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Cat On The Mat
Early Reader No. 1
Story by Jennifer Cooper-Trent
Illustrations by Anthony 'Mitch' Mitchell
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Book 1 - Page 2

Single Syllable Words

Sound the Words : pronounce each letter separately, then blend the separate sounds into a continuous word (c--a--t, c-a-t, c-aaa-t, cat).
Whole Words: - Explain that these must be memorized/recognized.
Punctuation : Explain "full stop" ( . ) - Stop, take a breath, then start new sentence.

Short Vowel : ‘a’ as in ‘cat’ ---- Whole Words : ‘The’, ‘the’


Try These New Words
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