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Ages 4–6 · kindergarten ruling
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Book 2 of 3KINDER
Kindergarten Phonics & Words Series

Kindergarten Phonics: 3-Letter CVC Words & Rhyming Families

Book 2 of 3: Short Vowels & Decodable Rhyming Sets

Primary Sky-Plane-Grass rulings, short vowel word families (-at, -en, -in, -op, -ug), starting dots & phonics.

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Short -a- Family: The -at Rhyme (cat, bat, hat)

Sound out the short vowel: /c/ /a/ /t/. Trace from the green dot 🟢 to grass line.

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ModelcatbathatGuided TracecatbathatSoft TracecatbathatFaint TracecatbathatIndependent
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Short -a- Family: The -an Rhyme (fan, pan, van)

Keep lowercase letters sitting between the orange plane line and green grass line.

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ModelfanpanvanGuided TracefanpanvanSoft TracefanpanvanFaint TracefanpanvanIndependent
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Short -a- Family: The -ap Rhyme (cap, map, tap)

Watch the descender on p: let the tail extend smoothly down to the purple line!

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ModelcapmaptapGuided TracecapmaptapSoft TracecapmaptapFaint TracecapmaptapIndependent
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Short -e- Family: The -en Rhyme (pen, hen, ten)

Sound out /p/ /e/ /n/ = pen. Practice uniform spacing and steady stroke cadence.

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ModelpenhentenGuided TracepenhentenSoft TracepenhentenFaint TracepenhentenIndependent
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Short -e- Family: The -et Rhyme (net, pet, wet)

Tall letters (t) reach the blue sky line. Keep vowel bodies (e) inside the plane band.

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ModelnetpetwetGuided TracenetpetwetSoft TracenetpetwetFaint TracenetpetwetIndependent
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Short -i- Family: The -in Rhyme (pin, win, tin)

Place dots on letter i cleanly above the orange plane line. Do not make giant circles!

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ModelpinwintinGuided TracepinwintinSoft TracepinwintinFaint TracepinwintinIndependent
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Short -i- Family: The -ig Rhyme (pig, big, dig)

Notice how p, b, and d point in different directions. Practice each with care.

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ModelpigbigdigGuided TracepigbigdigSoft TracepigbigdigFaint TracepigbigdigIndependent
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Short -o- Family: The -op Rhyme (hop, mop, top)

Sound out /h/ /o/ /p/ = hop! Form round o shapes counter-clockwise from the green dot.

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ModelhopmoptopGuided TracehopmoptopSoft TracehopmoptopFaint TracehopmoptopIndependent
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Short -o- Family: The -ot Rhyme (pot, hot, dot)

Keep letters neatly aligned along the green grass baseline across all 5 practice rows.

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ModelpothotdotGuided TracepothotdotSoft TracepothotdotFaint TracepothotdotIndependent
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Short -u- Family: The -ug Rhyme (bug, rug, mug)

Sound out the short u sound: /b/ /u/ /g/ = bug! Celebrate your reading fluency.

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ModelbugrugmugGuided TracebugrugmugSoft TracebugrugmugFaint TracebugrugmugIndependent
Official Handwriting Award

CVC Phonics & Rhyme Champion Award!

For completing Book 2 of 3 (CVC Words & Rhymes) in the Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum across all five vowel families.

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for outstanding dedication and mastery of pencil grip, letter formation, and ruling precision throughout all 10 practice levels of

Kindergarten Phonics: 3-Letter CVC Words & Rhyming Families

Book 2 of 3: Short Vowels & Decodable Rhyming Sets

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