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Phonics Syllable Pattern Review DVD•3

kitten button

Circle the word for each picture. Write the word on the line.

1. basket bake

2. insect ice

3. rose ribbon

4. muffin mule

5. pipe picnic

6. ladder laces

7. napkin need

8. help helmet

Home Activity Your child reviewed two-syllable words with short vowels, as in kitten and button. Help your child write sentences using the words on this page. Have your child read each sentence aloud and draw a picture to illustrate it.

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Name

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DVD•4 Comprehension Plot and Theme Review

Home Activity Your child read a story and identified its theme and plot. Discuss children who are new to the neighborhood or school and what would make them happy in their new homes and schools. Then ask your child to write a sentence to tell the theme of the story.

Read the story. Follow the directions.

A New Street

“This our street!” said Papa. He turned onto a street lined with trees.

Rosa looked out the window sadly. This was not like her old street. The trees on her old street had green leaves. On this new street, the leaves were red, orange, and yellow. Would children here be different too? Would they be like her friends at home? Rosa missed her friends at home.

The car stopped in front of a very nice house. A girl watched them from the sidewalk. Rosa got out of the car. The girl said, “I am Jan. We just moved in too. Will you come over later?” Rosa smiled. Now she knew she would be happy in her new home.

1. Underline the sentence that tells the big idea of the story.

A. On some streets, the leaves change color and on others they stay green.

B. Children who move can be happy in their new homes and make new friends.

2. What is Rosa’s family doing in this story?

3. Why is Rosa sad at the beginning of this story?

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Spelling Words

1.drum

2.rock

3.list

4.desk

5.job

6.sad

7.chop

8.sack

9.tag

10.rib

11.mess

12.dust

Words to Read

13.country

14.someone

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Spelling Short Vowels DVD•5

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, pronounce it, and then write it.

Short Vowels

Sort the list words by the short vowel.

a o

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2. 7.

3. 8.

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5. 10.

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WordstoRead

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Generalization Short vowels are often spelled a:sad,e:desk,i:rib,o:job,u:drum.

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Spelling Words

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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. Suggest that your child illustrate some of the words on the list. Then have your child label the sketches.

DVD•6  Spelling Short Vowels

Short Vowels Circle the list words in the puzzle. Some words go across. Some go down. Write each word.

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Conventions Sentences DVD•7

Home Activity Your child learned how to use sentences in writing. Have your child write two sentences about what he or she likes to do with a friend. Make sure each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.

Write the name of a friend.

Write sentences about what you and your friend do.

Draw a picture of you and your friend doing something together.

Sentences

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DVD•8 Conventions Sentences

Find the sentence. Circle the sentence.

1. I have two cousins. two cousins

2. went swimming The boys went swimming.

3. the fair We went to the fair.

Write each sentence on the line.Begin and end the sentence correctly.

4. we ate strawberries

5. the boys built a clubhouse

6. the goose chased Juan Ramón

Sentences

Home Activity Your child reviewed sentences. Offer a sentence starter, such as Our neighborhood, Your grandmother, or This story, and have your child use it in a complete sentence.

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Home Activity Your child read a story about characters’ traits, motivations, and feelings. Read a short fiction story with your child. Have your child identify the characters and setting. Discuss why the characters behave the way they do and how they feel.

Comprehension Character and Setting DVD•9

Read the story. Write the answer to each question.

Friends Indeed

Josie and Fatima have been waiting for this day for a long time. Today they are going on a class trip to the Fun for All Amusement Park. The girls made a list of all the rides they want to try. The Little Dipper roller coaster is on the top of their list. Fatima’s mother was walking the girls to school when they met James with his brother Mark. The boys were very upset because their dog Monty had just run away. Josie and Fatima looked at one another. “We’ll help you find Monty!” they said together. “We wouldn’t be able to have fun knowing that Monty is lost.”

1. What are Josie and Fatima excited about?

2. Where does the story take place?

3. Why did Josie and Fatima decide not to go to the amusement park?

4. What does this tell you about Josie and Fatima?

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