Copyright © 2010, 2011, 20121 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending

A Progressive Phonics bookT.M.

Alphabetti Book 3-17T.M.

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Words used i n th i s book :

Alphabett i box :

t l j qI v w y x k zf r(This book introduces the letter “z”)

a mc a nl e tt e nw e tb i gd i d

z i pn o to nt o mu p

f i xIi fi ns i ps i tt i m

d o g b a i p Let ters l earned i n the f i r s t ser i e s :

s m n h c u e Let ters l earned i n the second ser i e s :

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This i s the letter ‘z . ’ The letter ‘z ’ says ‘zzzzz , ’ l i ke in z ipper,zero and zebra,

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The letter ‘z ’ looks and sounds a l i t t le b i t l i ke the letter ‘s , ’ but the letter ‘z ’ i s d ifferent in threeways (which we wi l l learn inthe next few pages) .

zsz

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Vo ice

A vo ice i s a sound that you make in your throat . Touch your throat as you ta lk , and you can fee l your vo ice .

The letter ‘z ’ has a vo ice . It says ‘zzzz , ’ wh ich sounds l ike a busy, buzz ing bee . If you put your hand on your throat , you can fee l your vo ice making the ‘zzzz’ sound .

Shape

The letter ‘z ’ i s made of stra ight l ines , sort of l ike some of the str ipes on a zebra .

But the letter ‘s ’ i s curvy l ike a snake; the letter ‘s ’ doesn’t have any stra ight l ines .

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s

zzz z z z

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Direct ion

If you put eyes on top of a letter ‘z ’ and a letter ‘s , ’ they would be look ingin d ifferent d irect ions .

Remember, the letter ‘z ’ i s a lways the last letter in any a lphabet song, so i f the letter ‘z ’ wants to see another letter, i t has to look at the letters that came BEFORE it .

(Voice cont inued . . .)

But the letter ‘s ’ doesn’t have a vo ice . Like a snake, the on ly sound i t makes is ‘ ssss , ’ wh ich is a sound you make by push ing a ir over your tongue (You don’t use your vo ice to make the ‘sss ’ sound .) .

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(Have the ch i ld pract ice turn ing h is/her vo ice on and off to make the ‘s ’ and ‘z ’ sounds .)

s The letter ‘s ’ looks at the letters that come AFTER it .

z The letter ‘z ’ looks at the letters that came BEFORE it . sa i

r

a ir

z i p

s i p

Let’s use our hands to make the letter ‘z ’and the letter ‘s . ’

There is one word in th is book that use the letter ‘z . ’ Can you read i t?

And do you see how i t i s d ifferentfrom th is word?

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- -s

- -z

To make the letter‘z , ’ our f inger arestra ight .

To make the letter‘s , ’ we bend our f ingers .

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t o mz i p

u p

p u t s t h e t w o e n d s

o f t h e t o g e t h e r a n d

p u l l s .

“ c o l d ” s a y s

. “ y o u

p l e a s e h e l p m e

m y j a c k e t ? ”

I a mc a n

z i p

,

t i m

b

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“ H e l l o ? ” s a y s t h e r a b b i t ,

w h o i s w a s h i n g h i s h a r e .

bb

“ O u c h ! ” s a y s . “ T h e

i s s t u c k my

f u r . Q u i c k ! C a l l t h e

r a b b i t . ”

t i mz i p i n

bb

Pa r e n t / t e a c h e r n o t e : T h i s i s a p l a y o n t h e w o r d ‘ h a i r . ’ A h a r e i s a n a n i m a l s i m i l a r t o a r a b b i t . A h a r e i s u s u a l l y b i g g e r t h a n a r a b b i t a n d u s u a l l y l i v e s a b o v e g r o u n d , w h i l e a r a b b i t u s u a l l y d i g s a h o m e f o r i t s e l f u n d e r t h e g r o u n d . R a b b i t s c o m e i n m a n y d i f f e r e n tc o l o r s , w h i l e h a r e s a r e u s u a l l y b r o w n o r g r e y / g r a y .

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“ w i l l b e t h e r e a s s o o n

a s , ” s a y s t h e

r a b b i t , w r a p p i n g h i s

h a r e a t o w e l .

II c a n

w e ti n

“ H e l p ! ” s a y s .

“ We n e e d t o a

. ”

t o mf i x

z i p

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“ b r o u g h t a s t r a w t o

h e l p y o u , ” s a y s t h e

r a b b i t .

Is i p

b

t e no n

i nb i g

m i n u t e s l a t e r , t h e

r a b b i t k n o c k s t h e

d o o r . h i s h a n d i s a

, p u r p l e s t r a w .

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“ S i c k ? ” s a y s t h e r a b b i t .

“ S o m e o n e i s s i c k ? G o o d

t h i n g a d o c t o r . ”

bb

I a m

“ S i l l y r a b b i t , ” s a y s .

“ We s a i d , ‘ , ’ ,

‘ . ’ ”

t i mz i p n o t

s i p

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“ O k a y o k a y ” s a y s t h e

r a b b i t . “ Yo u d o n ’ t h a v e

t o s h o u t . w i l l .

W h e r e d o y o u w a n t

m e t o ? ”

, ,

bb

bI s i t

s i t

“ N o o n e i s s i c k , ” s a y s

. “ s a i d , ‘ , ’

, ‘ s i c k . ’ ,

, ! ”

bt i m I z i pn o t z i pz i p z i p

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““ t h i n k k n o w , ” s a y s

. H e l i f t s t h e

t o w e l o f f t h e r a b b i t ’ s

h e a d . . .

I It o m

bb

“ Aa a a a h ! ” s a y s .

“ ‘ , ’ , ‘ . ’

W h a t i s w r o n g w i t h y o u r

e a r s t o d a y ? ”

t i mz i p n o t s i t

bb

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“ y o u me w a l k

my f e e t , ” s a y s t h e

h a r e , “ w o u l d n ’ t

h a v e t o h o l d y o u r e a r s .

S h e e s h ! ”

i f l e to nw e t I

b

bb

“ H e y ! ” s a y s t h e r a b b i t t o

h i s h a r e . “ S t o p

p u l l i n g m y e a r s ! ”

b

bw e t

T h e h a r e w i g g l e s

a n d j i g g l e s t h e .

“ T h e r e ! Fi x e d f o r

y o u . ”

w e tz i pi t

b

T h e h a r e j u m p s

d o w n a n d h o p s o v e r t o

. “ y o u k n o w

t h a t y o u r i s s t u c k

y o u r f u r ? ”

w e t

t i m d i dz i p

i n

b

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T H E END

“ t h e r e i s n o t h i n g e l s e t o

, ” s a y s t h e r a b b i t , “

w i l l g o h o m e . n e e d t o

b r u s h m y h a r e . G o o d b y e ! ”

i ff i x I

Ib

“ Wo w , t h a n k s ! ” s a y s .

“ Yo u ’ r e w e l c o m e , ” s a y s t h e

h a r e , h o p p i n g b a c k

o n t o t h e r a b b i t ’ s h e a d .

t i m

w e tb

b

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