The Rhyming Reader
Book Six
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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
HINTComing down the home stretch. In this book
we cover common endings like ED and ING,
together with some simple compound words.
Again, all you have to do is what you've been
doing. Encourage the little guy to split each
word into parts and to assign a single sound
to each part. But note that the first part
may be a little bigger than before: HAN and
DY to make HANDY, or ROCK and ING to
make ROCKING.
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HANDY
CANDY
MANNY
FANNY
has candy for Fanny.
Handy Manny
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BERRY
MERRY
FERRY
CHERRY
VERY
a very merry cherry berry5
DIZZY
FIZZY
TIZZY
BUSY
Dizzy Lizzy likes it fizzy.6
COPY
CHOPPY
FLOPPY
SLOPPY
a choppy copy of Floppy7
FUNNY
BUNNY
SUNNY
MONEY
HONEY
His honey bunny likes money.8
CARRIES
BERRIES
BOOTIES
COOTIES
but her booties have cooties.
She carries the berries
hav
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AMPLE
SAMPLE
EXAMPLE
TRAMPLE
"sample" in a sentence.
This is an ample example of
sen-tense
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NEEDLE
TWEEDLE
WHEEDLE
and Tweedle Dum.
Alice met Tweedle Dee
WEEDLE
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WIGGLE
GIGGLE
JIGGLE
SQUIGGLE
your lines will squiggle.
If you giggle and wiggle
yur
TEE
HEE
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NOODLE
POODLE
DOODLE
caboodle of poodles.
I doodled a whole
kuh-boo-dul
hole
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JUGGLE
SNUGGLE
SMUGGLE
STRUGGLE
to juggle. For others, it's not.
For some, it's a strugglesum
uh-thers
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HOP - HOPPED
STOP - STOPPED
DROP - DROPPED
FLOP - FLOPPED
CHOP - CHOPPED
Double the P and add ED.dub-bul
15
SAG - SAGGED
WAG - WAGGED
TAG - TAGGED
BAG - BAGGED
and then he got bagged.
He zigged and he zagged
16
PUFF - PUFFED
HUFF - HUFFED
STUFF - STUFFED
SCUFF - SCUFFED
and he stuffed his face.
He huffed and he puffed
BACON !
17
BOIL - BOILED
COIL - COILED
FOIL - FOILED
SOIL - SOILED
TOIL - TOILED
"Curses! Foiled again!"18
PLAY - PLAYED
PRAY - PRAYED
STAY - STAYED
LAY - LAID
PAY - PAID
He paid then he stayed.
HolidayInn
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HOP - HOPPING
STOP - STOPPING
DROP - DROPPING
FLOP - FLOPPING
CHOP - CHOPPING
Double the P and add ING.dub-bul
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HOPE - HOPING
MOPE - MOPING
COPE - COPING
ELOPE - ELOPING
SLOPE - SLOPING
Drop the E and add ING.
BYE
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LOCK - LOCKING
MOCK - MOCKING
ROCK - ROCKING
BLOCK - BLOCKING
SHOCK - SHOCKING
The clock was ticking and tocking.
XII
VI
IX III
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ZIP - ZIPPER
CHIP - CHIPPER
FLIP - FLIPPER
SNIP - SNIPPER
SKIP - SKIPPER
Double the P and add ER.dub-bul
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EVER
NEVER
LEVER
SEVER
CLEVER
Does never mean forever?
NOT
EVER !
B UN G E EJ UM P
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FAVOR
FLAVOR
SAVOR
"Savor the flavor."
and the doctor said:
Mama called the doctor
25
CHANCE
PRANCE
FRANCE
TRANCE
that Vance likes to dance.
You can tell at a glance
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SINCE
WINCE
PRINCE
CONVINCE
for Vince the prince to eat.
The cook makes mince meat
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DUNCE
ONCE
Don't be a dunce more than once.
WUNCE
wunce
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OUNCE
BOUNCE
TROUNCE
POUNCE
RENOUNCE
Be careful not to mispronounce.
TO-MAY-TO
TO-MAH-TO
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DICE
RICE
NICE
SLICE
the center of that circle.
Use a pencil to find
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C sounds like S
ONE
"C" IS
DIFFERENT
ELEPHANT
EARPHONE
AUTOGRAPH
PHAT
does phonics like that.
Phil the Rapper
31
fonnix
PH sounds like F
ROUGH
TOUGH
SLOUGH
ENOUGH
be sure to wipe it off.
If you cough on the trough
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-UFF-off
EDGE
HEDGE
DREDGE
PLEDGE
He put an edge on the hedge.33
WEDGEDGE sounds like J
JUDGE
NUDGE
GRUDGE
SMUDGE
trudge in the fudge sludge.
It's hard to budge when you
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DGE sounds like J
CAGE
PAGE
STAGE
GAUGE
on the range by La Grange
a strange interchange
35
long A, G like J
GEM
GIN
GYM
a gypsy with a gentle giraffe36
G like J
ACHE
ECHO
CHORD
CHORUS
monochrome Christmas
I'm dreaming of a
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CH like K
HOSE
NOSE
POSE
ROSE
with a nose like a hose.
Rose in a pose
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S like Z
THESE
THOSE
CHEESE
CHOSE
Those chose prose.
These chose cheese.
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S like Z
JAMB
LAMB
DUMB
NUMB
CRUMB
The plumber pinched his thumb.40
silent B
TRASH
GNASH
SAW
GNAW
with a gnat and a gnu
a gnarly gnome
41
NASH
NAWsilent G
SIGN
ALIGN
DESIGN
RESIGN
a fine design for a sign42
MALIGN
NO
GNU
TAXES
NO
GNU
TAXES
silent G
WHEN
WHERE
WHY
HONEST
HOUR
a ghastly ghost of a ghoul43
silent H
KNUCKLE
KNEE
KNOW
KNOT
fighting for his life
a knight with a knife
44
silent K
WALK
TALK
CHALK
STALK
a side of beef - half a calf45
BALK
silent L
OFTEN
SOFTEN
HUSTLE
BUSTLE
a thistle with a whistle46
silent T
TWO
WHO
WRITE
WRIST
"Wrong" is a right answer.
A
WORD
WITH A
SILENT
W
47
silent W
HURRY
HURRIES
HURRIED
We all are carried.
We carry them. He carries us.
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Y and IE say EE
FUNNY
FUNNIER
FUNNIEST
He is happiest.
She is happier.
I am happy.
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Y and I say EE
AL
GAL
SHALL
HAL 9000
SAL 9000
And forever and ever so shall be.
Hal and Sal are pals, you see.
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YEAH
Yeah, okay. Nah, go away.
NAHNOPE
negatory
NOT GONNA HAPPEN affirmative
YEP
CONSIDER IT DONE
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HAVE
HALVE
halves of Half & Half.
Here we have a half-dozen
HALF
&
HALFHALF
&
HALFHALF
&
HALF
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silent L
I've said it before
And I'll say it again.
AGAIN
AMEN
and I'll love you then.
I love you now,
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uh-gen
ANY
MANY
Jenny doesn't have any.
Benny has many.
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Y like EE
WHETHER
FEATHER
LEATHER
TOGETHER
ball in any kind of weather.
Heather likes tether
55
HEAD
DEAD
READ
BREAD
Push the red instead, I said!
THREAD
56
short E spelled EA and AI
READY
STEADY
HEALTH
WEALTH
make you steady and ready.
Health and wealth can
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DEATH
BREATH
you run into death.
When you run out of breath
I LOVE
WORKING
AT HOME
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HEAVY
CHEVY
LEVEE
and boy was it heavy!
I took my Chevy to the levee
59
GIVE
LIVE
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
If you give, you may live.60
short I looking like long I
RIVER
LIVER
GIVER
SHIVER
SLIVER
He delivered a quiver.
UPS
61
short I looking like long I
MAN
WOMAN
MEN
WOMEN
Not what you'd expect.62
WUHMAN
WIMMEN
DRILLED
FILLED
BUILD
GUILD
join the builder's guild.
Only the skilled
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FATHER
BOTHER
Don't bother your father!64
PONDER
YONDER
WANDER
SQUANDER
over yonder to squander.
I want to wander
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I should make this rhyme.
COULD
WOULD
SHOULD
THATTHIS
Would you read this?
Could you read that?
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PUSH
TUSH
BUSH
a good push in the tush.
Some people need
SWIFT
KICKER
III
67
BULL
FULL
PULL
WOOL
pulling the wool over his eyes68
AWFUL
LAWFUL
WAFFLE
FALAFEL
should be unlawful.
Awful waffles
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FROM
SOME
COME
Some come from very far away.
Some come from far away.
70
UM spelled OM and OME
INCOME
OUTCOME
AWESOME
IRKSOME
A welcome mat. Or is it?71
UM spelled OME
FRONT
BUNT
PUNT
GRUNT
of a grunt about to punt.
Don't get in front
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FRUNT
frunt
NOTHING
And it's hard to picture, too.
Nothing rhymes with nothing.
NOTHING?
I THOUGHT IT
WAS A WHITE COW
EATING MARSHMALLOWS
IN A SNOWSTORM!
NUH-THING
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APRIL
30 MAY
31
JANUARY
31MONTH
not much rhyme or reason here
MUNTH
FEBRUARY
28
or
29
MARCH
31JUNE
30JULY
31OCTOBER
31AUGUST
31 SEPTEMBER
30
NOVEMBER
30 DECEMBER
31
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OTHER
MOTHER
BROTHER
ANOTHER
a brother and another brother.
Thanks to my mother, I have
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UTHER spelled OTHER
MUD
CRUD
BLOOD
FLOOD
leaves a lot of crud and mud.
Sometimes a flood
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UD spelled OOD
BUBBLE
RUBBLE
DOUBLE
TROUBLE
A double bubble. Trouble?77
UBBUL spelled OUBLE
RUNG
SUNG
CLUNG
YOUNG
he swung it and flung it.
When David was young
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YUNG
yung
LOVE
DOVE
SHOVE
ABOVE
OF
I love a good pair of gloves.
ADRIAN!
79
UV spelled OVE and OF
COVER
HOVER
LOVER
She made her lover hover.80
UV spelled OVE
FORM
DORM
STORM
WARM
SWARM
A swarm forms over Norm.81
OR spelled AR
SHORT
COURT
WART
QUART
Two ways to thwart a wart.
Compound W
FreezeOff
82
OR spelled OUR and AR
QUART
QUARTER
QUARTERLY
QUARTET
is reading a quarterly.
A quarter of the quartet
IS SUE
3
JUL - SEP
83
OR spelled AR
BOARD
OVERBOARD
BACKBOARD
DASHBOARD
DARTBOARD
I love to snowboard!84
OR spelled OAR
COARSE
HOARSE
HORSE
She died, of course.
who swallowed a horse.
I knew an old lady
85
OR spelled OAR and OUR
a floor chore gone wrong
MORE
SNORE
DOOR
FLOOR
CHORE
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OR spelled funny some more
I THOUGHT
THIS ONLY
HAPPENED
IN CARTOONS.
GORGE
FORGE
GEORGE
George at the forge87
TERSE
VERSE
CURSE
NURSE
PURSE
a love poem in terse verse
ROSES, RED.
VIOLETS, BLUE.
SUGAR, SWEET.
YOU TOO.
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MERGE
VERGE
URGE
SPLURGE
of an urge to splurge
on the verge
SALE
89
G like J
SERVE
NERVE
SWERVE
VERVE
Ma's still got nerve and verve.90
EARN
LEARN
YEARN
you will get your turn.
If you yearn to learn
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ER spelled EAR
PEARL
HURL
TWIRL
to hurl and twirl.
Pearl learned
92
IRL spelled funny
BIRD
HEARD
HERD
Little Bird heard the herd.93
SEARCH
PERCH
BIRCH
CHURCH
a perch on a birch by a church94
EARTH
BERTH
MIRTH
WORTH
a berth on the earth95
HERD
BIRD
WORD
TURD
I heard the third bird.
AWK!
96
JERK
IRK
WORK
LURK
Lurking with the Turk.
Still at work.
97
BURST
WORST
FIRST
VERSED
the first and the worst98
WORLD
SWIRLED
TWIRLED
The world twirled and swirled.99
HURRY
SCURRY
BLURRY
WORRY
because of the flurries.
Don't worry. It's only blurry
bee-cuz
I
E V O L
K O O B S I H T
D E A R O T
100
GERM
FIRM
WORM
SQUIRM
the winner is the worm.
At the end of the term
101
JERM
COLOR
Mr. Rubik's colored cube.
CUH-LER
102
TIP-OFF
RIP-OFF
LAYOFF
PAYOFF
Tip-off or rip-off?103
PLAYOFF
THE SKY
IS FALLING !
LAYOUT
BUYOUT
TRYOUT
PAYOUT
a shutout over the dugout104
COPOUT
3
0 0 0RUNS HITS ERRORS
HARDBACK
DRAWBACK
PAYBACK
OUTBACK
a fullback and a halfback105
SETBACK
BATHROOM
HOMEROOM
MUSHROOM
SHOWROOM
Headroom in the bedroom?106
PLAYROOMCAMP
FUN
SWIMSUIT
SNOWSUIT
PLAYSUIT
PANTSUIT
so cute in a snowsuit107
LAWSUIT
HOTSHOT
LONGSHOT
GUNSHOT
EARSHOT
a snapshot of a jackpot108
SNAPSHOT
BASEBALL
FOOTBALL
SOFTBALL
HARDBALL
a free fall in a snowball109
SPITBALL
ROWBOAT
SHOWBOAT
STEAMBOAT
toy boat toy boat toy boat.110
DREAMBOAT
I bet you can't say