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Phonics Long a: a, ai, ay Review DVD•119

Home Activity Your child reviewed words with the long a sound spelled a, ai, and ay as in tail and tray. Have your child read each word with the long a sound above. Ask your child to name words that rhyme with these and other long a words. Help your child write each pair of rhyming words.

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Home Activity Your child read a story and answered questions about its plot. Select an age-appropriate story to read with your child. Ask your child to tell what happens at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the story.

Read the story. Follow the directions.

Cora made a model of an oil spill for her school’s Science Fair. She wanted to show what happens to sea birds when a ship spills oil into the sea. She used a baking pan for the sea and a feather for a sea bird. Cora filled the pan with water. She dropped a feather into the pan. Then she added oil to the water.

Other children looked at Cora’s model. Henry took the feather out of the water. He wiped the feather with a cloth, but he could not remove all of the sticky oil. Henry knew that a bird with sticky feathers could not fly.

1. What did Cora do first?

2. Write two things that happened in the middle of the story.

3. What is the theme of the story?

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Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long e: ee, ea, and y. To practice at home, have your child say the word, spell it, and then check it.

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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with long e: ee, ea, and y. Put a dried bean (or other small object) on each word in the boxes on this page. Pronounce one of the words. Ask your child to spell it and win the bean. Continue with the other words.

DVD•122  Spelling Vowel Patterns ee, ea, y

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Write the missing list word to finish the sentence.

1. It was very at our campsite.

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Verbs

Home Activity Your child learned how to use verbs in writing. Help your child write sentences about things he or she does to get ready for school each morning. Ask him or her to underline the verbs in the sentences.

Underline the verb in each sentence.

1. Alex plays with Robin.

2. Robin talks to Alex.

3. They help each other.

Tell about a time when you helped a friend or when a friend helped you. Underline the verbs in your writing.

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DVD•124 Conventions Verbs

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Underline the verb in each sentence.

1. John cuts the wood.

2. I paint the parts.

3. Emma pounds the nails.

4. We make a birdhouse.

Write the verb in each sentence.

Verbs

Home Activity Your child reviewed verbs. Write several simple sentences about what you did today. Have your child underline the verbs in the sentences.

5. Rob finds some paper.

6. Cindy brings crayons.

7. Mia clears the table.

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Home Activity Your child read a fantasy story that the author wrote to entertain the reader. Reread the story with your child. Identify the fantastic and humorous parts of the story. Choose a fantasy story to read with your child. Discuss what the author was trying to make the reader feel in the story.

Comprehension Author’s Purpose DVD•125

Read the fantasy story. Write a word or words to finish each sentence.

Planet Hop, Skip, and Jump

This is a planet where every living thing hops, skips, or jumps. There’s no standing still. Pogo hops along day and night. Scooter skips to school while Pogo hops alongside him. Jo-Jo jumps ahead of Pogo and Scooter. During class, they hop, skip, and jump in place. People here are always on the go even when they sleep. Their beds are machines that are always hopping, skipping, or jumping. Branches and leaves move without any wind. It’s a world filled with motion. You would never see the signs “Stand Here” or “Be Still.”

1. The author wrote the story to make the reader

2. This story is fiction because it takes place on a

3. How is the planet in the story different than Earth?

4. How do the living things on the planet move?

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