Printable beginning reading books that cover: word families, CVC words, blends, digraphs, long vowel sounds, phonics, sight words, and short vowel sounds.

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Teacher Tam's Beginning Readers, Sets 1,2, and 3--10 Books in each set (a total of 30!) for guided reading. They are phonics books for beginning and emergent readers. Each set builds upon what was learned in the previous set(s).
Set 1 is for use in preschool and kindergarten. Set 2 is for kindergarten and first grade levels. Set 3 readers are on a first grade level. All of the beginning readers are phonics-based. Each book includes 4 pages to copy and 12 pages of print for the child. The entire set is 40 pages.

Listed in order with word family covered and sight words, the books in Set 1 include:
"I Am" -am, -en am, and, I, the
"Tam" -am,-at has, in, is, see
"Zig" -ig did, in, yes, ?
"Jen" -en, -al do, dog, gal, pal, you
"Ben" -et at, look
"Pop" -op can, lot, not
"Ben and Pup" -up, -ug go, hill, pit, up
"Tam Runs" -ap, -un done, for, had, of, one, two, was
"Did You See That?" Sight words did,see,one,big, little, you, that, it, is
"Tam and the Frog" -og barks, jump, off, on, pond, saw, this

The books in Set 2 include:
"Cook" -ook good, hot, soup, spot, very
"Tam������¯������¿������½s Red Sled" -ed Blends/Digraphs: sh, sl, sp down, home, was, went, will
"Tam and Jen" -ool, -oon
cartoons, like,Saturday,school,today
what
"Shop" Digraph: th
duck,nice,shoes,were
"Count to Ten" sight words one, two, ������¯������¿������½������¯������¿������½.. nine, ten
"The Clown" Blends: cl, tr
he, my
"In the Sand" -an, -and Blends: gr, st
beach, food, from, have
"Tam Gets a Fish" -in, -ump friend, name, put, said, tank, too
"Tam Plants a Garden" Blend: fl
full,garden,grow,place,water
"Farm Colors" color words black,blue,brown,gray,green
orange,pink,red,white,yellow

The books in Set 3 include:
"The Friends Play on The Farm" sight words again,animals,are,around,call,come don������¯������¿������½t,friends,funny,going,how,when
"Rocky and the Race" -y as e city,day,ready,sign
"Pete the Pet Fish" short vowel to long vowels, silent e fin, fine, Tim, time, etc.
"A Neat Farm" ee, ea cows,clear,house,live,near,ride
"Tam Takes Ben to the Park" a-e,i-e,o-e,ee another,breeze,himself,it������¯������¿������½s outside,their,through
"The Spring Play" -ing,-ight Blends: spr, br
across,bird,busy,came,knight
ready,stage,started,upset,wanted
well
"There������¯������¿������½s a Mouse in This House!"ou, ow Blends: cr, sm
everywhere,kitchen,reading quiet
"A Place for a Race" -ace,-ame,-ave,-ase after,between,could
long a sound picture,second
"The Whole Family Goes Camping" long o, oa, -ow, o-e,breakfast,except
"The Huge Band Concert" long u sound, u-e, ue, ui, ew concert, students, finally instruments,practiced
wonderful