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AB Word Family Emergent Reader: I Can Count and Dab

Counting emergent reader for the -ab word family: each page repeats the sentence 'I can dab ___ dots' with a number word from one to ten, and students mark that many dots.
Grades
Preschool–1, Elementary
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Math, Numbers, Language Development, Phonics, Reading
Topic
AB Word Family, Emergent Reader
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What's inside this resource

This AB Family decodable reader contains one emergent reader that focus on the words in the AB word family. With this decodable book, you will practice color words as well as AB words.

About this Book:

  • This emergent reader is titled "I Can Count and Dab." In this emergent reader, students will read "I can dab [number word] dots". Students will use dot markers or bingo dabbers to place the correct number of dots on each page as indicated by the sentence. This helps students will recognizing number words and reading comprehension. The receptive nature of each page allow students to have success with reading and gives them repeated practice with target words!

This word family book includes a cover page and 10 pages for students to read. The story and sentences in this book contains simple sight words and the target word family, making them easy for beginning readers to have success with making and reading each book.

When to Use:

  • * Literacy Center

  • * Small Group Activity

  • * Independent Practice

  • * Homework

  • * Reading Center

This book can also be made by the teacher, laminated and placed in a classroom library or reading center for students to read over and over. If students create their own book, it will be a perfect practice reader for students to take home and share and practice their reading skills with parents.

Skills Assessed:

  • * Following directions

  • * Reading AB words in context

  • * Reading simple sight words

  • * Number words to Ten

  • * Counting to 10

The emergent reader book is easy to put together. Students simply need to color or complete the activity on each page, cut the pages in half and then staple the pages together, making sure the cover page is on top. The order of the pages in this emergent reader does not matter, so students can place the reading pages in any order they wish.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read number words from one to ten in a sentence
  • Count out a set that matches a number word

Skills covered

  • Reading in context — decoding the -ab word dab in a repeated sentence
  • One-to-one counting — marking the number of dots each page names

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