Jud the Rat and Max the Mole

By Dr Charles Potter

Jud the Rat and his friends inhabit a series of phonically-based reading fluency books which are graded in terms of difficulty, and are provided with supporting manuals and implementation materials. The books, manuals and materials form part of Dr Charles Potter’s Reading Fluency Programme, which has been developed to improve reading, writing and spelling abilities based on up to date research and literature, while at the same time being entertaining and enjoyed by children.

This book and the other reading fluency books in the series are designed to be used with repetitive paired reading and with sequential working memory training methods. The materials and methods have been successful with a large number of children of different ages and different cultural backgrounds. Results on the programme have been published internationally, and these publications are available free online.

Dr Charles Potter’s Reading Fluency Programme is evidence-based, and online support is provided to users. It is also helpful to talk to the network of people who have used the programme successfully. If you make contact with me by email I can provide you with further information about the programme. I can also provide you with an illustrated manual to enable effective use of this book in developing reading fluency, as well as with additional materials to support your child’s reading, writing, spelling and learning needs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr Charles Potter
• Release date: Oct 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215319772

Dr Charles Potter

I am an Educational Psychologist in Private Practice, specialising in work with children who have reading and learning difficulties. I also develop educational programmes, which are being used by therapists and teachers as well as in schools both in my country and internationally.I have a number of educational degrees and diplomas, a Masters in Psycholinguistics and a Doctorate in Curriculum Development and Special Education.I previously taught in both mainstream and special schools and then at university in education, applied linguistics and psychology, teaching courses in research, assessment and evaluation. I also have interests in neuropsychology and neurolinguistics. I have a number of publications in these areas, and a number of publications in areas relating to programme evaluation (refer entry on programme evaluation in Wikipedia)I live in the Johannesburg Area, South Africa, and provide service to parents and children with learning difficulties. I also develop assessment tools and procedures for doing this type of work. For more information use the following links:http://www/charlespotter.orgorhttp://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/using-phonically-based-e-books-to-develop-reading-fluency• 500+ 500+ connections on Linked In, where you can also view my profile, and find my contact details.

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Reading Difficulties, Spelling Difficulties, Rate of Work Difficulties

An estimated 20% of all children do not read fluently, affecting their rate of work and progress at school. Let Jud the Rat, Tom the Cat, Jill the Dog, Mrs Weasel and Doctor Skunk solve your child’s problems with reading, writing and spelling.

Jud the Rat and his friends inhabit a series of phonically-based reading fluency books which are graded in terms of difficulty, and are provided with supporting manuals and implementation materials. The books, manuals and materials form part of Dr Charles Potter’s Reading Fluency Programme, which has been developed to improve reading, writing and spelling abilities based on up to date research and literature, while at the same time being entertaining and enjoyed by children.

This book and the other reading fluency books in the series are designed to be used with repetitive paired reading and with sequential working memory training methods. The materials and methods have been successful with a large number of children of different ages and different cultural backgrounds. Results on the programme have been published internationally, and these publications are available free online.

Dr Charles Potter’s Reading Fluency Programme is evidence-based, and online support is provided to users. It is also helpful to talk to the network of people who have used the programme successfully. If you make contact with me by email at [e-mail] I can provide you with further information about the programme. I can also provide you with an illustrated manual to enable effective use of this book in developing reading fluency, as well as with additional materials to support your child’s reading, writing, spelling and learning needs.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Dr Charles Potter

http://www.charlespotter.org

Jud the Rat and Max the Mole

Published by Dr Charles Potter at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Dr Charles Potter

Author’s Note on Copyright

This book is the first book in a two part series. Each of the books in the series is graded on the basis of the phonic rules and morphological combinations used in the text.

The two books can be used as stand-alone reading materials, or simply read for pleasure. They can also be set in large print and used to develop reading, writing and spelling fluency. In addition, the phonic skills embedded in the text of each book can be used to teach spelling rules and sequential writing skills.

I have developed a set of procedures and methods for developing reading, writing and spelling fluency, which are designed to be used with the books in the series. I have also developed other procedures and methods for developing spelling and sequential writing skills, using the material. Copyright in the text of this book and the other books in the series, as well as the procedures and methods used with this book and the other books in in the series, vests with myself as author.

The covers used in the series are based on illustrations which are, to my knowledge as author, royalty free. The illustration used on the cover of this book, which forms part of the Tales of Jud the Rat sequence of books, was published in 1873-1874. It was uploaded from

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Dr Charles Potter

http://www.charlespotter.org

JUD THE RAT AND MAX THE MOLE

Max the Mole lives in a house on the edge of the park, on the far side of the street. Max lives in a hole under a bush. He has dug the hole deep, so his house is hard to find.

Jud the Rat is one of Max the Mole’s best friends. Jud the Rat knows that if he looks under the bush, he will find what looks like a pile of sand. This is a mole hill, which Max the Mole has made with sand he has dug out from under the ground.

But Jud the Rat also knows that in the mole hill, there is a small door. From the door a tunnel runs deep down under the bush. This is the tunnel which runs down from the bush into Max the Mole’s house under the ground.

So it is difficult for Jud the Rat to know if Max the Mole is at home. The best way to find out is to ring the doorbell. Jud the Rat knows that he then has to wait. If Max the Mole is in the kitchen of his house, he will come to the front door quickly. But if Max the Mole is in the dining room or the sitting room, then it takes longer, as these rooms lie deeper under the ground.

The living room and the bedrooms are really deep underground. Max the Mole gets to these rooms by going down a deeper tunnel which runs from the dining room and sitting room level to another level in his house deep down under the earth. If Max is in