
SCROUNGE
around the lounge
scrounge
JOE 'S
BAR & GRILL
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ROUND
MOUND
BOUND
SOUND
GROUND
He found a hound at the pound.83
COUNT
MOUNT
on the mounties.
You can count
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HOUR
OUR
SOUR
FLOUR
SCOUR
It took an hour to scour.
our
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BLOUSE
SPOUSE
DOUSE
LOUSE
a mouse in the house86
OUT
POUT
SHOUT
SPROUT
ABOUT
a stout scout with trout87
MOUTH
SOUTH
a big mouth from down south88
BOW
CHOW
PLOW
WOW
ALLOW
How now, brown cow?89
BOWER
COWER
GLOWER
SHOWER
TOWER
flower power90
CROWN
FROWN
DROWN
GOWN
NOUN
I met a brown clown downtown.91
HOWL
GROWL
SCOWL
FOWL
FOUL
an owl on the prowl92
CHOICE
VOICE
a choice voice93
COIN
JOIN
LOIN
GROIN
coins joined around the loins94
join-d
OINK
DOINK
Oink, oink!95
OIL
COIL
FOIL
SPOIL
BROIL
Soil. Toil. Oil. Boil. French Fries!96
JOINT
POINT
It's not polite to point.puh-lite
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NOISE
POISE
poised for noisepoiz-d
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NOIZ
POIZ
HOIST
MOIST
JOIST
FOIST
a moist hoist99
JOY
ROY
SOY
COY
the bigger the toy.
The bigger the boy,
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HAIR
FAIR
CHAIR
STAIR
just like this at home."
"I have another pair
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CLAIRE
ZAIRE
Claire is from there. Zaire.102
