Jud the Rat and Sid the Badger

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: Apr 24, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224928620

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. My contact details can be found on my website or via Linked In.

Dr Charles Potter

Jud the Rat and Sid the Badger

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 series of seven intermediate level reading fluency books about Jud the Rat and Sid the Badger. The books are graded from easy to more difficult, on the basis of the phonic rules and morphological combinations used in the text.

The books can be set in small or medium-sized print and 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 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

JUD THE RAT AND SID THE BADGER

Sid the Badger stood on the deck of the ship and looked out towards the shore.

I can see the docks at the port, said Sid the Badger to Jud the Rat.

So can I, said Jud the Rat.

Sid the Badger and Jud the Rat’s ship was getting closer and closer to the shore. Now Sid the Badger and Jud the Rat could see the docks in the port. Now Sid the Badger and Jud the Rat could see other ships tied up at the docks in the port.

Look at that crane lifting cargo off that ship! said Sid the Badger, Can you see that crane, Jud?

Which crane do you mean, Sid? asked Jud the Rat, I can see lots of cranes, and they are all lifting cargo off the ships in the port.

For Jud the Rat could see the cranes on the docks quite clearly. He could see the cranes lifting cargo off the ships tied up at the docks in the port.

That crane, said Sid the Badger, That’s the crane I mean. It is the biggest crane in the port.

And Sid the Badger pointed to the biggest crane on the docks as it lifted cargo off one of the biggest ships in the port.

This is a very busy port, said Jud the Rat.

Yes, it is a very busy port, said Sid the Badger, Very busy indeed.

There must be plenty of work here as the port is so busy, said Jud the Rat.

If there is plenty of work that will be good for us, said Sid the Badger.

Now as you will have guessed from reading the story so far, Jud the Rat and Sid the Badger were very good friends. They were both sailors on the ship which was sailing into port, and as both Sid the Badger and Jud the Rat had been sailors for a number of years, they had sailed into many ports over the years.

Yes, as they had sailed for so many years in the same ship and sailed into so many ports, Sid the Badger and Jud the Rat had