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Table of Contents Dear Parent Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Terrific Tips for Using This Book . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Week 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Week 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Week 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Week 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Week 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Week 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Week 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Week 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Week 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Week 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Dear Paren t: Congra tula tions! You hold in your hands an excep tional educa tional tool tha t will give your child a head s tart into the coming school year. Inside this book, you’ll find one hundred prac tice pages tha t will help your child review and learn reading and writing skills, grammar, add ition and sub trac tion, and so much more! Summe r E xp re s s is divided in to 10 weeks, wi th two prac tice pages f or each da y o f the week, Monda y to Frida y. However, f eel f ree to use the pages in an y order tha t your child would like. Here are o ther fea tures you’ll f ind inside: A weekl y incen tive chart and cer ti f ica te to mo tiva te and reward your child f or his or her e ff or ts. Sugges tions f or f un, crea tive learning ac tivi ties you can do wi th •

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your child each week. A recommended reading lis t o f age-appropria te books tha t you and your child can read throughou t the summer. A cer tif ica te o f comple tion to celebra te your child’s accomplishmen ts. •

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We hope you and your child will have a lo t o f fun as you work toge ther to comple te this workbook. En jo y! T he edi tors

Terrific Tips for Using This Book

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Pick a good time for your child to work on the activities. You may want to do it around midmorning after play, or early afternoon when your child is not too tired.

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After you’ve given your child a few minutes to look over the practice pages he or she will be working on, ask your child to tell you his or her plan of action: “Tell me about what we’re doing on these pages.” Hearing the explanation aloud can provide you with insights into your child’s thinking processes. Can he or she complete the work independently? With guidance? If your child needs support, try offering a choice about which family member might help. Giving your child a choice can help boost confidence and help him or her feel more ownership of the work to be done.

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Reward your child’s efforts with the small stickers at the end of each day. As an added bonus, let your child affix a large sticker at the bottom of the incentive chart for completing the activities each week.

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When your child has finished the c on g r at ul at io n s ! workbook, present him or her with the certificate of completion on page 143. Feel free to frame or laminate the certificate and display it on the wall for everyone to see. Your child will be so proud! i s n ow re ad y f or G rad e ___

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Skill-Building Activities for Any Time The following activities are designed to complement the ten weeks of practice pages in this book. These activities don’t take more than a few minutes to complete and are just a handful of ways in which you can enrich and enliven your child’s learning. Use the activities to take advantage of the time you might ordinarily disregard—for example, standing in line or waiting at a bus stop. You’ll be working to practice key skills and have fun together at the same time.

Finding Real-Life Connections One of the reasons for schooling is to help children function out in the real world, to empower them with the abilities they’ll truly need. So why not put those developing skills into action by enlisting your child’s help with b ut te r creating a grocery sug ar list, reading street mi lk signs, sorting pocket eg gs change, and so on? b re ad He or she can apply f lour reading, writing, science, and math skills in important and practical ways, connecting what he or she is learning with everyday tasks.

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An Eye for Patterns A red-brick sidewalk, a beaded necklace, a Sunday newspaper—all show evidence of structure and organization. You can help your child recognize something’s structure or organization by observing and talking about patterns they see. Your child will apply his or her developing ability to spot patterns across all school subject areas, including alphabet letter formation (writing), attributes of shapes and solids (geometry), and characteristics of narrative stories (reading). Being able to notice patterns is a skill shared by effective readers and writers, scientists, and mathematicians.

Journals as Learning Tools Most of us associate journal writing with reading comprehension, but having your child keep a journal can help you keep up with his or her developing skills in other academic areas as well—from telling time to matching rhymes. To get started, provide your child with several sheets of paper, folded in half, and stapled together. Explain that he or she will be writing and/ or drawing in the journal to complement the practice pages completed each week. Encourage your child to draw or write about what he or she found easy, what was difficult, or what was fun. Before moving on to another set of practice pages, take a few minutes to read and discuss that week’s journal entries together.

Promote Reading at Home ◆ Let

your child catch you in the act of reading for pleasure, whether you like reading science fiction novels or do-it-yourself magazines. Store them someplace that encourages you to read in front of your child and demonstrate that reading is an activity you enjoy. For example, locate your reading materials on the coffee table instead of your nightstand.

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aside a family reading time. By designating a reading time each week, your family is assured an opportunity to discuss with each other what you’re reading. You can, for example, share a funny quote from an article. Or, your child can tell you his or her favorite part of a story. The key is to make a family tradition of reading and sharing books of all kinds together.

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Put together collections of reading materials your child can access easily. Gather them in baskets or bins that you can place in the family room, the car, and your child’s

bedroom. You can refresh your child’s library by borrowing materials from your community’s library, buying used books, or swapping books and magazines with friends and neighbors.

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Skills Review and Practice Educators have established learning standards for math and language arts. Listed below are some of the important skills covered in Summer Express that will help your child review and prepare for the coming school year so that he or she is better prepared to meet these learning standards.

Math What Your Child Will Review ◆ identifying

simple fractions

◆ adding

and subtracting 1- and 2-digit numbers with regrouping

◆ identifying ◆ telling

place value

time

◆ identifying

coins and their values

◆ identifying

shapes

◆ using

simple equations

What Your Child Will Practice to Prepare for Grade Three ◆ matching ◆ adding

number words with numerals

3-digit numbers with regrouping

◆ subtracting

2-digit numbers without regrouping

◆ subtracting

simple fractions with common denominators

◆ multiplying

(e.g., addition sentences, arrays)

◆ division

with remainders

◆ measuring

weight (e.g., ounces and pounds)

◆ identifying

geometric solids

◆ matching ◆ using

familiar items with geometric solids

a bar graph to record coin values and their equivalents

Language Arts Skills Your Child Will Review ◆ using

descriptive words to clarify meaning

◆ using

sentence variety (e.g., statements, exclamations, commands)

◆ identifying

main idea, sequence of events, main characters, causes and effects

◆ making

inferences, drawing conclusions, comparing and contrasting

◆ reading

for supporting details

◆ identifying

of story

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real or fantasy within the context

Skills Your Child Will Practice to Prepare for Grade Three ◆ proofreading ◆ expanding

(e.g., meaning, spelling, sentence variety, and grammar)

and combining sentences

◆ using

parts of speech (e.g., common nouns, proper nouns, plural nouns, pronouns, present- and past-tense verbs, adjectives, prepositions)

◆ punctuating

(e.g., possessives, quotation marks, contractions)

◆ writing

in upper- and lowercase cursive letters

◆ writing

cursive numerals 0–9

◆ demonstrating

knowledge of level-appropriate reading vocabulary (e.g., homophones, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes [un-], compound words, analogies, word relationships)

Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 1 Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy.

These are the skills your child will be working on this week. Math

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adding 1- and 2-digit numbers with regrouping subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping

Reading

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classifying sequencing

Writing

sentence punctuation proofreading

Vocabulary

examining similarities sight words

Grammar

compound nouns

Sizzling Synonyms! The first time your child says, “It’s hot outside,” challenge him or her to come up with as many words as possible that mean the same thing as hot . You can try this with other weather words such as rainy or cloudy . Summer Goal Suggest that your child come up with a plan to achieve a goal by the end of the summer. For example, he or she may wish to become an expert on a favorite animal or learn to count in another language. Help him or her map out a way to be successful. Periodically, check to see how your child is progressing. Order, Order! Play a ranking game. Choose three related items and ask your child to put them in order. Ask him or her to explain the choice. For example, if you chose ice cube, snow ball, and frozen lake, your child might say small, medium, and large; or cold, colder, coldest. Sun Safety Talk about sun safety with your child. Ask him or her to write a list of ways to stay safe in the sun. Post it in a prominent place!

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro

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Week 1 • Day 1 Examining Similarities

Things We Use People use different tools to do things. Read the list. Draw a line from each player to the things for that sport.

1. baseball player

2. football player

3. tennis player

4. cyclist

5. hockey player

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Week 1 • Day 2 Addition

Kaleidoscope

2 +8 32 +9

24 +7 1 +9

7 +4 45 +5

17 + 9

31 +4 11 +7

11 +9

19 +9 31 + 11

16 + 22 14 +9

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40 + 14

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22 + 13

37 + 31

41 + 21 16 +5

12 +9

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10 + 24 15 +5

Solve the problems. If the answer is between 1 and 30, color the shape yellow. If the answer is between 31 and 99, color the shape gray. Finish by coloring the other shapes with the colors of your choice. Extra: Name two numbers that when added together equal 27. 13

Week 1 • Day 2 Sentence Punctuation

Sunny Sentences Every sentence begins with a capital letter. A telling sentence ends with a period ( .). An asking sentence ends with a question mark (?).

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

1. the sun is the closest star to Earth

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2. the sun is not the brightest star

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3. what is the temperature of the sun

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4. the sun is a ball of hot gas

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5. how large is the sun

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6. will the sun ever burn out

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Week 1 • Day 3 Classifying

Which One Doesn’t Belong? Look for similarities when grouping items.

Read each list. Cross out the word that doesn’t belong. Then choose a word from the kite that belongs with each list and write it in the blank. 1. grouchy

mad

cheerful

fussy

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2. north

away

east

south

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3. goat

blue jay

robin

eagle

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4. juice

milk

tea

mud

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5. hand

toy

foot

head

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6. David

Bob

Ronald

Sarah

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7. spinach

cake

cookies

pie

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8. glue

bicycle

pencils

scissors

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9. penny

nickel

quarter

marble

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arm dime George pudding lemonade parakeet crayons angry west

Now read these categories. In each box, write the number from the above list that matches the category. Birds

Desserts

Sour Feelings

Boys’ Names

Money

School Supplies

Directions

Body Parts

Drinks

Write a list of five things things that go with this category: category: Things That Are Are Hot. 15

Week 1 • Day 3 Proofreading

A Happy Camper Complete: Every sentence begins with a _____________________. _____________________. A statement ends with a ___________ _____________________. __________. A question ends with a ___________ _____________________. __________.

Uh oh! Dalton was in a hurry when he wrote this letter. Help him find 10 mistakes. Circle them.

Dear Mom and Dad, camp is so cool? today we went swimming? do you know what the best part of camp is. i think fishing is my favorite thing to do. did you feed my hamster. I really miss you? Love, Dalton

Now choose two questions and two statements from Dalton’s letter. Rewrite each correctly.

1. 2. 3. 4.

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On another sheet of paper, write a letter to a friend or family member. Include two statements and two questions.

Week 1 • Day 4 Subtraction

Super Star Solve the problems. If the answer is between 1 and 20, color the shape yellow. If the answer is between 21 and 40, color the shape white. If the answer is between 41 and 90, color the shape blue.

68 –26

34 –1 1 19 –12

91 –20 47 –15

67 –13 69 –59

33 –21

88 –54

88 –12

27 –5 97 –13

28 –24

17 –6

35 –11

57 –55

81 –21

39 –15

60 –10

Write five subtraction problems that have answers between 10 and 20.

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Week 1 • Day 4 Sequencing

Hello, Island! About 30 years ago, some fishermen were on their boat near Iceland. Suddenly they saw smoke coming from the sea. Then the top of a volcano rose out of the water. Soon red-hot rock began to pour down its sides. It looked like the sea was on fire. At last the volcano cooled down. It became a new island. People named the island Surtsey. Read how the island of Surtsey was made. Show the correct order of what happened. Write the numbers from 1–4 on the lines. ____ Red-hot rock poured down its sides. ____ Smoke came out of the sea. ____ The new island was named Surtsey. ____ The volcano cooled down.

Fill in the circles in order. Use the numbers and sentences above to help you. The first one is done for you.

1

2

3

Smoke came out of the sea.

Tell someone how Surtsey became an island. Draw pictures to show what happened.

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Turn on the Lights Lighthouses warn ships that are near land. The first lighthouses were fires. People would build the fires on hilltops along the coast. Later people built towers. The light from their candles could be seen from far away. Then oil lamps were used. Today electricity runs a lighthouse’s powerful lamps.

lamp

tower

Read how lighthouses changed. Show the correct order of what happened. Write the numbers from 1–4 on the lines. ____ Oil lamps lit lighthouses. ____ Lighthouses use electric light. ____ Fires were built on hillsides. ____ Candles were used.

Fill in the circles in order. Use the numbers and sentences above to help you.

1

2

3

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Read The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift.

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Week 1 • Day 5 Sight Words

Find the Word Complete the sentences below with words from the Word Box. Then find the words in the puzzle. Words may go across, down, or diagonally. We did the first one for you.

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2. Sarah had a question about her homework, so she picked up the phone to Tanisha. 3. After Juan ate the hot fudge sundae, his stomach felt very 4. When my mom went

on a trip, she sent me postcards.

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Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 2 Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy.

These are the skills your child will be working on this week. Math

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subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping adding 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Reading

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making inferences comprehension

Writing

adjectives sentence punctuation

Vocabulary

rhyming words part/whole analogies

Grammar

subject/verb agreement present tense

Handwriting

uppercase cursive letters

Scrambled Summer Have your child write the words summer vacation on a sheet of paper and cut apart the letters. Encourage your child to use the letters to make new words. For variety, your child might also use the names of animals such as elephant, alligator, or hippopotamus. Terrific Timelines Help your child practice sequencing by creating timelines. For example, he or she can create a timeline of the daily routine. Encourage him or her to write sentences to describe what happens first, next, and so on. Challenge your child to create a timeline that includes the week’s events, or one that shows at least one important event that occurred in each year of your child’s life. Rhyme Relay Pick a word, such as cat or dog , to begin a rhyme relay. Take turns with your child saying words that rhyme with it. Newspaper Scavenger Hunt You can use a newspaper for many different scavenger hunts. For example, ask your child to find a certain number of proper nouns, adjectives, quotation marks, or exclamation points. Or, you may wish to challenge your child to find different parts of a newspaper, such as headlines, political cartoons, or captions.

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Black Cat by Christopher Meyers Dr. De Soto by William Steig Knots on a Counting Rope by John Archambault

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Week 2 • Day 1 Making Inferences

Figure It Out Read each sentence. Then color the numbered space in the picture that matches the number of the correct answer. He rode his bike. Who rode it? 1. a boy 2. a girl

Let’s throw snowballs! What time of year is it? 3. summer 4. winter

Run, John, run! What sport is John in? 5. swimming 6. track

Please bait my hook. What am I doing? 7. fishing 8. playing baseball

Breakfast is ready! What time is it? 9. night 10. morning

I’m so thirsty. What will I do? 11. drink something 12. eat something

Sorry! I broke it. What could it be? 13. a stuffed animal 14. a crystal vase

He’s a professor. What is he? 15. an adult 16. a baby

It won’t fit in the car. What is it? 17. a football 18. a swing set

Look at the dark cloud. Where should you look? 19. down 20. up

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I see a thousand stars. What time is it? 25. noon 26. night

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The lamb lost its mother. Who is its mother? 21. a sheep 22. a horse She wore a red hat. Who wore it? 23. a man 24. a woman

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Riddle: What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it? Find it in the puzzle.

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Week 2 • Day 2 Comprehension

Up the Elephant’s Trunk The elephant once said to me, “Mouse, please climb in my nose And go until I say to stop, Then scratch there with your toes.” I climbed inside the long, deep trunk, The air was damp and gray. I walked across some peanut shells And grass and bits of hay. Then halfway up the bumpy trail The elephant yelled, “Stop!” “Scratch!” he said. “With all your might, Just jump and kick and hop.” I scratched and itched and itched and scratched, He finally yelled, “Enough!” And then he blew me out his trunk With lots of other stuff. The elephant gave one big laugh And said, “I thank you much.” And then he put his trunk on me And gave me a warm touch.

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Up the Elephant’s Trunk Reading Comprehension Fill in the blanks with the word that best completes the sentence.

1. The elephant said, “Mouse, please _______ ______________ _________ __ in my nose.” walk

jump

climb

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2. I walked across some peanut ______________ ____________________________ ______________ . crumbs

shells

leaves

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3. Halfway up the bumpy ______________ the elephant yelled, “Stop!” road

path

street

trail

4. “Scratch!” he said. “With all your might, just jump and kick and ________________________ _______________ _________ .” hop

stomp

step

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5. He finally _______________ ______________________ _______ , “Enough!” said

cried

yelled

shouted

Rhyme Time Circle the words in each column that rhyme with the word in bold. What other words rhyme with that word? Write them on the lines below. nose

long

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song lone wrong

dunk sunk truck

camp ramp dump

lumpy humpy puppy

pail sail tail

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Week 2 • Day 3 Subtraction

Grandma’s Quilt Solve the problems. If the answer is between 1 and 50, color the shape pink. If the answer is between 51 and 100, color the shape blue. Finish the design by coloring the other shapes with the colors of your choice.

45 –39 84 –59

72 –55

71 –19

60 –18

84 –25

98 –29

74 –15 88 –29

71 –17 91 –32

82 –68

92 –13

34 –16

43 –35

57 –28

Amelia bought 30 tickets for rides at the carnival. She used 15 tickets in the first hour. How many tickets did she have left?

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Week 2 • Day 3 Verbs

How to Agree If the naming part of a sentence is a noun or pronoun that names one, the verb ends in -s, except for the pronouns I and you. If the naming part is a noun or pronoun that names more than one, the verb does not end in -s. Read each sentence. Circle the correct verb to complete it.

1. John and his family (camp, camps) in the woods. 2. Alice (like, likes) hiking the best. 3. John (walk, walks) ahead of everyone. 4. Mom and John (build, builds) a campfire. 5. Dad and Alice (cook, cooks) dinner over the fire. 6. Alice and Mom (crawl, crawls) into the tent.

Choose two of the verbs you circled. Write a sentence using each verb.

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Week 2 • Day 4 Present Tense

Draw a Picture Verbs tell when action takes place. Present-tense verbs tell about action that is happening now. A verb showing the action of one person ends in -s. A verb telling the action of more than one person does not end in -s.

The boy sings.

The boys sing.

In the sentences below, underline each action verb. Then draw a picture that shows the action. Be sure to show if it is one person or animal doing the action or more than one person or animal doing the action.

1. Four birds sit on the fence.

2. That dog digs.

3. A man sells hotdogs.

4. The girls run.

Choose one of the pictures you drew. Write a short story about it.

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Week 2 • Day 4 Part/Whole Analogies

Pick a Part Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. A leg is a part of a table, and a seat is a part of a ____________. A. rug

B. chair

C. bed

2. A string is a part of a harp, and a button is a part of a ____________. A. shirt B. snap C. circle 3. A screen is a part of a TV, and a hand is a part of a ____________. A. broom B. clock C. knob 4. A yolk is a part of an egg, and a pit is a part of a ____________. A. peach B. hen C. word 5. A heel is a part of a foot, and an eye is a part of a ____________. A. toe B. nose C. face 6. A stove is a part of a kitchen, and a couch is a part of a ____________. A. den B. sink C. floor 7. A wing is a part of a bird, and a sleeve is a part of a ____________. A. nest B. sweater C. pocket 8. A drawer is a part of a desk, and a pedal is a part of a ____________. A. ladder B. step C. bike

Name two things that each of these can be a part of: ear, eye, arm, leg, and neck.

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Tricky Twins Sandy and Mandy are having a twin party. There are six sets of twins, but only one set of identical twins. To find the identical twins, solve the addition problems under each person. The identical twins have the same answer.

207 + 434

126 + 89

328 + 367

257 + 568

547 + 129

624 + 127

108 + 107

229 + 337

258 + 378

379 + 336

417 + 109

153 + 494

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Seashore Sentences Complete: A _____________________ ends with a period. A _____________________ ends with a question mark. An _____________________ ends with an exclamation point.

Write a statement (S), a question (Q), and an exclamation (E) about each picture.

S __________________________________ __________________________________

Q __________________________________ __________________________________

E __________________________________ __________________________________

S __________________________________ __________________________________

Q __________________________________ __________________________________

E __________________________________ __________________________________

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On another sheet of paper, write a statement, a question, and an exclamation about a cartoon in the newspaper.

Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 3 Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy. These are the skills your child will be working on this week. Math

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simple equations adding 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Reading

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comprehension reading for details

Writing

Amusing Attributes Riddles such as the following are great ways to exercise your child’s thinking skills. Read each riddle and ask your child to figure out the common link.

Abby likes books . . . but not reading. She likes swimming . . . but not splashing. Abby likes napping . . . but not dozing. She also enjoys spaghetti . . . but not pasta. (Abby likes things that have double letters.) Alex likes apples . . . but not fruit. He likes airplanes . . . but not jets. Alex likes August . . . but not summer. He also enjoys astronomy . . . but not stars. (Alex likes things that start with “A”.)

writing to a prompt

Vocabulary

synonyms sight words

Grammar

adjectives quotation marks

Handwriting

What’s Your Estimate? Ask your child to estimate how many times in 60 seconds he or she can . . . a) say his or her full name b) write the days of the week

Then have him or her try each activity and compare the results with the estimate. Imagine That! Invite your child to close his or her eyes. Ask: What sounds do you hear ? Can your child name ten?

lowercase cursive letters

Amazing Animals If your child could be any kind of animal, which one would he or she choose and why? Using lots of detail, have your child describe or draw ten reasons.

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

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Week 3 • Day 1 Adjectives

Describe a Noun An adjective describes a person, place, or thing. Color, size, and number words are adjectives. Read each sentence. Find the adjective and the noun it describes. Circle the noun. Write the adjective on the line.

1. Peggy and Rosa went to the big zoo. 2. They looked up at the tall giraffe. 3. The giraffe looked down at the two girls. 4. The giraffe had brown spots. Write adjectives from the sentences in the chart.

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Panda Pair n 1972, Americans fell in love with two giant pandas named Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. The pandas came to the United States from China. The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., became the pandas’ new home. On their first day there, 20,000 people visited the two pandas. The crowds kept coming year after year. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were just cubs when they got to the United States. As the years passed, many hoped the pair would have cubs of their own. Ling-Ling gave birth several times. But none of the babies

lived more than a few days. Each time a cub died, people around the world felt sad. Both pandas lived to an old age. Ling-Ling was 23 when she died in 1992. Hsing-Hsing died in 1999 at the age of 28. But the pandas were not forgotten. At the National Zoo, the glass walls of their home were covered with letters from children. The letters expressed the children’s love for the pandas and told how much they were missed.

1. The author wrote this passage mostly to: A. tell about Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. B. explain where giant pandas come from. C. describe a giant panda’s cubs. D. convince people to visit the National Zoo.

2. According to the author, how did people feel about the pandas?

3. If you visited the National Zoo in 2000, what would you have seen at the pandas’ home?

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Week 3 • Day 2 Simple Equations

Number Words Write each sentence using numbers and symbols.

1. Four plus five is nine. 2. Eleven minus six is five. 3. Nine plus seven is sixteen. 4. Four plus eight is twelve. 5. Three minus two is one. 6. Seven plus seven is fourteen. 7. Fifteen minus ten is five. 8. Two plus eight is ten. 9. Five minus two is three.

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Week 3 • Day 3 Quotation Marks

Who Is Speaking? Quotation marks show the exact words someone says. They go before the speaker’s first word. They also go after the speaker’s last word and the end punctuation mark.

Read each sentence. Underline the exact words the speaker says. Put the words in quotation marks. The first one is done for you.

1. Max said, “Let’s go on a picnic.” 2. Cori replied, That’s a great idea. 3. Andy asked, What should we bring? 4. Max said with a laugh, We should bring food. 5. Cori added, Yes, let’s bring lots and lots of food. 6. Andy giggled and said, You’re no help at all!

Finish the sentences below by writing what Max, Cori, and Andy might say next. Use quotation marks.

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Week 3 • Day 3 Synonyms

Same As. . . Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. A stick is like a stake, and a cap is like a ____________. A. sock

B. hat

C. twig

2. A runner is like a racer, and a smile is like a ____________. A. frown

B. face

C. grin

3. A crowd is like a mob, and a song is like a ____________. A. group

B. tune

C. flute

4. A dinner is like a supper, and a pot is like a ____________. A. pan

B. cook

C. meal

5. Fur is like fuzz, and wet is like ____________. A. messy

B. dry

C. damp

6. Sad is like gloomy, and happy is like ____________. A. glad

B. mad

C. nice

7. Misty is like foggy, and fast is like ____________. A. runner

B. quick

C. slow

8. Look is like see, and sleep is like ____________. A. nap

B. wake

C. find

Discuss with someone in your family why you did not choose the other words.

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Sandwich Shop Menu hot dog .............$1.53

fruit salad...........$1.90

pbj ......................$1.49

veggies & dip ...$1.84

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chips ...................$ .50

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juice ....................$ .84

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Week 3 • Day 4 Writing to a Prompt

Celebrating Our Country Draw a picture of something you do to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Word Bank eat play swim fireworks cookout picnic beach park country On the Fourth of July, I

history family free

I celebrate this holiday with

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Sort It Out! Put each word from the Word Box in the circle where it belongs. We did the first one for you.

Word Box

Action Words

found

found

find

behind

away

upon

pull

call

put

above

below

around

Direction Words

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Write a sentence using as many words from the Word Box as you can.

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Week 3 • Day 5 Reading for Details

Fancy Fireworks Kaboom! It’s the Fourth of July. Fireworks light up the night. Have you ever seen a willow firework? It has long trails of color that float to the ground. The pinwheel and comet are two other popular fireworks. One of the loudest fireworks is called the salute. After a bright flash, you hear a loud BOOM! Read the paragraph. Then answer the questions.

1. Which firework has long trails of color? _______________________________ 2. Which firework makes a loud BOOM? _________________________________ 3. What is a popular firework? _________________________________________ Add three more details to the web.

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measurement multiplication

Reading

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Writing

expanding sentences adjectives

Compound Interest Point out examples of compound words to your child. Then have him or her keep track of the compound words heard during an hour. Try it another time and challenge your child to improve on his or her last “score.” Start Collecting Having a collection is a great way for a child to develop higher-level thinking skills like sorting and analyzing. Encourage your child to start one. Leaves, rocks, stamps, or shells are all easy and fun things to collect. Your child can also practice comparing and contrasting by discussing how the items in his or her collection are similar and different from one another.

Vocabulary

sight words

Grammar

subject/verb agreement past tense

The Case of the Mysterious Sock Invite your child to find a secret object to put in a sock. Try to guess what it is by feeling the object through the sock. Trade places. Play again. Pet Autobiography Suggest that your child write the story of your pet’s (or an imaginary pet’s) life. The story should be an autobiography—from the pet’s point of view!

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House by Faith Ringgold The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

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Week 4 • Day 1 Reading for Details

What’s for Lunch? Have you ever had a string bean sandwich? Most students wouldn’t want that for lunch! What is the favorite sandwich in America’s school lunches? If you said peanut butter and jelly, you’d be right. Other popular sandwiches are ham and bologna. Cheese is the fourth favorite sandwich. Many students also like turkey sandwiches. What is the topic of the paragraph? Write it in the center circle. Find five details that tell about the topic. Write them in the web.

What kinds of sandwiches does your family like the best? Take a survey of your family.

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Find the Word Complete the sentences below with words from the Word Box. Then find the words in the puzzle. Words may go across, down, or diagonally. We did the first one for you.

1. Have you

thought about what you’d like for your birthday?

2. Hannah likes to

home from school.

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a new notebook.

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play

run

dive

climb

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runs

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1. Mia _____________ ball with her friends. 2. The children like to _____________ together. 3. Juan _____________ faster than I do. 4. We _____________ on a track team. 5. Tom and Kara _____________ into the pool. 6. Mary _____________ without her goggles. 7. They _____________ very tall trees. 8. Liz _____________ steep mountains. 9. Juan _____________ our ball to Mia. 10. I _____________ the ball to Juan.

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Week 4 • Day 2 Expanding Sentences

Football Frenzy A sentence is more interesting when it gives exact information.

Replace each more exact.

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Week 4 • Day 3 Measurement

Weight Watcher Weight can be measured in ounces (oz.) and pounds (lb.). 16 oz. = 1 lb. Which unit of measure would you use to weigh the items below? Underline the more sensible measure.

1. An apple

ounces

7. A balloon pounds

2. A skateboard

ounces

ounces

pounds

ounces

pounds

ounces

pounds

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ounces

pounds

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11. A slice of pizza pounds

6. A baseball player

pounds

10. A pair of socks

5. A watermelon

ounces

9. A baseball bat

4. A bicycle

pounds

8. A jam sandwich

3. A bar of soap

ounces

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12. A full backpack ounces

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13. A large dog ounces

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Lost and Found Read the story. Then fill in the bubble next to the best answer to each question below. One day Alisha’s little brother found three dollars. “Look!” he said. “Now I can buy a pony!” “I think a pony will cost too much,” Alisha said. “Shall I help you find something to spend it on?” “Okay,” he said. He put the money in his pocket. “Ice cream might be a good thing to spend it on,” said Alisha. “What kind do you want?” “I only like one kind. Chocolate,” said her brother. “I think chocolate is the best kind, too,” said Alisha.

1. When Alisha says a pony will cost 3. The opposite of found is too much, she means a. kept. a. Three dollars is more than b. forgot. enough money to buy c. lost. a pony. b. A pony costs a lot more than 4. Which word means the same as kind in this story? three dollars. c. If her brother had found three a. nice dollars, he could buy a pony. b. child c. type 2. When Alisha says, “I think chocolate 5. In the dictionary, the word only is the best kind, too,” the word too appears means a. between the words lonely a. also. and quiet. b. two. b. after the word totally. c. not at all. c. before the word night.

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Letter From Vera April 11 Dear Morey, I just got your letter with the picture of you riding your bike. From the smile on your face, I can tell how much fun you’re having. I still remember when you could hardly ride a tricycle. You’ve come a long way! Now here’s some advice. I’m sure you’re a good rider. But you will fall off that bike now and then. So please get yourself a helmet. Wear it every time you ride. A helmet will help protect you from a head injury. Wearing a helmet when you ride a bike is as important as wearing your seat belt when you ride in a car! No, I’m not trying to be a bossy know-it-all. I just don’t want a bad fall to wipe that smile off your face. When you come to visit this summer, bring your bike and your helmet. We’ll take some great rides together! Your cousin, Vera

1. From this letter, what can you tell about the picture of Morey that he sent to Vera? A. He is riding a tricycle. C. He is in his driveway. B. He is not wearing a helmet. D. He is looking scared. 2. Vera’s advice shows that she: F. cares a lot about safety. G. is often bossy and mean.

H. doesn’t like riding bikes. J. is learning to drive a car.

3. What will Morey do with Vera during the summer?

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Week 4 • Day 4 Past Tense

A Verb Puzzle Verbs tell when action takes place. Past-tense verbs tell about action that happened in the past. Most past-tense verbs end in -ed.

Write the past tense of each word in the box. Then use the past tense words to complete the puzzle below. call _______________________

mix _____________________

play ____________________

yell _____________________

kick _____________________

help _____________________

bark ____________________

climb ___________________

walk ____________________

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1. Mike ______________ over the wall.

1. Sam ______________ his dad on the phone.

3. The dog ______________.

2. Grandma ______________ the cake batter.

5. Our teacher ______________ us with the

4. The player ______________ the ball.

math problems.

6. Marie ______________ a game with Zack.

7. We ______________ at the team to win. 8. The boys ______________ home from school.

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Week 4 • Day 5 Multiplication

How Many Legs? Fill in the blanks.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

How many legs on 1 turkey

3 turkeys

2 turkeys

4 turkeys

1 cat

3 cats

2 cats

4 cats

1 ladybug

3 ladybugs

2 ladybugs

4 ladybugs

1 spider

3 spiders

2 spiders

4 spiders

1 squid

6 squid

2 squid

7 squid

3 squid

8 squid

4 squid

9 squid

5 squid

10 squid

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How many legs on

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Mystery Bags Adjectives are words that help you imagine how something looks, feels, smells,

sounds, or tastes.

Make a list of words that describe the object in each bag below.

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multiplication number words

Reading

compare/contrast

Writing

combining sentences

Vocabulary

homophones proofreading/spelling

Grammar

verbs contractions

Carrot-Turnip-Pea Develop your child’s listening skills by creating a word chain. In this game, someone says a word, and the next person must say a word that begins with the last letter of the previous player’s word. To make this more challenging, try choosing a category such as names or foods. Now You See It, Now You Don’t Show your child an interesting picture and ask him or her to look at it for a minute. Then turn the picture over and ask your child to list the objects that he or she can remember on a sheet of paper. If you wish, allow your child to look at the picture for another minute and then add more items to the list. For a twist, use a picture with less detail, but ask your child to list the words in alphabetical order. Secret Messages Suggest that your child come up with a code to write secret messages. Have him or her trade messages with you or another family member.

Handwriting

cursive numbers 0–9

T he Ne w Bike

By Cindy Read Res t illus tra tions by Ana

Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover? Give your child a chance to create a new cover for a favorite book. Remind him or her to include the title, as well as the names of the author and any illustrator. Encourage your child to include an image or images that he or she thinks would inspire someone to read the book.

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie Falling Up by Shel Silverstein

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Week 5 • Day 1 Compare/Contrast

Foreign Flags Every country has its own flag. Japan has a white flag with a red circle on it. The red circle stands for the sun. Japan’s name means the “land of the rising sun.” Canada also has a red and white flag. But its flag has a white background with two wide red stripes. In the center of the flag is a red maple leaf. The maple tree is a symbol of Canada. Read the paragraph. Then answer the questions.

1. What colors are both flags? ________________________________________________ 2. What does Japan’s flag have in the center? ________________________________ 3. What does Canada’s flag have in the center? ______________________________ 4. How are the backgrounds of the two flags different? ________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Write your answers in the correct parts of the circles.

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Verb to be Am, is, are, was, and were are forms of the verb to be. These verbs show being instead of action.

Read each sentence. Underline the verb. Write past if the sentence tells about the past. Write now if the sentence tells about the present.

1. The story is perfect. 2. The producers are happy. 3. The actors were funny. 4. The movie studio is interested in the story. 5. I am excited about the movie. 6. I was sad at the end.

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Field Trip Cars 1.

Josie’s class is going to the teddy bear factory. Three children will ride in each car. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each car.

How many cars do they need? 2.

Pete’s class is going to see the elephant seals. Five children will ride in each van. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each van.

How many vans do they need? 3.

Rosa’s class is going to the Space Museum. Eight children will ride in each small bus. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each bus.

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Week 5 • Day 3 Contractions

Contractions With not A contraction is two words made into one word. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters. In a contraction, not becomes n’t . Read each sentence. Write a contraction for the underlined words.

1. Cindy and Ed could not bake a cake. 2. There was not enough flour. 3. They are not happy. 4. Do not give up! 5. They did not give up. They made cupcakes! Write a sentence using a contraction you wrote.

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Week 5 • Day 3 Homophones

Chilly or Chili? Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

Write the correct homophone in each blank to complete the sentences.

1. bored, board Some of the ______________ members seemed quite ______________ at the last meeting.

2. bare, bear When a ______________ cub is born, it is ______________, and its eyes are closed.

3. chilly, chili Nothing tastes better than a bowl of ______________ on a ______________ day.

4. guest, guessed Who would have ______________ that your ______________ was a thief!

5. patients, patience I wonder if doctors ever lose their ______________ with difficult ______________. On another sheet of paper, rewrite each sentence using the correct homophones.

6. I’ll meat you at ate inn the mourning. 7. Would ewe fix me sum tee and a bowl of serial? 8. My ant and uncle lived oversees four too years in Madrid. 9. Alex was sick with the flue and mist a hole weak of school. 10. I want two bye a knew pear of shoes, but I dew knot have a sent left.

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Week 5 • Day 4 Compare/Contrast

A State Apart The state of Michigan has two parts the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula. Peninsulas are long arms of land that jut into water. Both of Michigan’s peninsulas are almost surrounded by the Great Lakes. The Upper Peninsula has many big forests. It is also rich in minerals. The Lower Peninsula has more people and large cities. Most of the state’s industry is in the Lower Peninsula. Both peninsulas attract tourists who come to spend vacations in Michigan.

Read the paragraph. Add headings to the Venn diagram. Then write facts in each part of the diagram.

The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is larger in area than the Upper Peninsula. Add this fact to the diagram.

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Week 5 • Day 4 Proofreading/Spelling

Garage Sale Find and mark the ten spelling errors. We have grate stuff and big bargains!

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Office Supplys

Clothing

• Big boxes of old newspaper

• Singel left shoes

• Ballpoint pens that are out of ink

• Socks with hoales

• Broken rubber bands

• Jackets with broken zippers

• Empty printer ink containers

• Sleeves that were cut off a shirt

Household Goods

Ferniture and Hardware

• Old phon books

• A big box of bent nails

• Torn sheets

• A saggy bed

• Old toothbrushes

• A sofa with mice living in it

• Empty pante cans

• A chare with only three legs

• Chipped plates

• A TV with only one channel

• A bunch of old pizza boxs

• Old dor knobs

Week 5 • Day 5 Number Words

Cow Code Riddle: Where do cows go for entertainment?

D eco de r 2 3 ............ ..

What to Do Find the corresponding numerals below. Then use the Decoder to solve the riddle by filling in the spaces at the bottom of the page. The first one has been done for you.

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Week 5 • Day 5 Combining Sentences

Cake and Ice Cream Two sentences that share the same subject can be combined to make one sentence by using the word and.

Rewrite the sentences by combining their endings.

1. The party was fun. The party was exciting.

The party was fun and exciting. 2. We blew up orange balloons. We blew up red balloons.

3. We ate cake. We ate ice cream.

4. The cake frosting was green. The cake frosting was yellow.

5. We made a bookmark. We made a clay pot.

6. We brought games. We brought prizes.

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Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 6 Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy. These are the skills your child will be working on this week.

Mapping My World Invite your child to draw pictures and write labels to make maps of familiar places, such as his or her school, a local park, or a favorite friend’s home.

Math

. . . . . . . . .

place value telling time

Reading

comprehension compare/contrast

Word Expert Boost your child’s vocabulary by playing Word Expert. Tell him or her that for each word you say, he or she must give you an antonym and a synonym, as well as an example of the word. For instance, if you say exciting , a synonym might be thrilling , an antonym might be boring , and an example could be riding a rollercoaster .

Writing

building sentences

Vocabulary

rhyming words

Grammar

verbs pronouns adjectives

Letter D

dog, duck, donkey

Nutrition Label Math Show examples of food labels to your child, ideally those with more than one serving in a package. Talk about what the numbers on the label mean. Then ask your child to determine the nutrition totals for the entire item. For example, if there are 2 servings in a small can of vegetables, your child can double the nutrition label numbers to find the total calories, fat and carbohydrate content, and so on. One-Minute Categories Ask your child to name as many examples as possible of a category in one minute. For example, for animals, he or she might name dog, cat, wolf, tiger, and so on. Make the categories more challenging as his or her skill increases. You can also specify naming animals that starts with a particular letter. For example, for the letter d , animals would include dog, duck, and donkey.

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Cleaning the Alligator’s Teeth

The alligator asked if I Would clean his dirty teeth. I climbed inside his jagged jaws And brushed up underneath. I felt his two jaws start to close. His sharp teeth touched my skin. I yelled, “I’m not a sandwich! Open up and give a grin!” The alligator laughed and made His two jaws open wide. I said, “The next time you do that I’ll have to pinch your hide.” He gave another ’gator laugh That shook me head to toe. I finished brushing all his teeth And said, “I’ve got to go.”

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Cleaning the Alligator’s Teeth Reading Comprehension Fill in the blanks with the word that best completes the sentence.

1. The alligator asked if I would clean his dirty ____________________ . claws

teeth

scales

tail

2. I climbed inside his jagged ___________________________ . nose

ears

mouth

jaws

3. I felt his two jaws start to __________________________ . open

chew

lick

close

4. His ___________________________ teeth touched my skin.

many

white

sharp

mean

5. I yelled, “I’m not a sandwich! Open up and give a __________________________ !” laugh

grin

yell

bite

Rhyme Time Circle the words in each column that rhyme with the word in bold. What other words rhyme with that word? Write them on the lines below. clean

jaws

start

grin

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bean mean

claws jam

dart star

win fin

wind hide

good stop

seen

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cart

pin

ride

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Week 6 • Day 2 Place Value

Colorful Fish Look at the numbers in the shapes inside the fish.

If there is a . . . 6 in the tens place 5 in the hundreds place 2 in the ones place 7 in the tens place 9 in the hundreds place

Use the information in the key at right to color the shapes.

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Verbs have , had The verb to have is irregular. Use have or has to tell about the present. Use had to tell about the past. Choose the correct word from the chart to complete each sentence.

1. Joe 2. I

In the Present

In the Past

have, has

had

new running shoes. new shoes, too.

3. Last week we 4. I 5. Joe

old shoes. a green shirt on. a blue shirt on.

6. Yesterday we both 7. Last year we 8. Now, I 9. Now, Joe

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Week 6 • Day 3 Building Sentences

Get Your Ticket! Write a sentence to match each picture. Be sure to include a subject, an action, and a part that tells where or when.

A boy climbs a tree in his backyard.

1.

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2.

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3.

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Week 6 • Day 3 Building Sentences

Slide Show A sentence is more interesting when it includes a subject, an action, and a part that tells where or when.

Write three sentences and draw pictures to match.

subject

1.

action

where or when

______________________________________________________________________

subject

3.

where or when

______________________________________________________________________

subject

2.

action

action

where or when

______________________________________________________________________ Switch the sentence parts around to make three silly sentences! Write the sentences on another sheet of paper.

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Play Ball What’s your favorite ball game? Many people like sports in which they throw a ball. In bowling and basketball, you throw a ball. Other people play games in which they hit a ball. Golf and tennis are two examples. Still another game in which a ball is hit is lacrosse. A third kind of ball game calls for kicking a ball. Players kick balls in soccer, football, rugby, and of course, kickball.

Read the paragraph. Then answer the questions.

1. What are four sports where you kick a ball? _____________________________ 2. What are three sports in which you hit a ball? ___________________________ 3. In what games do you throw a ball? ___________________________________ Use your answers to complete the chart. Hitting a Ball

Throwing a Ball

Kicking a Ball

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Week 6 • Day 4 Pronouns

Send In the Subs A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun. The nouns in these sentences need a rest. Pick a pronoun to replace the underlined word(s). Then write the sentence with the pronoun.

Pronoun Subs he

you

we

they

it

she

1. Tanya swings the bat. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Mr. Bartlet and Mr. Jones blow their whistles. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Matt and I warm up. ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Leo looks for his glove. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. The ball rolls into the field. ______________________________________________________________________________ Check your sentences. Did you begin them with a capital letter?

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Week 6 • Day 5 Telling Time

Prime Timer Write the time 3 ways.   

example:

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Describing a Surprise Use adjectives to describe an object. Read the words on the box. What do they describe? ____________________________________________

white

high

puffy

moving

Think of a surprise to hide in each box. Then write four adjectives to describe it.

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fractions using arrays

Reading

comprehension compare/contrast cause and effect

Writing

combining sentences verb usage

Vocabulary

sight words/verbs prefixes/un -

Grammar

sentence punctuation comparative/superlative

Compliment Jar Create a compliment jar by labeling a clear plastic jar with the word “Compliments”. Invite everyone in your home to write a compliment for another family member on a slip of paper and place it in the jar. Once a week, invite your child to read the compliments aloud to the rest of the family. For a twist, turn it into a guessing game. Your child can read the compliment but leave out the name. Can anyone guess this person’s identity? Your child can provide clues, if necessary. List-en Up Help your child develop good listening and memorization skills. Read a list of five items two times. Then ask your child to repeat the list back to you in order. Here is a list of the Great Lakes (in alphabetical order) to get you started: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior. Character Friends Ask your child to talk about a character in one of the books he or she has been reading. You can prompt the discussion by asking questions like these: Which characters would you want to be friends with in real life? What are some of the good qualities this character has? How are you and the character similar or different? Summer Games Plan a mini “Summer Olympics” with your family. Play classic picnic games such as a water-balloon toss or a three-legged race, or make up fun games of your own. Take turns trying them!

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Betty Bao Lord Tiger Math: Learning to Graph From a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda 81


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Week 7 • Day 1 Fractions

Fraction Fun Something that is split in 2 equal parts is divided in “half.”

These two shapes are divided in half.

A fraction has a number on the top:

1

A fraction has a number on the bottom, too:

2

The top number tells the “fraction,” or parts, of the whole. The bottom number tells the number of parts in the whole. A. Draw

a line to match the picture with a fraction.

2 2

2 12

2 3

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top number in these fractions tells you how many parts to color. Try it!

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Statements and Questions A statement is a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period. A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark. A. Read each sentence. Write Q on the line if the sentence is a question. Write S if the sentence is a statement.

1. Where did the ant live? 2. The ant had many cousins. 3. She found the crumb under a leaf. 4. How will she carry it? 5. Who came along first? 6. The lizard wouldn’t help. 7. He said he was too cold. 8. Why did the rooster fly away? B. The sentences below do not make sense. Rewrite the words in the correct order.

1. How crumb did carry the ant the?

2. She herself it carried.

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Blending In How are the following words alike: blue, black, blink? If you said they all begin with bl, you’re right. Some other words that begin with these letters are blob, blanket, and blimp. Letter pairs like bl are “blends.” Blends are two or more consonants that work together. What blend do the following words begin with: green, gray, grumpy ? Two other blends are tr and sm. Words such as smoke, smile, try, tray, smack, trick, truck, and smell begin with these blends. Use the paragraph to write four headings for the chart. Then write examples under each heading.

Add at least two more words to each group on the chart.

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Week 7 • Day 2 Combining Sentences

Great Gardening Tips Sentences can also be combined to make them more interesting. Key words can help put two sentences together. old: I will plan my garden. I am waiting for spring. new: I will plan my garden while I am waiting for spring.

Write a new sentence using the key word in each flower.

1. Fill a cup with water. Add some flower seeds.

and

______________________________________________________________________

2. This will soften the seeds. They are hard.

because

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3. Fill a cup with dirt. The seeds soak in water.

while

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4. Bury the seeds in the cup. The dirt covers them.

until

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5. Add water to the plant. Do not add too much.

but

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6. Set the cup in the sun. The plant will grow.

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A-maze-ing Verbs To complete the maze, pass only through the correct sentences. An incorrect sentence is like a wall in the maze: You cannot pass through it. The correct path takes you through nine boxes.

a r t t S Lilly drew a picture.

I talks a lot.

Jake thought hard. Yesterday, Lilly bring Pete to school.

Sam hurted his toe.

Sam held his nose.

Jake and Sam buys candy.

Lilly draw a picture.

Lilly thinked Sam was nice.

Sam wrote a letter.

Jake bought some candy.

Jake laughed at Sam’s joke.

Jake and Sam writes stories. Lilly brought Pete to school.

Lilly and Pete walked home.

My head hurts.

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Week 7 • Day 3 Comparisons

Three Nests You can use adjectives to compare things. To compare two things, add -er to the adjective. To compare three or more things, add -est. Biddie Bird has a friend named Betty. Betty always wants to outdo Biddie. If Biddie has a clean nest, Betty has a cleaner nest. Biddie and Betty have another friend named Birdie. She likes to outdo both Biddie and Betty. So she has the cleanest nest. Read the sentences. Then fill in the chart so the correct form of each adjective is under each bird’s name.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Biddie clean

Betty cleaner

Birdie cleanest

______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

1. Betty’s nest is newer than Biddie’s. 2. Biddie has a small nest. 3. Birdie has the warmest nest of all. 4. Biddie’s nest is round. 5. Birdie built the neatest nest. 6. Betty has a softer nest than Biddie. On another sheet of paper, use the words you wrote on the chart to draw a picture of each bird’s nest.

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Week 7 • Day 4 Cause and Effect

Fool the Birds A woman in Virginia had a problem. Birds ate all the seeds she carefully planted. The woman put brown belts along the newly planted rows in her garden. Just as she had hoped, the birds thought the belts were snakes! As a result, the birds stayed out of the garden. The woman’s plants grew in peace. Read the paragraph. Then complete the cause-and-effect map. Other Effects

Cause

First Effect

What conclusions can you make about birds and snakes?

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Banana-Rama Color the word that is missing from each sentence and write it on the line.

1. We _____________________ a spelling test yesterday.

taked

2. There _____________________ frost on the ground.

was

3. Tommy _____________________ the Statue of Liberty.

5. Carla _____________________ her lizard to school.

were

seen

4. How _____________________ elephants are at the zoo?

6. Have you _____________________ my dog?

brought

7. Alyssa _____________________ a new pair of skates.

9. We _____________________ standing near a snake!

many brang

saw gots

has

8. You _____________________ supposed to finish your work.

11. We _____________________ our winter boots.

saw

much

seen

10. They _____________________ a pig in the mud.

took

are

were

seen wore

was saw

weared

12. Is she _____________________ to come over?

gonna

going

13. _____________________ your cat climb trees?

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Week 7 • Day 5 Using Arrays

A Ray of Fun An array demonstrates a multiplication sentence. The first factor tells how many rows there are. The second factor tells how many there are in each row. The answer of a multiplication sentence is called the product. 2 rows 4 in each row

2x4=8

Write the multiplication sentence for each array.

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Week 7 • Day 5 Prefix un-

How Unusual! The prefix un- means either “not” or “do the opposite of” the base word. Circle each base word in the puzzle. The words go , , , and . We did the first one for you. unpack unknown

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Write a word from the list to complete each sentence.

1. It is ________________ for James to be late for school. 2. It took me ten minutes to ________________ the knot. 3. You need a key to ________________ the trunk. 4. We grew more concerned as the story began to ________________. 5. It is ________________ to wait until the last minute to do your homework. 6. Bill thought the umpire’s call was ________________.

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Helping Your Child Get Ready: Week 8 Here are some activities you and your child might enjoy. These are the skills your child will be working on this week.

Spinning Stories Cut out ten pictures from a magazine. Put them in a bag. Invite your child to take them out two or three at a time and use the pictures to tell a story.

Math

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fractions multiplication

Reading

finding the main idea reading for details comprehension

Vocabulary

proofreading/spelling sight words

Writing

sequencing commas

Grammar

singular and plural nouns sentence types

20 Questions This favorite game can be used to build thinking skills. First choose a category, such as animals. Then think of one animal. Tell your child that he or she can ask only “yes” or “no” questions to determine the animal you are thinking of. Once he or she gets the hang of it, take turns thinking of an animal while the other asks questions. Going Acrostic Provide opportunities for your child to create “acrostic” poems. To begin an acrostic poem, first write any word vertically (you may wish to start with your child’s name). Then your child uses each letter of the word as the first letter in another word—one that relates to the original word—and writes that word horizontally. Food Fractions Fractions are fun to practice using foods like pizza or various fruits. With your child, define the whole item. Then divide it in half, quarters, eighths, or more. What is the smallest piece you can make?

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk by Donald J. Sobol

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Week 8 • Day 1 Proofreading/Spelling

How to “Ride” a Poem Find and mark the ten spelling errors.

Writeing a poem Is like riding a bike Once you start riding, You ride where you like.

For exampel, I can write Any wurd I want here, As long as it rhymes And soundes good to the ear.

I can write in any style I can write in any spede, As long as my readrs Continue to read.

There’is only one danger, One risk that I run, When I sense that my readers Have stoped having fun.

At this point its’ best Not to delay Simply kick up your kickstand And just ride eway.

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Week 8 • Day 1 Singular/Plural Nouns

One, or More A singular noun names one person, place, or thing. A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. Add -s to form the plural of most nouns. A. Each sentence has an underlined noun. On the line, write S if it is a singular noun. Write P if it is a plural noun.

1. She has a new baby. 2. It is very cute. 3. She has small fingers. 4. She drinks from a bottle. 5. I can tell my friends all about it. B. Read each sentence. Underline the singular noun. Circle the plural noun.

1. The baby has two sisters. 2. The nightgown has pockets. 3. Her hand has tiny fingers. 4. My parents have a baby. 5. The father has three girls. C. Complete the chart. Write the singular or plural of each noun. Singular

Plural

fence trains

gate cows

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Week 8 • Day 2 Main Idea/Details

The Milky Way The main idea of a story tells what the story is mostly about. Details in a story tell more information about the main idea.

What do you think of when you hear the words, “Milky Way?” Do you think of a candy bar? Well, there is another Milky Way, and you live in it! It is our galaxy. A galaxy is a grouping of stars. Scientists have learned that there are many galaxies in outer space. The Milky Way is a spiral-shaped galaxy with swirls of stars spinning out from the center of it. Scientists believe there are about 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. In our solar system, many planets orbit the sun. One of them is Earth. Even from Earth, on a clear night away from city lights, you can see part of the Milky Way. It is called that because so many stars close together look like a milky white stripe across the sky. However, if you looked at it with a telescope, you would see that it is made up of thousands of stars. Complete the main idea and each detail about the story. Detail: A galaxy is a grouping of ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.

1. Detail: 6. Scientists believe there are about ___ ___ ___ billion stars in it. Detail: 5. There are many ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ in our solar system.

Detail: 2. There are many other galaxies in ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ space. Main Idea: The Milky Way is our ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.

Detail:

3.

4.

It is a ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ -shaped galaxy.

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Puzzle It Out! Use the words in the Word Box to complete the sentences below. Then write the words in the correct spaces in the puzzle. Across

Down 2. Will you share my popcorn, or do

1. My name was the first that I learned to spell. 3. Sam washed the dishes so they were sparkling

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Week 8 • Day 3 Fractions

More Fun With Fractions A fraction has two numbers. The top number tells the parts of the whole. The bottom number tells how many total parts there are.

10 B. — is the whole rectangle. 10 4 of the rectangle. Color — 10

A. 10 — is the whole circle. 10 8 of the circle. Color — 10 How much is not colored? ____

How much is not colored? ____

10 4 —-— = — 10 10

10 8 —- — = — 10 10

C. Solve this fraction equation. Cross out the dogs to help you. 10 3 —-— = 10 10

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Week 8 • Day 3 Sentence Types

Exclamations and Commands An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feeling. A command is a sentence that gives an order. A. Read each sentence. Write E on the line if the sentence is an exclamation. Write C if the sentence is a command.

1. They chase buffaloes! 2. You have to go, too. 3. Wait at the airport. 4. It snows all the time! 5. Alligators live in the sewers! 6. Look at the horse. 7. That’s a great-looking horse! 8. Write a letter to Seymour. B. Complete each exclamation and command.

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Lulu to the Rescue VOLUME X

JoAnne Altsman always thought her pet pig LuLu was a good companion. Now she also thinks of LuLu as a hero. Why? When JoAnne suffered a heart attack in 1998, LuLu saved her life. JoAnne was vacationing in her camper when she fell ill. She yelled for help, but no one heard her cries. LuLu knew that JoAnne was in trouble. She pushed through a dog door and ran to the road. She tried to stop pass-

Anyplace, USA

ing cars but had no luck. LuLu hurried back to the camper three times to see how JoAnne was. At last LuLu did something drivers were sure to notice. She lay down on the road and stuck her feet in the air. Finally, a car stopped. The driver got out and followed LuLu back to the camper. JoAnne heard the man knocking on the door. “There’s something wrong with your pig!” he yelled.

Monday, June 11

“There’s something wrong with me!” JoAnne yelled back. “Call 911!” Before long, help was on its way. Today JoAnne is well, and she’s grateful for her pet pig. Without LuLu, she would have died.

1. Where was JoAnne when she fell ill? A. on vacation B. at school

C. in her home D. at work

2. Why did LuLu push her way out of the camper and run to the road?

3. “LuLu was a good companion.” What is a companion? F. guard G. nurse

H. doctor J. friend

4. What probably happened after the man knocked on the door of the camper? Tell two things that probably happened.

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Stories of Nature Sentences should be written in the correct order to tell a story.

Finish the stories by writing a sentence about each of the last two pictures.

1.

2.

3.

First: Two birds build a nest. Next: _____________________________________________________________________ Last: ______________________________________________________________________

1.

2.

3.

First: A flower bud grows. Next: _____________________________________________________________________ Last: ______________________________________________________________________

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Time to Group The multiplication symbol ( x ) can be thought of as meaning “groups of.”

3 “groups of” 4 equals 12 3 x 4 = 12

5 “groups of” 2 equals 10. 5 x 2 = 10

Write the multiplication sentence for each diagram.

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William has five bags of hamburgers. There are seven hamburgers in each bag. On another sheet of paper, draw pictures to show the total number of hamburgers. 103

Week 8 • Day 5 Commas

The Sky’s the Limit Some sentences include a list. A comma ( ,) is used to separate each item in the list. For example: Mrs. Jones asked the class to work on pages two, three, and four.

Fill in the blanks to make a list in each sentence. Watch for commas!

1. I ate ______________________, ______________________ , and ______________________ for breakfast.

2. We stayed with Grandma on ______________________, ______________________ , and ______________________ nights.

3. I found ______________________, ______________________ , and ______________________ in my party bag.

4. The boys played ______________________, ______________________ , and ______________________ at summer camp.

5. The ______________________, ______________________ , and ______________________ ate the corn we scattered.

6. The pigs built their houses using ____________________, _____________________, and _____________________. Cut a balloon shape out of paper. On one side, list three objects that fly. On the other side, write a sentence that lists the objects shown on the right side of this page. 104


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Math in a Menu When you and your child are looking at a menu, take the opportunity to practice math concepts. Ask questions like these: Which food item costs the most? How much is it? Which item costs the least? If you bought the most expensive and the least expensive items, how much would you spend altogether?

Reading

sequencing following directions

Writing

proofreading sentence fragments

Vocabulary

word relationships common phrases

Grammar

common and proper nouns adjectives

Summer Fun With A–Z Ask your child to think about what he or she loves about summer. Then challenge him or her to write about these things in sentences that use all 26 letters of the alphabet. Encourage your child to circle each letter the first time it is used. Double Meanings Reinforce the concept of homophones with your child by challenging him or her to find two (or more!) meanings for each of these words: bob, fair, lock, pitcher. Come up with more homophones to challenge your child further. How Puzzling! Invite your child to create a jigsaw puzzle. Provide a large sheet of paper, crayons or colored markers, and scissors. First your child can draw a picture. Then he or she can cut it up into smaller pieces and mix them up. See if you, or another family member can put it back together!

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George Tea With Milk by Allen Say

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The Father of Our Country After you finish reading, go back and look for mistakes.

Use the proofreading marks to correct eight mistakes in the letter. mars

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= Make a capital letter.

?

= Add a question mark.

= Add a period.

,

= Add a comma.

!

= Add an exclamation point.

On another sheet of paper, write a letter to today’s president. The White House address is: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20500. 107


Adding Quickly The addition sentence 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20 can be written as a multiplication sentence. Count how many times 4 is being added together. The answer is 5. So, 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20 can be written as 5 x 4 = 20. Multiplication is a quick way to add.

Write a multiplication sentence for each addition sentence.

A.

5 + 5 + 5 = 15

B.

6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24

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C.

8 + 8 = 16

D.

2+2+2+2=8

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E.

7 + 7 + 7 = 21

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F.

H. 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25

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G. 9 + 9 + 9 = 27

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I. 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15

K. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5

4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16

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L. 11 + 11 + 11 = 33

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N. 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

O. 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48

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J. 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40

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M. 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32

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P. 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 36

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Today, we are going to the beach. Mom packed the picnic basket with six sandwiches, six water bottles, six candy bars, and six apples. How many items did she pack in all? 108

Week 9 • Day 2 Nouns

Common or Proper? A common noun names any person, place, or thing. A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. A proper noun begins with a capital letter. A. Is the underlined word a common noun or a proper noun? Write common or proper .

1. The girl likes to learn. 2. She goes to two schools. 3. She lives in America. B. Underline the common nouns. Circle the proper nouns.

1. April has a brother and a sister. 2. Their names are Julius and May. 3. Their parents were born in Taiwan. 4. April goes to school on Saturday. 5. She is learning a language called Mandarin. 6. May read a book about the Middle Ages. C. Underline the common nouns. Circle the proper nouns. Then write them on the chart in the correct category. 1. Last August David went to camp. 2. Many children go to a picnic on the Fourth of July. Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

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Week 9 • Day 2 Sentence Fragments

Dinnertime A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A fragment is an incomplete thought.

Write S for sentence or F for fragment. ______

1. Insects eat many different things.

______

2. Some of these things.

______

3. The praying mantis eats other insects.

______

4. Waterbugs eat tadpoles and small frogs.

______

5. Flower nectar makes good.

______

6. Nests to store their food.

______

7. The cockroach will eat almost anything.

______

8. Termites.

______

9. A butterfly caterpillar.

______ 10. Animals and people. ______ 11. Some insects will even eat paper. ______ 12. Insects have different mouth parts to help them eat.

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On another sheet of paper, write about three things you did during the day using only sentence fragments. Have someone read it. Did they understand it? Why or why not?


Scrambled Eggs Sequencing means putting the events of a story in the order in which they happened.

The sentences below are scrambled. Number them in the correct sequence.

A.

____ I took a shower. ____ I got out of bed. ____ I got dressed.

B.

____ She planted the seeds. ____ Big pink flowers bloomed. ____ Tiny green shoots came up.

C.

____ He ate the sandwich. ____ He spread some jelly on them. ____ He got out two pieces of bread.

D.

____ He slid down the slide. ____ He climbed up the ladder. ____ He landed on his feet.

E.

____ We built a snowman. ____ Low gray clouds drifted in. ____ It began to snow hard.

G. ____ The pepper spilled out of

F.

____ Firefighters put out the fire. ____ Lightning struck the barn. ____ The barn caught on fire.

H.

____ “My name is Emma.” ____ “Hi, what is your name?” ____ “It’s nice to meet you, Emma.”

J.

____ She built a nest. ____ Baby birds hatched from the eggs. ____ I saw a robin gathering straw. ____ She laid four blue eggs.

the jar. ____ I sneezed. ____ My nose began to itch.

I.

____ ____ ____ ____

I said, “Okay, do a trick first.” Rover whined for a treat. I gave him a dog biscuit. He danced on his hind legs.

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Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, or thing. A. Read each sentence. Write the adjective that describes the underlined noun on the line.

1. We live near a sparkling brook. 2. It has clear water. 3. Large fish swim in the brook. 4. Busy squirrels play near the brook. 5. You can enjoy breathing in the fresh air near the brook.

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Week 9 • Day 4 Following Directions

Sneaky Snakes Snakes are very good at hiding. Most snakes can camouflage themselves into their environment. That means they have different colors and patterns on their bodies that allow them to blend in with the colors and patterns of things around them. Camouflage helps them hide from their enemies and helps them be sneaky when they are trying to capture something to eat. For example, the emerald tree boa lives in the jungle. Its green skin makes it nearly invisible among the green leaves of the trees. Rattlesnakes live in rocky, dry places. The patterns of black, tan, and brown on their backs help them blend in with their rocky environment. The horned viper lives in the desert. Its skin is the same color as sand where it burrows underground. It is hard to see unless it is moving. Also, some snakes that are harmless look very similar to venomous snakes. The harmless milk snake is colored orange, with yellow and black stripes, much like the poisonous coral snake. The enemies of the milk snake mistake it for a coral snake because they look so much alike. Find the answers in the story. Write them in the puzzle.

1.

Write the word that starts with a v and means “poisonous.”

2.

Write another word for “tricky.”

3.

Write what helps a snake blend in with its surroundings.

4.

Write where emerald tree boas live.

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Write the name of the snake that looks like a milk snake.

Write the letters from the numbered squares in the puzzle above to fill in each box.

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Week 9 • Day 4 Word Relationships

How It Is Circle the word that best completes each sentence and write it on the line.

1. An ant is black, and a grasshopper is ____________. A. blue

B. fuzzy

C. green

2. A shirt is cotton, and a jar is ____________. A. glass

B. silk

C. jam

3. A hill is rolling, and a river is ____________. A. winding

B. rainy

C. steep

4. A daisy is white, and a rose is ____________. A. green

B. dirty

C. red

5. A ring is round, and a box is ____________. A. wool

B. square

C. happy

6. An elephant is large, and a mouse is ____________. A. small

B. huge

C. yellow

7. A puddle is muddy, and a pool is ____________. A. sad

B. clear

C. shy

8. A hammer is hard, and a pillow is ____________. A. sleepy

B. sharp

C. soft

Discuss with someone why you did not choose the other words.

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Week 9 • Day 5 Common Phrases

“Fun and Games” Some words like “hammer and nails” and “salt and pepper” just go together.

Choose a word from the box to sooner chips order sugar bacon shine error name cup cents

right sweet lost effect fun business easy gentlemen alive pots

1. cause and _______________

2. _______________ and games

3. _______________ and saucer

4. cream and _______________

5. _______________ and found

6. _______________ and address

7. ladies and _______________

8. law and _______________

9. _______________ and sour

10. nice and _______________

11. trial and _______________

12. _______________ and pans

13. fish and _______________

14. rain or _______________

15. _______________ or pleasure

16. _______________ or wrong

17. dead or _______________

18. dollars and _______________

19. _______________ and eggs

20. _______________ or later

On another sheet of paper, list three other pairs of words that go together. 115

Week 9 • Day 5 Bar Graphs

Great Graphing A. How many pennies equal 5¢? How many nickels equal 5¢? Color in the boxes on the graph to show your answers.

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B. How many pennies equal 10¢? How many nickels equal 10¢? How many dimes equal 10¢? Color in the boxes on the graph to show your answers.

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C. How many pennies equal 25¢? How many nickels equal 25¢? How many quarters equal 25¢? Color in the boxes on the graph to show your answers.

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Snappy Summaries Writing a summary is often hard for children. To help your child sharpen this important skill, have him or her create one-sentence summaries of favorite books, movies, or television shows. To do this, have your child answer this question: Who did what, when, and why ? This may take a bit of practice!

Reading

cause and effect

Writing

Comic Mix-Up Build up your child’s sequencing skills. Cut a comic strip into sections. Ask your child to put the strip in the correct order and to explain his or her thinking.

punctuating questions

Vocabulary

antonyms compound words

Wonderful Window Invite your child to look out of a window. Then ask: What do you see that begins with the letter W ? See if your child can name five things. You can try this with other letters as well.

Grammar

adjectives possessives prepositions

Travel Brochure Together, you and your child can create a “travel brochure” for someplace you have been over the summer. For example, the place could be something as local as a neighborhood swimming pool or park, or a distant place that was part of a big vacation. Write about the place (or places) and remember to include pictures, either illustrated, images found in magazines, or if possible, real photographs.

Your child might enjoy reading the following books: Rent a Third Grader by B. B. Hiller The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller

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Ten True Animal Rescues by Jeanne Betancourt Special Note: The activity for Day 4 of this week is a mini-book. Have your child tear out the page along the perforation and cut along the dotted line. After he or s he positions the two sections so the mini-book pages are in sequence, have your child staple and fold to form a book. Then he or she can complete all the puzzles in the mini-book.

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Buckets of Fun An adjective helps you imagine how something looks, feels, smells, sounds, or tastes.

Write a list of adjectives on each bucket to fit the bucket’s category.

words that describe size

words that describe taste or smell

words that describe sounds

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words that describe how something feels

words that describe weather

words that describe feelings

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Make a “mystery bag” by putting a secret object inside. Tell someone about the object inside using describing words! 119

Week 10 • Day 1 Division

Candy Boxes Steve works in a candy store. He puts candy into boxes. Each box has 10 spaces. Steve has 32 candies. Try to draw 32 candies in the boxes below. Write the number of candies in each box on the line. Write the number of any leftover candy at the bottom of the page.

Box 1:

Box 2:

Box 3:

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Week 10 • Day 2 Possessives

Whose Is It? A noun can show who owns something. To do this, add an [’] and -s. Joe is packing for a trip. He needs to pack everything on the list. Each object belongs to a different family member. Study the picture to learn who owns each thing. Then write it on the suitcase.

Emma

Kevin

Sam

skateboard bowl

Joe

Dad

hat sunglasses

Fred

Mom

bone teddy bear

1.

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4.

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2.

_________________________

5.

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3.

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6.

_________________________

On another sheet of paper, write a story about Joe’s family and their trip. 121

Week 10 • Day 2 Antonyms

The Opposite Of. . . Circle the correct word to complete each sentence and write it on the line.

1. Rich is the opposite of poor, and weak is the opposite of ____________. A. strong

B. day

C. frail

2. Give is the opposite of take, and ask is the opposite of ____________. A. get

B. answer

C. teacher

3. Help is the opposite of harm, and work is the opposite of ____________. A. hurt

B. try

C. play

4. Good is the opposite of bad, and rough is the opposite of ____________. A. smooth

B. bumpy

C. mean

5. Over is the opposite of under, and near is the opposite of ____________. A. middle

B. far

C. here

6. Warm is the opposite of cool, and safe is the opposite of ____________. A. afraid

B. cold

C. unsafe

7. Cloudy is the opposite of sunny, and early is the opposite of ____________. A. late

B. day

C. timely

8. Top is the opposite of bottom, and front is the opposite of ____________. A. whole

B. back

C. side

Discuss with someone why you did not choose the other words.

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Week 10 • Day 3 Prepositions

Where Is It? A preposition often helps tell where something is. Study the picture. Find each item in the column on the left. Then draw a line to the words that tell where it is. The prepositions are underlined.

What

Where

1. chair

a. above the door

2. bear

b. on the desk

3. shoe

c. under the bed

4. plane

d. behind the trash basket

5. cat

e. in the bed

6. computer

f. at the window

7. dog

g. near the desk

8. poster

h. over the bed

Pick three objects from the picture and write a complete sentence to tell where each object is.

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Week 10 • Day 3 Questions

Wacky World An asking sentence is called a question. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark ( ? ).

Write each question correctly.

1. why is that car in a tree

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2. should that monkey be driving a bus

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3. did you see feathers on that crocodile

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4. can elephants really lay eggs

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5. is that my mother covered in spots

_________________________________________________________________________________ On another sheet of paper, draw your own picture of a wacky world. Write two questions about your picture.

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Week 10 • Day 5 Cause and Effect

Where the Sun Shines Florida is known for its pleasant weather. In fact, it has earned the nickname “Sunshine State.” As a result of its warm, sunny climate, Florida is a good place for growing fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits. Many older people go to live in Florida. They enjoy the good weather. Northerners on vacation also visit Florida for the same reason. Read the paragraph. Then complete the cause-and-effect map.

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During which season do most people probably go to Florida? Tell why you think so.

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Week 10 • Day 5 Geometric Shapes

Shape Sleuth Read the riddle. Then circle the answer. 1. I have no corners. I look more like a baseball than a dime.

2. I have three corners and three sides. I look like a sail on a small boat.

a. square

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b. circle

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c. sphere

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3. I have six sides. I look more like a gift box than a newspaper.

4. Put me on my side and I can roll. I look like a soup can.

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b. hexagon

b. cube

c. rectangular prism

c. circle

5. I look like a party hat and something that stops traffic.

6. I have four sides. I look more like a door than a building.

a. square

a. triangle

b. cone

b. octagon

c. sphere

c. rectangle

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Things We Use People use different tools to do things Read the list Draw a ine from each player to the things for that sport

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About 30 years ago, some fishermen were on their boat near Iceland. Suddenly they saw smoke coming from the sea. Then the top of a volcano rose out of the water. Soon red-hot rock began to pour down its sides. It looked like the sea was on fire. At last the volcano cooled down. It became a new island. People named the island Surtsey.

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Present Tense

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Panda Pair

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Quotation Ma ks

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Have you ever had a string bean sandwich? Most students wouldn’t want that for lunch! What is the favorite sandwich in America’s school lunches? If you said peanut butter and jelly, you’d be right. Other popular sandwiches are ham and bologna. Cheese is the fourth favorite sandwich. Many students also like turkey sandwiches. What is the topic of the paragraph? Write it in the center circle Find five details that tell about the topic Write them in the web

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Week 4 • Day 2

Week 4 • Day 2

Verbs

Expandng Sentences

What Happened?

dive

climb

throw

plays

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4

climb

play

2

math problems

Mystery Bags

Fill in the blanks

mixed kicked climbed

Across

Week 4 • Day 5

How Many Legs?

kick

8

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Week 4 • Day 5

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ounces pounds

15 A paintbrush

Verbs tell when action takes place Past tense verbs tell about action that happened in the past Most pasttense verbs end in ed

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2 turkeys

pounds

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1 From this letter, what can you tell about the picture of Morey that he sent to Vera? A He is riding a tricycle C He is in his driveway B He is not wearing a helmet D He is looking scared

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April 11 DearMorey I just gotyourletterwiththepictureof youridin gyourbike Fromthe smil eon your face I can tell howmuch funyou’r e havin g I stillrememberwhen youcould hardly ridea tricycle You’ve come a long way! Nowhere’ssomeadvic e I’msureyou’rea good rider But youwill fall offthatbike nowandthen Soplease getyourself a helm et Wearit everytimeyou ride Ahelmet will help protect youfroma head inju ry Wearing ahelmet when youridea bike is asimportantas wearing your seat belt when yourideina car! No I’m nott ryingto bea bossy knowitall Ijustdon’twanta badfalltowipethatsmile off your face When youcome tovisit this summer bringyourbikeandyourhelmet Welltakesome greatridestogether! Your cousin Vera

One day Alisha’s little brother found three dolars “Look!” he said “Now I can buy a pony!” “I think a pony will cost too much ” Alisha said “ Shall I help you find something to spend it on?” “Okay ” he said He put the money in his pocket “Ice cream might be a good thing to spend t on” said Alisha “What kind do you want?” “I only ike one kind Chocolate ” said her brother “I think chocolate is the best kind too ” said Alisha

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1 turkey

pounds

ounces pounds

Week 4 • Day 3

How many legs on

ounces

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Lost and Found

How many legs on

pounds

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1 When Alisha says a pony will cost 3 The opposite of found is too much she means a kept a Three do lars is more than b forgot enough money to buy c lost a pony b A pony costs a lot more than 4 Which word means the same as kind in this story? three dollars c f her brother had found three a nice dolars he could buy a pony b chld c type 2 When Alisha says “I think chocolate is the best kind too ” the word too 5 In the dictionary the word only means appears a between the words lonely a also and quiet b two b after the word totally c not at all c before the wordnight

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Weight can be measured in ounces (oz) and pounds (b ) 16 oz = 1 lb Which unit of measure would you use to weigh the items below? Under ine the more sensible measure

A sentenceis more interestingwhen it givesexact information

Replace each more exact

Choose the correct action word from the box to complete each sentence Write t on the ine You may use each word once

run

Measu ement

Weight Watcher

Football Frenzy

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Every country has its own flag. Japan has a white flag with a red circle on it. The red circle stands for the sun. Japan’s name means the “land of the rising sun.” Canada also has a red and white flag. But its flag has a white background with two wide red stripes. In the center of the flag is a red maple leaf. The maple tree is a symbol of Canada.

red and white

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now

2 The producers are happy

now

3 The actors were funny

past

4 The movie studio is interested in the story

now

5 I am excted about the movie

now

6 I was sad at the end

past

red circle for sun

3 What does Canada’s flag have in the center? red maple leaf 4 How are the backgrounds of the two flags different?

Japan: white background; Canada: white background with 2 red stripes Write your answers in the correct parts of the circles

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Read the paragraph Then answer the questions

2 What does Japan’s flag have in the center?

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Verbs

Foreign Flags

1 What colors are both flags?

Week 5 • Day 2

Week 5 • Day 1

Compare/Contrast

Canada Both

red and white

red circle for sun, white background

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red maple leaf, white background with 2 red stripes


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Week 5 • Day 2

Week 5 • Day 3

Multplcation

Contractons

Field Trip Cars 1

Week 5 • Day 3 Homophones

Contractions With not

Chilly or Chili?

A contraction is two words made into one word An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters In a contraction not becomes n’t

Josie’s class is going to the teddy bear factory. Three children will ride in each car. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each car.

Homophones arewordsthatsoundthe samebut arespe leddifferentlyandhave differentmeanings

Write the correct homophone in each blank to complete the sentences

Read each sentence Wrte a contraction for the underlined words

1

bored, board Some of the

quite

How many cars do they need? 2

3

Pete’s class is going to see the elephant seals. Five children will ride in each van. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each van.

How many vans do they need? 3

3

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couldn’t

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wasn’t

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aren’t

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don’t

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Would you fix me some tea and a bowl of cereal? 8

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My ant and uncle lived oversees four too years in Madrid

9

Alex was sick with the flue and mist a hole weak of school

Alex was sick with the flu and missed a whole week of school.

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Compare/Contrast

Week 5 • Day 5 Number Words

Proofreading Spelling

A State Apart

Garage Sale

Cow Code

Find and mark the ten spelling errors

great

Riddle:Wheredo cows go for entertainment?

Wehavegratestuffandbig bargain s!

Supplies

Office Supplys

Clothing

• B g boxes of old newspaper

• Singe eft shoes

• Ba lpoint pens that are out of ink

• Socks wth hoales

• B oken rubber bands

• Jackets w th b oken zippe s

• Empty prin er ink containers

• Sleeves that we e cut off a shrt

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big forests, rich in minerals 3 & 2 s e d r G n e e w e B s s e p x E r m m u S c c t a o h c S

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Household Goods

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The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is larger in area than the Upper Peninsula Add this fact to the diagram

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I want to buy a new pair of shoes, but I do not have a cent left.

Week 5 • Day 4

Both

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attract tourists, part of Michigan, surrounded by Great Lakes


My aunt and uncle lived overseas for two years in Madrid.

63

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day

I’ll meet you at eight in the morning. 7

62

The state of Michigan has two parts the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula. Peninsulas are long arms of land that jut into water. Both of Michigan’s peninsulas are almost surrounded by the Great Lakes. The Upper Peninsula has many big forests. It is also rich in minerals. The Lower Peninsula has more people and large cities. Most of the state’s industry is in the Lower Peninsula. Both peninsulas attract tourists who come to spend vacations in Michigan.

bare

On another sheet of paper rewrite each sentence using the correct homophones

Write a sentence using a contraction you wrote 3 & 2 s e

board

bored

2

6

Rosa’s class is going to the Space Museum. Eight children will ride in each small bus. Draw a circle around the children who will ride in each bus.

How many small buses do they need?

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o

• Old dor knobs

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22

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17

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Week 5 • Day 5

Week 6 • Day 1

Combn ng Sentences

Comprehension

Cake and Ice Cream

Cleaning the Alligator’s Teeth

Twosentencesthat sharethesamesubjectcan becombinedto makeonesentence byusingthe word and

Rewrite the sentences by combining their endings

1

The alligator asked f I Would clean his dirty teeth I climbed inside his jagged jaws And brushed up underneath

The party was fun The party was exciting

The party was fun and exciting 2

I felt his two jaws start to close His sharp teeth touched my skin I yelled “I’m not a sandwich! Open up and give a grin!”

We blew up orange balloons We blew up red balloons

We blew up orange and red balloons. 3

We ate cake We ate ice cream

4

The cake frosting was green The cake frosting was yellow

The alligator laughed and made His two jaws open wide I said “The next time you do that I’ll have to pinch your hide”

We ate cake and ice cream.

He gave another ’gator laugh That shook me head to toe I finished brushing all his teeth And said “I’ve got to go ”

The cake frosting was green and yellow. 5

We made a bookmark We made a clay pot

We made a bookmark and a clay pot. We brought games We brought prizes

6

We brought games and prizes.

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jaws

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wide

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Week 6 • Day 1

Week 6 • Day 2

Comprehenson

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Cleaning the Alligator’s Teeth Look at the numbers in the shapes inside the fish

Fill in the blanks with the word that best completes the sentence

claws

teeth

ears

mouth

many

6 5 2 7 9

in the in the in the in the in the

tens place hundreds place ones place tens place hundreds place

The verb to have is irregular Use have or has to tell about the present Use had to tel about the past

Color the space . . . green blue yellow orange red

Choose the correct word from the chart to complete each sentence

I n t he Pr ese nt

laugh

yell

3

bite

clean

jaws

start

grin

wide

stood

bean mean seen

claws jam laws

dart star cart

win fin pin

wind hide ride

good stop hood

a blue shirt on

had

6 Yesterday we both

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Week 6 • Day 3

Building Sentences

Building Sentences

Comprehension

Play Ball What’s your favorite ball game? Many people like sports in which they throw a ball. In bowling and basketball, you throw a ball. Other people play games in which they hit a ball. Golf and tennis are two examples. Still another game in which a ball is hit is lacrosse. A third kind of ball game calls for kicking a ball. Players kick balls in soccer, football, rugby, and of course, kickball.

A sentence s more interestingwhen t includesa subject,an action, and a part that tells whereor when

Write three sentences and draw pictures to match

action

where or when

y. i l l v a r e r s w A n s w

A boy climbs a tree in his backyard

c n

Week 6 • Day 4

Slide Show

subject

m m S

a bike

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Week 6 • Day 3

Write a sentence to match each picture Be sure to include a subject an action and a part that tells where or when


skates

74

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Get Your Ticket!

3 & 2 s e

to walk to the park

c t a o h c S

72

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red shirts on

had

7 Last year we

5

old shoes

a green shirt on

has

5 Joe

4

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1

had

have

4 I

Rhyme Time

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new shoes too

3 Last week we

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new running shoes

have

2 I

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has

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2

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have, has

1

lick

sharp

4 His

chew

If there is a . . .

jaws

close

3 I fe t his two jaws start to open

tail

jaws

2 I climbed inside his jagged nose

Use the information in the key at right to color the shapes

teeth

scales

Verbs

Verbs have , had

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Reading Comprehension

1 The aligator asked if I would clean his dirty

Week 6 • Day 2

Read the paragraph Then answer the questions

1

1 What are four sports where you kick a bal? soccer, footbal, rugby, kickball subject

action

where or when

2 What are three sports in which you hit a ball? go f, tennis, lacrosse 3 In what games do you throw a ball? basketball, bowling

y. i l l v a r e r s w A n s w 2

y i l l v a r e r s w A n s w

Hitting a Ball

c c t a o h c S

action

where or when


3


v a r y.

3 Switchthe sentencepartsaroundtomakethreesillysentences!Wr tethe sentences onanothersheetofpaper.

Finda cartoonin thenewspaper.Usethe picturesto writeasentenceonanothersheetof paper.Be sureto includea subject,an actio n,anda partthattellswhereor when. 75

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Throwing a Ball

Kicking a Ball

2 subject


Use your answers to complete the chart

.



c

c

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

golf

basketball

soccer

tennis

bowling

football

lacrosse

baseball

rugby

baseball

kickball

What do you do with the ball in baseball? Add basebal to the chart 77

76

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Week 6 • Day 4

Week 6 • Day 5

Pronouns

Tel ng Tme

Send In the Subs   

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9

9

she

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50

minutes after

3

25

minutes to

8

10

minutes to

4

11 12 1 10 2

11 12 1 10 2

9

9

3 4 7 6

They blow their whistles.

1

2


3

v a r y.

5 The ball roll s into the fie ld

It rolls into the field. Check your sentences Did you begin them with a capital letter?

3 & 2 s e

3 & 2 s e



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5

15

minutes after

9

25

minutes after

6

45

minutes to

10

35

minutes to

7

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m S

c n

c n

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

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9

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5


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10

55

minutes to

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Week 7 • Day 1

Fractions

SentencePunctuation

Statements and Questions

Something that is splt in 2 equal parts is divided in “half ”

A statement is a sentence that tells something It ends with a period A question is a sentence that asks something It ends with a question mark

These two shapes are divided in half

A Read each sentence Write Q on the line if the sentence si a question Write S if the sentence is a statement

A fraction has a number on the top:

1

A fraction has a number on the bottom, too:

2

Thetopnumber tellsthe “fraction,” orparts, ofthe whole. Thebottomnumber tellsthe numberof partsin thewhole. A

Draw a line to matchthe picture with a fraction.

2 2 B 3 & 2 s e

2 12

1 Where did the ant live?

Q

2 The ant had many cousins

S

3 She found the crumb under a leaf

S

4 How will she carry it?

Q

5 Who came along first?

Q

6 The lizard wouldn’t help

S

7 He said he was too cold

S

8 Why did the rooster fly away?

Q

B The sentences below do not make sense Rewr te the words in the correct order

2 3

1 How crumb did carry the ant the?

How did the ant carry the crumb?

Thetop numberin these fractionstells you howmanypartsto color.Try it!

3 & 2 s e

2 She herself it carried


color

m m S

1 2

color


She carried t herself.

2 2

m m S

c n

c n

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

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84


Comprehenson

Combning Sentences

c


A-maze-ing Verbs

Great Gardening Tips

To complete the maze pass only through the correct sentences An incorrect sentence is like a wall in the maze You cannot pass through it The correct path takes you through nine boxes

Sentences canalso becombinedto makethemmoreinteresting Keywordscan helpputtwo sentences together old:I willplanmy garden.I amwaitingforspring. new:I willplanmy gardenwhileI amwaitingforspring.

a r S t

Write a new sentence using the key word in each flower

1

Fill a cup with water Add some flower seeds

and

2

This wil soften the seeds They are hard

because

Jake and Sam buys candy

Lilly draw a picture

Jake and Sam wrtes

stories

Lily

3

try

smoke

gray

tray

smile

trick

smack

truck

smell

Fill a cup with dirt The seeds soak in water

while

thinked

Fill a cup with dirt while the seeds soak in water.

SM

green

Sam was nice

Jake thought

hard

4

Bury the seeds in the cup The dirt covers them

Add water to the plant Do not add too much

but

Add water to the plant but do not add too much. Add at least two more words to each group on the chart

6

c t a o h c S

Set the cup in the sun The plant w ll grow

so

Set the cup in the sun so the plant wi l grow. 85

Sam wrote a letter

until

Bury the seeds in the cup until the dirt covers them. 5

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Sam held his nose

I talks a lot

This will soften the seeds because they are hard.

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t

Lily drew a picture

Fill a cup with water and add some flower seeds.

Use the paragraph to write four headings for the chart Then wr te examples under each heading

grumpy

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Blending In


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Fraction Fun

GR


Read your adjectives to a friend Can your friend guess what the surprise is? If not can you think of better adjectives? 79

BL blue black blink blob blanket blimp

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2:05

6

minutes after

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How are the following words alike: blue, bla k, blink? If you said they all begin with bl, you’re right. Some other words that begin with these letters are blob, blanket, and blimp. Letter pairs like bl are “blends.” Blends are two or more consonants that work together. What blend do the following words begin with: green, gray, grumpy ? Two other blends are tr and sm. Words such as smoke, smile, try, tray, smack, trick, truck, and smell begin with these blends.

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v a r y.

4

8

9:55

5

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4 Leo looks for his glove

He looks for his glove.

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4

8

5

9:15

3

We warm up.

Think of a surprise to hide in each box Then write four adjectives to describe t

7

8

3 Matt and I warm up

3:50

minutes after

She swings the bat.

moving

5

35

2 Mr Bartle t and Mr Jones blow their whis tles

high

puffy

3 7 6

2

white

4

8

5

7:35

Tanya swings the bat

clouds 11 12 1 10 2

1

1

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Read the words on the box What do they descrbe?

1 15 15 minutes after 1 45 minutes to 2

11 12 1 10 2

8

they

Use adjectives to describe an object

Wrte the time 3 ways

The nouns in these sentences need a rest Pick a pronoun to replace the underlined word(s) Then write the sentence with the pronoun

he

Adjectves

Describing a Surprise

Prime Timer

A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun

Week 6 • Day 5



c

c

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

Yesterday Lily bring Pete to school

Jake bought some candy

Lilly brought

Pete to school

Lily and Pete

Jake

walked

laughed

home

at Sam’s joke

Sam

My head hurts

hurted

his toe 87

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Week 7 • Day 4

Week 7 • Day 3

Three Nests

Verbs

Fool the Birds

You can use adjectives to compare things To compare two things add er to the adjective To compare three or more things add est

Read the sentences Then f ll in the chart so the correct form of each adjective is under each bird’s name

Biddie clean

Betty cleaner

Birdie cleanest

new ______________ small ______________ warm ______________ round ______________ neat ______________ soft ______________

newer ______________ smaller ______________ warmer ______________ rounder ______________ neater ______________ softer ______________

newest ______________ smallest ______________ warmest ______________ roundest ______________ neatest ______________ softest ______________

aaaaa Color the word that is missing from each sentence and wrte it on the line

A woman in Virginia had a problem. Birds ate all the seeds she carefully planted. The woman put brown belts along the newly planted rows in her garden. Just as she had hoped, the birds thought the belts were snakes! As a result, the birds stayed out of the garden. The woman’s plants grew in peace.

Biddie Bird has a friend named Betty Betty always wants to outdo Biddie If Biddie has a clean nest Betty has a cleaner nest Biddie and Betty have another friend named Birdie She ikes to outdo both Biddie and Betty So she has the cleanest nest

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Week 7 • Day 4

Cause and Effect

Comparisons

1

Read the paragraph Then complete the causeand effect map

Cause

First Effect

put brown belts in garden

birds eating seeds

1 Betty’s nest is newer than Biddie’s 2 Biddie has a sma l nest 3 Birdie has the warmest nest of all 4 Biddie’s nest is round 5 Birdie bult the neatest nest 6 Betty has a softer nest than Biddie On another sheet of paper use the words you wrote on the chart to draw a picture of each bird’s nest

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c n

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There

3

Tommy

4

How

many brought

Carla Have you

birds thought bets were snakes

7

Alyssa

8

You

are were

plants grew in peace

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has

9

We They

saw

11

We

wore

12

Is she

gots

standing near a snake!

our winter boots

brang

saw

a new pair of skates

going

has are

wore

your cat climb trees?

is

were

was

seen

to come over?

many

brought

seen

a pig in the mud

saw

much

supposed to finish your work

Does

13 What conclusions can you make about birds and snakes?

her lizard to school

were

seen

elephants are at the zoo?

my dog?

took

was

the Statue of Liberty

seen

10

taked

frost on the ground

saw

6

saw weared

gonna

going

Do

Does


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brought

Rosie

cookies to the bake sale

brang

brought

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Week 7 • Day 5

Week 7 • Day 5

Using A rays

Prefix un

A Ray of Fun

How Unusual!

An array demonstratesa multip licaton sentence Thefirst factor tellshowmanyrowsthereare Thesecond factor tellshowmanythereare ineach row Theanswerofa multip licationsentenceis called the product

The prefix un means ether “not” or “do the opposite of” the base word Circle each base word in the puzzle The words go ‡ ‚ ‰ and Ê We did the first one for you unpack unknown

2 rows 4in eachrow

8

2

5

birds stayed away from garden

a spelling test yesterday

was

Other Effects

88

2 x4

took

We

untie unfold

unload unable

unlock unfair

unwind unusual

undo unwise

Write the mutip ication sentence for each array

A

B

2x3=6

C

3x3=9

E

F

1x3=3

4x2=8 G

4 x 3 = 12

I

D

J

2 x 6 = 12

3 x 4 = 12

3 x 6 = 18

5 x 3 = 15

5x1=5

7 x 2 = 14

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Itwas timeforourfamilyphoto.Thephotographerarrangedus intofourrows.Therewere sixpeople neachrow. Howmanypeoplein allwerein thephoto?Onanothersheetof paper,drawan arrayto solvethisproblem.

24 people. Check array.

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unusual

t is

for James to be late for school

untie

2

t took me ten minutes to

3

You need a key to

4

We grew more concerned as the story began to

unwise

5 t is 6

unlock

the knot the trunk

3 & 2 s e

unfold

to wait until the last minute to do your homework

B ll thought the umpire’s call was


unfair

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Week 8 • Day 1

Proofreadng Spelling

Singular Plural Nouns

Week 8 • Day 2 Main Idea Details

One, or More

How to “Ride” a Poem Find and mark the ten spelling errors

The Milky Way

A singular noun names one person place or thing A plural noun names more than one person place or thing Add s to form the plural of most nouns

Wrteing a poem

The mainidea ofa storytellswhatthe storyismostlyabout Details ina storytell moreinformationaboutthema n idea

What do you think of when you hear the words “Mi ky Way?” Do you think of a candy bar? Well there is another Miky Way and you ive in t! It is our galaxy A galaxy is a grouping of stars Scientists have learned that there are many galaxies in outer space The Milky Way is a spiralshaped galaxy w th swirls of stars spinning out from the center of it Scientists believe there are about 200 bilion stars in the Miky Way In our solar system many planets orbt the sun One of them is Earth Even from Earth on a clear night away from city lights you can see part of the Milky Way It is called that because so many stars close together look lke a miky wh te stripe across the sky However if you looked at t w th a telescope you would see that it is made up of thousands of stars

A Each sentence has an underlined noun On the ine write S if it is a singular noun Write P if it is a plural noun

Is ike ridng a bike Once you start rding You ride where you ike

For examp l I can write

o

1 She has a new baby

S

2 It is very cute

S

3 She has small fingers

P

4 She drinks from a bottle

S

And soundes good to the ear

5 I can tell my friends all about it

P

I can wite n any style

B Read each sentence Under ine the singular noun Circle the plural noun

I can wite n any spede

1 The baby has two sisters

Any wud I want here As long as it hymes

e

As long as my readrs

Complete the main idea and each detail about the story

2 The nightgown has pockets

Continue to ead

There s ony one danger

c

Have soped having fun

C Complete the chart Write the singular or plural of each noun

At ths point is best

Not to deay Smp y kick up your kckstand

a

And just ride eway

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billion stars in it

p

c t a o h c S

2

Sngular

Pural

fence

fences

train

trains

gate

gates

cow

cows



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5

p l

Detail: There are many

a n

e t

Detail: There are many other galaxies in u t e r space

Main Idea: The Milky Way is our

5 The father has three girls

it’s

s

2 0 0

4 My parents have a baby

When I sense that my eaders

a r

believe there are about

One risk that I run


s t

6 Scientists

3 Her hand has tiny fingers

There’s

Detail: A galaxy is a grouping of

1 Detail:

g a

l a x y

s

Detail:

3

in our solar system

It is a

s p i

r a l

shaped galaxy

4

Detail: The Milky Way looks like a milky

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stripe in the sky 97

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Week 8 • Day 2

Week 8 • Day 3

Sght Words

a

Puzzle It Out!

word

that I learned to spell

3 Sam washed the dishes so they were

4 The weather today is

carry

3 She has to

clean

sparkling

own

you want your

A. 10 — is the whole circle. 10 8 of the circle. Color — 10

?

2 10 How much is not colored? ____

the baby

because he’s too ittle to walk

warm

An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feeling A command is a sentence that gives an order

A fraction has two numbers The top number te ls the parts of the whole The bottom number tells how many total parts there are

Down 2 Wll you share my popcorn or do

1 My name was the first

Sentence Types

Exclamations and Commands

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Use the words in the Word Box to complete the sentences below Then write the words in the correct spaces in the puzzle Across

Week 8 • Day 3

A Read each sentence Write E on the line if the sentence is an exclamation Write C if the sentence is a command

10 B. — is the whole rectangle. 10 4 of the rectangle. Color — 10

2 You have to go too 3 Wait at the airport

but not hot

5 Aligators live in the sewers! 6 Look at the horse

night and we’re having them

again

7 That’s a greatlooking horse!

tonight

8 Wrte a letter to Seymour

ready

teacher said we were

6 10 4 — -— = — 10 10 10

2 10 8 — -— = — 10 10 10

for third 1

Word Box carry

warm

own

clean

again

word

3

c a

l

B Complete each exclamation and command

1 I feel

2

w o r d w e a n

7 10

10 3 —-— = 10 10

r

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6

a g a i n

4 I lost

d y

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3 & 2 s e



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c n

c n

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

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Week 8 • Day 4

Week 8 • Day 4

Comprehenson

Sequencing

Lulu to the Rescue


Stories of Nature

Anyplace USA

Time to Group

Sentences shouldbe writtenin thecorrectorderto tella story

Monday June 11

“There’ssomethin g wrong withme!” JoAnne yelled back “Call911!” Beforelong help wason itsway TodayJoAnneis well andshe’sgratefulfor herpetpig WithoutLuLu shewould havedied

Themultipicaton symbol( x ) can bethought of as meanng groupsof

Finish the stories by writing a sentence about each of the last two pictures

1

2

3 g roups of 4 equals 12 3 x 4 12

3


Next:

E

v a r y.

C in her home D at work

4x1

1

2

3

To get help for JoAnne

F guard G nurse

First: A flower bud grows.

camper? Tell two things that probably happened

Next:

Answers will vary.

c n


Last:

c t a o h c S

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v a r y.

3 & 2 s e



m m S

m m S

c n

c n

c t a o h c S

c t a o h c S

4

6 x 3 = 18

Week 9 • Day 1

Commas

Proofreading

Somesentencesincludea list A comma ( ,) is usedto separateeach itemin the list

After you fin sh reading,go back and look for mistakes

For example: Mrs Jones asked the class to work on pages two three and four

Use the proofreading marks to correct eight mistakes in the letter

,

8 x 3 = 24

2

2 x 2 = 4

4 x 5 = 2 P

5 x 4 = 20

7 x 2 = 14

Willia mhasfive bagsofhamburgers.Thereare sevenhamburgersin eachbag.Onanother sheet ofpaper,drawpictures toshowthe totalnumberof hamburgers.

=Make acapitalletter.

?

=Add aquestionmark.

=Adda period.

,

=Adda comma.

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Week 9 • Day 1 Multplcation

Adding Quickly

!

The addition sentence 4 +4 + 4 + 4 +4 20 can be written as a multip icat on sentence Count how many times 4 is being added together The answer is 5 So 4 + 4 +4 + 4 +4 20 can be written as 5 x 4 20 Multiplication s a quick way to add

=Add anexclamationpoint.

Write a mu tiplication sentence for each addition sentence

A

,

5 + 5 + 5 = 15

B

3 x 5 15

6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24

4 x 6 24 =

for breakfast

We stayed with Grandma on

C

,

, and

D

8 + 8 = 16

2 x 8 16

I found

nights

a r y. w i ll v n c e s S e n t e ,

and

4

3 x 6 = 18

6 x 1 = 6

,

E

,

The boys played

7 + 7 + 7 = 21

=

F

3 x 7 21

,

H

?

, and

?

5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25

4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16

G

4 x 4 16

=

in my party bag

2+2+2+2=8

4 x 2 8

=

3

L

O

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and

6 x 4 = 24

K

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The Father of Our Country

.

H

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Week 8 • Day 5

mars

4 x 3 = 12

8 x 2 = 16

J

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Fil in the blanks to make a list in each sentence Watch for commas!

3 x 5 = 15

Check diagram. 35 hamburgers

The Sky’s the Limit

I ate

3 & 2 s e

D

G

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1

=

M

H doctor J friend

4 What probably happened after the man knocked on the door of the

m m S

3 x 3 = 9

2 x 6 = 12

3 “LuLu was a good companion” What is a companion? a r G n e e w e B s s r p x E r e

C

F

I

2 Why did LuLu push her way out of the camper and run to the road?

3 & 2 s e

B

2 x 4 = 8 First: Two birds build a nest.

1 Where was JoAnne when she fell ill?

5 g roups of 2 equals 10 5 x 2 10

Wr te the multiplication sentence for each diagram

A

Last:

A on vacation B at school


c t a o h c S

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ingcars buthadnoluck LuLuhurried backto the camperthree times to see howJoAnnewas At last LuLu did some thingdriversweresure to notice Shelaydownon the road andstuck herfeet inthe air Finally a car stopped Thedrivergotout andfol lowedLuLubacktothe camper JoAnne heardthe manknocking on thedoor “There’ssomethin g wrong withyour pig!”he yelle d

3 & 2 s e

7 Please let me

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JoAnne Altsmanalways thought herpetpigLuLu wasa good companion Now shealso thinksofLuLuas a hero Why? When JoAnne suffereda heartattackin 1998 LuLu savedher life JoAnne wasvacatio ning inhercamper when shefell ill Sheyelledforhelp but nooneheardhercries LuLu knewthat JoAnne wasin trouble Shepushedthrough adogdoorandranto the road Shetried tostoppass

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6 Come watch the

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3 That’s a

—

5 Turn the

w a r m r

5

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2 Help your

C Solve this fraction equation Cross out the dogs to help you

4

ready

E E C E C

4 It snows all the time!

6 We had burgers for dinner last

5 At the end of second grade our

E C C

1 They chase buffaloes!

6 10 How much is not colored? ____

I

5 x 5 25

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15

=

J

5 x 3 15

=

9 + 9 + 9 = 27

3 x 9 27

=

10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40

4 x 10 40

=

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at summer camp K

5 The

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1+1+1+1+1=5

L

5 x 1 5

and

6

ate the corn we scattered

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8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32

4 x 8 32

=

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3 & 2 s e

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11 + 11 + 11 = 33

3 x 11 33

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12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48

4 x 12 48 =

P

9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 36

4 x 9 36

Today, we are going to the beach. Mom packed the picnic basket with s x sandwiches, six water bottles, six candy bars, and six apples. How many items did she pack in all? 24 items

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Week 9 • Day 2

Week 9 • Day 2

Nouns

Sentence Fragments

Common or Proper?

S

1

Insects eat many different things

2

Some of these things

common

2 She goes to two schools

common

F

3 She ives in America

proper

S

3

The praying mantis eats other insects

B Under ine the common nouns Circle the proper nouns

S

4

Waterbugs eat tadpoles and smal frogs

1 April has a brother and a sister

F

5

Flower nectar makes good

F

6

Nests to store their food

4 April goes to school on Saturday

S

7

The cockroach will eat almost anything

5 She is learning a language called Mandarin

F

8 Termtes

6 May read a book about the Middle Ages

F

9

A butterfly caterpilar

C Underline the common nouns Circle the proper nouns Then wrte them on the chart in the correct category

F

10

Animals and people

1 Last August David went to camp

S

11

Some insects will even eat paper

S

12

Insects have different mouth parts to help

2 Their names are Juius and May 3 Their parents were born in Taiwan

2 Many chldren go to a picnic on the Fourth of July

m S

c t a o h c S

them eat

Proper Nouns

camp

August

children

David

c n

picnic

Fourth of July

Onanothersheetof paper,writeaboutthreethingsyou diddurng thedayusingonly sentencefragments.Havesomeoneread t.Didthey understandit?Whyor whynot?

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It has clear water

3

Large fish swim in the brook

4

Busy squirrels play near the brook

2

4

I hear

5

I l ke the

sparkling

Large Busy fresh

1

taste of pickles 1 & K s e



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m m S

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c n

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c t a o h c S

1

2

Write another word for “tricky ”

3

Write what helps a snake blend in wth its surroundings

4

Write where emerald tree boas ive

5 3 & 2 s e

Write the word that starts with a v and means “poisonous ”

v e 2 s 3 c a m 4 j r a t t

n n o u l 6 s c o r a l

5

9

2

5

6

16

8

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12

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m a f g s n s

7

4

c t a o h c S

effect

2

fun

5

lost

and found

6

name

bacon

The pepper splled out of the jar I sneezed My nose began to itch

H

3 2

2 1 3

“My name is Emma” “Hi what is your name?” “It’s nice to meet you Emma ”

2 1 4 3

I said “Okay do a trick first” Rover whined for a treat I gave him a dog biscuit He danced on his hind legs

J

2 4

She built a nest Baby birds hatched from the eggs I saw a robin gathering straw She laid four blue eggs

1 3

Circle the word that best completes each sentence and write it on the line

Write what is the same color as the horned viper Write the name of the snake that looks lke a mik snake

green

1 An ant is black and a grasshopper is A blue

B fuzzy

C green

glass

2 A shirt is cotton and a jar is A glass

B sik

C jam

winding

3 A hll is roling and a river is A winding

B rainy

C steep

red

4 A daisy is white and a rose is A green

A wool

u s y a g e e a k e s

B dirty

C red

square

B square

C happy

6 An elephant is large and a mouse is A small

20

11

B huge

small

C yellow

21

13

7 A puddle is muddy and a pool is A sad

19

a k e

B clear

A sleepy

B sharp

clear C shy 3 & 2 s e d r G n e e w e B s s e p x E r

soft C soft

Wrte the letters from the numbered squares in the puzzle above to fi l in each box

a t c

o u t

f o r

s n e a k y

m m u S

Discusswithsomeonewhyyou didnot choosethe otherwords.

s n a k e s

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Week 10 • Day 1 Adjectves

Buckets of Fun

Great Graphing

An adjective helpsyouimaginehowsomethinglooks feels smells sounds ortastes

A How many pennies equal 5¢? How many nickels equal 5¢? Color in the boxes on the graph to show your answers

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

B How many pennies equal 10¢? How many nickels equal 10¢? How many dimes equal 10¢? Color in the boxes on the graph to show your answers

cream and

19

1

8 A hammer is hard and a pillow is

7

1

4

17 dead or

G

Nickels

and saucer

business

Firefighters put out the fire Lightning struck the barn The barn caught on fire

Wrte a ist of adjectives on each bucket to fit the bucket’s category

cup

15

3 1 2

Pennies

3

13 f ish and

F

15

Common Phrases

right sweet lost effect fun business easy gentlemen alive pots

sweet

We bult a snowman Low gray clouds drifted in It began to snow hard

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o k l l n d n

1

Week 9 • Day 5

Choose a word from the box to

9

3 1 2

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Somewordslike“hammerandnails”and “saltandpepper”justgo together

11 trial and

E

5 A ring is round and a box is 17

6

“Fun and Games”

ladies and

He slid down the slide He climbed up the ladder He landed on his feet

How It Is

3

Write what snakes live in rocky 7 places and have black tan and brown patterned skin

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2 1 3

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c n c t a o h c S

Find the answers in the story Write them in the puzzle

Writethreesentencesthat tellaboutthefoodsyou ikethebest.Use adjectives n yourdescription.

1

He ate the sandwich He spread some jely on them He got out two pieces of bread

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A Is the underlined word a common noun or a proper noun? Write common or proper


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Dinnertime

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words thatdescribe weather

words thatdescribe feelings

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Possessives

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Whose Is It?

Candy Boxes Steve works in a candy store He puts candy into boxes Each box has 10 spaces Steve has 32 candies Try to draw 32 candies in the boxes below Wr te the number of candies in each box on the line Write the number of any leftover candy at the bottom of the page

The Opposite Of. . .

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Circle the correct word to complete each sentence and wr te it on the line

Joe is packing for a trip He needs to pack everything on the ist Each object belongs to a different family member Study the picture to learn who owns each thing Then write it on the suitcase

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Write each question correctly

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why is that car in a tree

Why is that car in a tree?

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During which season do most people probably go to Florida? Tell why you think so

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