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Materials 16 index cards, crayon or pen

Prep

aration M

ake a set of word cards like

those shown.

Gam

e Direction

s

1. Mix the cards and place them

face down in four

rows, four cards in each row

.

2. Players take turns trying to m

atch a contraction w

ith the word pair it stands for.

3. Players turn over tw

o cards at a time. If they

make a m

atch, they keep the cards.

4. Play continues until there are no cards left.

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Home Activity Your child wrote words that contain the vowel sounds in barn, stork, store, and board. Point to the words your child wrote below the pictures. Ask your child to read each word aloud and use the word in a sentence that tells about each picture.

Phonics

Unit 2 Week 1 Interactive Review

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Title

Phonics

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Home Activity Your child practiced forming contractions, such as won’t, that’s, she’ll, and I’m. Write the contractions from the box on separate index cards. On other cards, write the pairs of words that form the contractions. Have your child match the contractions and word pairs.

Unit 2 Week 2 Interactive Review

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Sam, Come Back

Home Activity Your child identified words that contain the vowel sounds in perch, chirp, and curb. Point to the words your child circled below the picture. Ask your child to read each word aloud and use the word in a sentence that tells about each picture.

Phonics

Unit 2 Week 3 Interactive Review

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Sam, Come Back!

Phonics

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Home Activity Your child formed plural nouns by adding -s, -es, changing the y to i and adding -es, or changing the f to ve and adding -s. Invite your child to draw pictures to illustrate the completed sentences. Have your child write a plural noun for each drawing.

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Home Activity Your child identified words in which the long a sound is spelled a, ai, or ay. Ask your child to write the long a words from above on separate index cards. Then have your child sort the words according to the way the long a sound is spelled.

Phonics

Unit 2 Week 5 Interactive Review

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