Phonics Reading Program: Copywork for Steps 1-25

Step One

at         cat       hat

sad       mad     bad

dad      had      bag

Max had a fat cat.

Step Two

am       an        man

Dan     can       jam

fan       ran       pan

Ann can pat a cat.

Sam ran at a van.

Step Three

dog      mom    Tom

on        top       got

hot       not       pot

Bob can not sob.

A dog sat on a log.

Step Four

mud     bug      fun

run       sun       cup

up        but       cut

Sam got up, but Ann had not.

Dan can not cut a bun.

Step Five

pass     off       can

but       got       up

had      on        an

am       top       at

Can Ann pass Tom?

Tom got off a bus.

Step Six

sell       well     yell

get       let        met

pet       wet      yet

less      mess    Jen

Can Ed sell the hen?

The men ran well.

Can we get wet?

Step Seven

did       hid       kid

big       sit        quit

will      Jim       Tim

in         win      it

Did Jim win it?

Will Tim quit it?

Step Eight

Jack     and      last

spell     went    kick

frog     clock    lost

jump    just      must

Jack lost his flag, so he must run fast.

Brad just left the pond.

Step Nine

make    take     came

same    Jane     late

bike     like      Mike

nine     woke   home

Can Jane make Mike take the bike home?

Was Jake rude to the man at the lake?

Step Ten

won’t   then     this

I’ll       what    when

nice      put       good

you      too       by

My hut is made. I can sit next to it.

My home is nice. I will sit beside it.

My home is made. It was not fast, and it was hard to make. I must go to bed.

Step Eleven

there    where  why

with     that      didn’t

then     I’ll       see

eat       rain      may

God made the sun and the moon. They were good.

God made the rocks and clay and rain. They were good, too.

Step Twelve

all        could   would

let’s     don’t   that’s

there’s we’ll    I’ll

eat       see       by

I’ll steal from the rich, and give to the poor!

Robin Hood shot his arrows well.

Maid Marion did not want to be King John’s wife, even if she got to be queen.

Step Thirteen

have                 give                 some

someone          something        again

said                  saw                  look

right                 lie                    road

She had rose buds in her hair and on her dress, and she was a sight to see.

Lancelot was a brave knight.

Back then, knights did not ride in carts.

Step Fourteen

what’s know   very

good    love     people

sight    my       road

low      blue     moon

Below the castle was a maze.

Then I will go with them!

Ariadne went back to Athens in a boat.

Step Fifteen

only                 wouldn’t         onto

maybe              it’s                   glue

boot                 beast                night

truck                by                    day

Sue grew up in a castle.

Sue used the loom.

Drew had his own tools.

Roses are red. Violets are blue.

Step Sixteen

come                say                   everyone

been                 into                  should

tie                    wait                 braid

drive                tree                  few

The Goddesses made a trip to Troy.

Athena was wise and true.

The Greeks had a good trick.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Step Seventeen

down               now                 once

upon                people              come

everything       couldn’t           he’d

I’m                  these                their

The ship began to chase them.

This sea belongs to Rome!

I couldn’t chew the meat!

Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

Step Eighteen

wan     knew   here

which  none    against

choke   chip     sheep

ship      then     thin

Jonah did not wish to teach the people of Nineveh about God.

Jonah got on a ship for Tarshish.

Are you sorry for the shrub?

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household.

Step Nineteen

after     over     become

always away    soon

groan   try        saw

paw     lion      mouse

The mouse gnawed at the net until the ropes broke and the lion was free.

God wrote the law on their hearts.

I never saw a moor; I never saw the sea.

A wind went with their paws.

Step Twenty

house   other    great

cannot girl       two

out       fawn    ship

knew   boy      coin

Joyful! Joyful! Sparks from Heaven!

Joy to the world! the Lord is come.

Join in with the jubilee!

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

Step Twenty-One

walk                little                 every

gone                became            out

cow                 how                 town

enjoy               point                saw

Nibble, nibble, like a mouse:

Who’s that nibbling on my house?

I’m a little teapot, short and stout.

Here is my handle, and here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up, hear me shout:

“Tip me over and pour me out!”

Step Twenty-Two

call       old       bring

along   hadn’t  they’re

she’s    who’s  through

does     woman            put

Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods.

The wolf hid behind a bush.

Polly, put the kettle on.

Sookie, take it off again.

Step Twenty-Three

year                 hear                 first

beautiful          read                 ready

king                 watch              told

many               four                 door

Arthur took the sword from the stone.

Poor Sir Kay did not get to be king.

Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn:

The sheep’s in the meadow; the cow’s in the corn.

Step Twenty-Four

about               castle               listen

anyone             friend              whole

enough            put                   foot

her                   fur                   stir

The birds gave their feathers to Daedalus.

Icarus’s skin began to burn.

Listen! The cat purrs if you pet her fur.

Sir Kay lived in King Arthur’s castle.

Step Twenty-Five

while               thing                another

somebody        any                  roar

girl                   hurt                  germ

harm                art                    store

The huntsman did not want to do Snow White any harm.

Snow slept with her head on one bed and her feet on another.

She walked among us for a while,

And brought joy where she went.

We thought she was a gift from God

But learned she was but lent.