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Editor-in-Chief
Sharon Coan, M.S. Ed.
Illustrator
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Renee Christine Yates
Cover Artist
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Art Coordinator
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Imaging
James Edward Grace
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Product Manager
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Publisher
Mary D. Smith, M.S. Ed.
Author
lodene Lynn Smith, M.A.

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ISBN: 978-0-7439-3707-8
2003 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
Reprinted, 2011
Made in U.S.A.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Phonics
Initial Sounds
Ending Sounds
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Beginning and Ending Sounds

Medial Sounds
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Consonant Digraphs
Consonant Blends
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Parts of Speech
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Nouns
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Verbs
Adjectives
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Adverbs
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Grammar and Usage
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Verbs and Verb Tense
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Complete Sentences
Plurals
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Spelling
Short -Vowel Word Families
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Long-Vowel Patterns
Diphthongs
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Wo."d Play
Rhymes
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Homophones
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Contractions
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Alphabetization
Compound Words
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Location/Directional
Wo."ds
Synonyms and Antonyms
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Multiple-Meaning
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Words
Vocabulary
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Color Words
Days of the Week
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Months of the Year

Shapes
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Number Words
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Answer Key
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Introduction
Cut & Paste Language Arts was designed to help the classroom teacher teach and reinforce language
arts concepts and skills. The contents of the book provide a variety of ways to cover language arts
content while maintaining student interest and involvement.
Each section begins with a brief introduction that provides suggested activities that can be used as
instruction in the language arts. Most of the ideas can be adapted to whole-class lessons, small-group
reinforcements, or even literacy center activities.
The ideas are meant to be a resource for teachers as they teach these content-area skills.
Following the introduction for each section are activity pages that directly relate to language arts
concepts and skills. Each of the pages has been designed in a cut-and-paste format. After cutting out
word cards or picture cards at the bottom of the page, students will use those cards in order to complete
the page. By manipulating the cards, students are able to try a variety of possibilities before gluing the
cards down for their final answers. The pages vary in the tasks that students are asked to perform. In
some cases, they are asked to complete sentences. In another case, students are asked to categorize or
sort words. In an cases, students are asked to interact in a meaningful way with the content of the topic
on which they are working.
The book has been designed so that it is organized and easy to use. Teachers will find the suggested
activities useful for teaching language arts content. Students will find the cut-and-paste activities a fun
way to practice language arts concepts. Above all, language arts content is made available in a
comprehensible way to ensure student success.
Phonics
Suggested Activities
Below are suggested activities that can be used as instruction in phonics. Most of the ideas can be
adapted to whole-class lessons, small-group reinforcements, or even literacy center activities.
Provide multi-sensory activities in which students can practice letters in order to develop
sound/symbol correspondence. Set up a "hands-on the alphabet" center and then change the
activity each week. Display a poster of the alphabet and a list of words students can practice
reading and writing. Begin with simple vowel-consonant-vowel words in which you can also
draw or provide a picture, such as hat, cup, and lip. Then rotate some of the following activities
through the center:
Bag of Paint: Fill several half-gallon resealable bags with two to three tablespoons (about
40 mL) of paint. Seal tightly. Students lay the bag on a flat surface and use their hands to smooth
out the paint in the bag. Children can use their fingers to practice writing letters and words.
Magnetic Alphabet: Provide magnetic letters and a magnetic surface, such as a cookie sheet for
students. Students can experiment with the letters by putting them in alphabetical order or even
creating words with the letters.
Shaving Cream: Shake a can of shaving cream and then spray enough shaving cream to cover
the palm of the child's hand on a pizza tray. Students can use their hands to spread the shaving
cream around the tray and use their index fingers to practice writing letters.
Toothpick Letters: Provide a box of toothpicks for students to use to create the shape of letters.
Dot Letters: Provide unsharpened pencils with an eraser on one tip, paper, and an ink pad at the
center. Students dip the eraser end of the pencil into the ink pad. Then they use the eraser as a
circle stamp in order to create the shape of letters and words.
Pipe-Cleaner Letters: Have students practice forming letters with pipe cleaners. Provide a
variety of colors and lengths of pipe cleaners at the center. Students can bend the pipe cleaners
and, if needed, twist them together in order to form letters.
Reproduce simple poems that have words beginning with the letter on which you are focusing.
Have students look through the poem and use a yellow crayon to color or highlight the letter on
which you are currently working. Make up hand motions or actions that go with each poem.
Chant the poem several times until the students can say it independently.
Food is always a great motivator. Think of a simple food that begins with the letter of the
alphabet on which you are currently working. Provide students with a small sampling of the food
in order to help them remember the sound and letter associated with the food. For example,
raisins can be provided for the letter r and popcorn can be provided for the letter p.
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Save old newspapers and junk mail such as advertisements. Have students look for the letter for
which you are studying in print. Students can cut out examples of uppercase and lowercase letters
and glue them to a piece of chart paper or a piece of construction paper. This acti vity is
particularly useful to help students identify letters even when the font is different. Pages can be
compiled together into an alphabet book to pJace in the classroom library.
Glue pictures from a magazine onto 3" x 5" (8 ern x 13 em) index cards. Show students the cards
and ask them to say the word associated with the picture. Have students isolate the beginning
sound of the word and identify the letter associated with that sound. Once students become
skilled at identifying the beginning sound and letter, have them isolate the ending sound and letter
of each word.
An animal can be made from a paper plate for almost every letter of the alphabet, and you don't
even have to provide a pattern for your students. Before hand, determine with your class what
animal they will be trying to create; for example, a dog can be made for the letter d. Provide a
stack of paper plates, scraps of construction paper, and yarn, and let them create what the animal
might look like.
Collect old magazines through which students can search. Have students look for and cut out
pictures that begin or end with the sound on which you are currently working. For example, if
you are focusing on the letter d, students should search for pictures of items that begin with the
letter d or words that begin with the letter d. Students can glue their pictures on a piece of chart
paper or on a large sheet of construction paper. If you do this activity for each letter of the
alphabet, the pages can be assembled into a class alphabet book.
Purchase Wikki Stix, or florescent, see-through book covers which can be used to highlight a
letter within text. The Willi Stix can be bent into the shape of a circle and the book covers can
be cut to size. Use these two devices to focus students' attention by placing the Wikki Stix around
or placing the book cover pieces on the letters you are referencing. This technique is highly
recommended when doing a shared reading with students. The teacher can highlight what he or
she is referencing, or he or she can have students hunt for examples of what he or she is
referencing and highlight the text in order to illustrate.
Provide a cut out of the letter on which you are currently studying. Gather materials that begin
with that letter which the students can glue onto the letter cut out. For example, students can glue
buttons on the letter b or cotton balls on the letter c.
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Have students practice distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds by playing this simple
game. The teacher will say a variety of long and short vowel words. When students hear long
vowel words, they stand up tall (long). When students hear a short vowel word, they crouch down
low (short). Read a variety of words containing long and short vowels, allowing enough time for
students to respond in between. After each word has been said and students have responded, say
each word slowly emphasizing the long or short vowel.
Create a list of the various letter combinations that can be used to get long vowel sounds for each
vowel. For example, a list of the long vowel i might include: i:e (VCV), ie, igh. Then list words
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with a letter of the alphabet. Begin searching your house and classroom for small objects to put
in each container. The objects go in the letter container that corresponds to the first sound of the
object. Try to find at least five objects for each container. Then, when you are introducing a
letter and its sound to students, you will have a container of objects that begin with that letter and
sound to illustrate your point. You may even choose to create a container for consonant digraphs
and consonant blends. Be on the constant lookout for new objects to place in your containers.
Read books with alliteration that correspond to your current letter of study. There are many great
book titles available that emphasize particular sounds within the alliteration pattern of their text.
For example, Some Smug Slug (Harpercollins Juvenile Books, 1996) and Four Famished Faxes
and Fosdyke (Harper'Trophy, 1997) by Pamela Duncan Edwards are excellent references.
Use your library as a resource to locate book titles related to the letters or sounds you are
teaching. Create a list of all of the words from the book that begin with your letter of study. YOLI
may even wish to have students illustrate each word and then compile the pages into a class book.
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Directions: Cut out the animal picture cards at the bottom of the page. Say the
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Directions: Look at each picture below. Read the short vowel word. Determine
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Parts of Speech
Below are suggested activities that can be used throughout the unit of study.
Any of the books from the I Spy series (written by Jean Marzollo and photographs taken by
Walter Wick) published by Cartwheel Books are an excellent way to introduce nouns. All of the
objects students have to search for in the books are nouns. Follow up a reading of one of the
books by having students create their own page for a class I Spy book. A theme can be chosen for
their page, or the page can be eclectic. Students can draw or paint their own pictures or cut
pictures out of an old magazine. Each student should include a sentence at the bottom of his or
her page challenging the reader to find certain objects "hidden" on the page. The sentence format
from the book can be followed. When all of the student pages are complete, bind the pages
together in the form of a class big book. Students will love to look at this big book of nouns.
Create a poster that illustrates the different types of nouns. Label a piece of chart paper with the
title "Nouns: Naming Words." Divide the bottom portion of the chart paper into three sections.
Label the sections the following: person, place, and thing. Have students look through magazines
to find pictures of people, places, and things. Students cut out the pictures and glue them in the
appropriate column. Use a black marker to label the each picture. Return to the poster when
students learn about adjectives. Have students think of an adjective to describe each noun. Write
the adjective on the chart paper in front of the noun it describes.
Playa game commonly played at baby showers and wedding showers. Place a variety of different
objects on a tray. Each of the objects is a noun. Decide how many objects based on the age of
your students. For younger students, you may want to only place about 8-10 objects on the tray.
If you have older students, you may want to place 20-25 objects on the tray. Allow students to
look at the tray for about one minute. Then cover the tray or remove it from sight. Ask the
students to write down all of the objects they remember from the tray. Students get one point for
each noun they correctly remembered. The game can also be played in which students can earn a
bonus point for each adjective they use to describe each noun. The student with the most number
of points can create the next tray of objects. All students will be winners as they practice nouns
and adjectives.
When introducing adjectives to students, playa game of "I Spy." The person giving the clues
must choose a mystery object and then provide adjectives to help students try to identify the
mystery object. One clue should be given at a time. For example, if the object is a flag, the
student could say, "I spy something in the room that is rectangular" or "I spy something in the
room that is red, white, and blue." The student continues giving clues until the guessing students
have figured out the mystery object. The student who figures out the mystery object is the next to
provide clues.
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Write a sentence on the board that has the three types of nouns in it. A list of suggested sentences
is below. Have students change the sentence by changing the nouns in the sentence. The sentence
still has to make sense or if you choose, the sentence can be a silly sentence. Challenge students
to create as many sentences as they can.
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nouns can be described in lots of different ways. Give your students "The Challenge of 15."
Provide a noun (it could be a person, place, or thing) for students to describe. Each time you do
this activity, try to think of fifteen adjectives that can be used to describe the noun. For example,
you can bring in a teddy bear and have students think of obvious and unusual ways to describe the
teddy bear. Chart obvious adjectives such as color, size, shape, and number first. Then challenge
students to describe things such as texture, use, weight, etc. Chart student ideas and keep posted.
You will be surprised how often students refer to the chart and include a variety of adjectives in
their own writing. Stretch students' minds by bringing in objects that me unusual or objects with
which students may not have had experience. Antiques are great for this. (Try bringing a record
player or typewriter to class!)
Help children understand what a verb is by having them move in response to verb word cards.
Create a stack 3" x 5" (8 ern x 13 ern) index cards with a verb written on each one. You will want
about 8-10 verbs each time you do this activity. Place the cards upside down on a tabJe. Select a
card and read it out loud. Students move in response to the word that is on the card. Begin with
common verbs such as: skip, run, jump, sing, and dance. As students become familiar with what
a verb is, expand students' vocabulary by including some unusual verbs such as the following:
slither, prance, and trot. Once adverbs have been introduced to students, make a separate stack of
adverb cards. Then select one adverb card and one verb card. The verb card will tell the students
what action to do; the adverb card will tell the students more about how to do it.
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Divide a piece of paper by folding it into eighths. Provide a list of verbs for students to illustrate.
Students must write one verb in each of the folded sections of the paper and then use either stick
figures or their own drawings to ilJustrate the action of the verb. Either provide additional verbs
for students to illustrate on the back of the paper or challenge students to write sentences, one for
each verb that was illustrated on the front.
Locate two beach balls or playground balls. Label one ball "noun" and the other ball "verb" with
a permanent marker. Situate students in a circle and begin passing the balls from student to
student. At a given signal such as a whistle or when music begins or stops, the two people
holding the balls must provide words for a sentence. The person with the ball labeled "noun"
begins a sentence by providing a noun. This person will probably have to provide an article as
well, such as a or the. The person with the ball labeled "verb" must complete the sentence by
providing a verb. Once the noun and the verb have been provided, all of the children in the circle
recite the sentence together. Then begin passing the balls again. Play for a predetermined amount
of time or a predetermined number of sentences. Once students have been introduced to
adjectives and adverbs, label balls with these two parts of speech and create longer, more
descriptive sentences.
Create a list of very common verbs such as the foJIowing: run, eat, and talk. Challenge students
to think of other verbs that show the same meaning, but also show creativity in writing. For
example, other verbs that can be used for run include the following: sprint, race, gallop, and dart.
If appropriate, teach students how to use a thesaurus to find alternative words that can be used in
place of a given word. Chart student responses or results from the thesaurus and display in the
classroom.
Provide simple sentences for students to practice expanding by adding either an adjective, an
adverb, or both. Students should write their sentences on a piece of paper and then circle the
adjectives with a blue color pencil or crayon, and the adjectives with a red color pencil or crayon.
Some sample sentences are provided below.
The cat ran.
The black cat ran away.
My mom sang a song.
My talented mom sang a song.
Jerry rode the bike.
Jerry quickly rode the blue bike.
She ate popcorn.
She ate buttered popcorn.
We love movies.
We really love scary movies.
Use a permanent marker to label a beach ball with the parts of speech your class has been
practicing. Toss the beach ball around a circle from student to student. When a student catches
the beach baJl, the place his thumb lands is the part of speech for which he must provide a word.
For example, if the student's thumb is on the word adjective, he must provide an example of an
adjective.
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Create a step-by-step book illustrating the parts of

speech. Determine how many pages you want in
your book (one page per part of speech you want
to include plus a cover/title page). You will need
half the number of pieces of construction paper as
you want pages in the book. For a book with
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30 em) on top of one another, overlapping the
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ends. Direct students to hold the pages together
and fold the pages over to create four more
overlapping pages. Help students staple the inside' fold, and fold the pages back down. Label the
cover of the book "Parts of Speech." Label each step with a different part of speech. On each
page, provide a definition and examples of the part of speech listed.
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Have students create their own Silly Sentence book. Reproduce page 25 as the cover of the book.
Place as many plain sheets of paper behind the cover as you would like in your book. Fold the
book in half along the fold line. Cut along the dotted lines. Write the part of speech indicated on
the cover on each of the pages that follow. Read the sentences in your book in any order by
flipping the various sections.
1. Put plain paper behind the cover.
2. Fold along the solid line.
3. Cut along the dotted line.
4. Write a word for the part of

speech that is on the cover under
each subsequent page.
Read the silly sentences in any order by flipping the various pages. Create your own variations on
the book by changing and rearranging the parts of speech.
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Directions: Cut out the word flaps at the bottom of the page by following the
dashed lines. Put glue on the areas that say "Glue here" (on the top portion of
the word boxes in the story). Place the top portion of the word flaps on the top
portion of the word boxes in the story so that the word flaps can be lifted to
reveal the word below.
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Directions: Cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the page. Decide if the
picture is showing a noun (a naming word) or a verb (an action word). Glue the
picture cards in the correct columns.
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Directions: Cut out the verb word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue each
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Directions: Circle the verb in each sentence below. Cut out the word cards at
the bottom of the page and match each past tense verb to a sentence containing
the present tense of the same verb. Rewrite each sentence using the past tense
verb.
1. Sally plays on the monkey bars.
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Directions:
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Directions: Cut out the adjective/noun word cards at the bottom of the page.
Decide whether each adjective tells how many, what kind, or which one. Glue
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Directions: Cut out the adjective word cards at the bottom of the page. Use
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Directions:
Cut out the adverb word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the
word cards in the sentences below in order to add more details.
1. He ran
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Directions: Cut out the adverb word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the
adverbs in the sentences in order to demonstrate how an adjective can be
changed to an adverb.
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Directions: Cut out the parts of speech word cards at the bottom of the page.
Glue one noun, one adjective, one verb, and one adverb next to each of the
numbers below. Write your own sentence on the line below using the words on
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Gather about 20-30 popsicle sticks. Color code half of them so that they have a blue tip and the
other half so that they have a red tip. Then on the blue-tipped sticks, write the subject part of a
sentence, for example, "Sally" or "Jim and I" Then on the red-tipped sticks, write the predicate
part of a sentence, for example, "swam" or "ate tacos." Do not worry about the sentences making
sense. Sometimes, the sillier the better. Then, place the popsicle sticks in a container and show
students how to take one of each color stick in order to make a sentence. Students must write
down the sentences they make with the popsicle sticks. Be sure to emphasize correct punctuation
and capitalization, too. An alternative to this activity is to provide only one of the sticks and
allowing students to come up with the other half of the sentence.
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Have students write their own sentences on a sentence strip. Then, cut the sentence up and have
the students mix up the words. Challenge another student to put the sentence back together
correctly. A fun way to do this activity is to cut up sentences written on a piece of paper. Place
all of the pieces of each sentence into its own plastic Easter egg. Then tell the students to put the
sentences back together again just like Humpty Dumpty.
Distribute blank pieces of paper for the students. They should divide the paper in half by folding
it in half and then opening it back up again. Have students decide on a noun that they will draw.
An object actually works best; however, any noun will work. On one half of the paper, students
should write the title "Singular." On the other half of the paper, students should write, "Plural."
Students then draw one picture of their noun on the singular side of the paper and several (the
number can be determined by the student) pictures of the object on the plural side of the paper.
Then students can write sentences that correspond to the singular and plural objects.
Begin a chart that lists the different sounds "ed" can make at the end of the word. Create a twocolumn chart on a piece of butcher paper. Write the title, "Sounds of ED." Then on the left side
of the paper, list words that end in "ed" however they sound like "d"; and on the right side of the
paper, list words that end in "ed" however they sound like "t," Students will soon be listening
closely for the endings sounds on past tense verbs.
Have students practice subject/verb agreement by doing this activity. Write a variety of pronouns
and people's names on shape patterns (for example a turtle shape). Have students sort the words
based on the helping verb would follow. For example, aJl pronouns and names that would be
followed by the word "was" can be placed in one pile. All pronouns and names that would be
followed by the word "were" can be placed in another pile. Have students create several
sentences using the words from the piles.
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Past or Present?
Directions:
Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the words
in the correct places to complete the sentences. You will have to decide if the
sentence is past tense or present tense. You will not use all of the word cards.
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Directions:
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Directions: Cut out the word strips at the bottom of the page. Glue the word
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Plurals
Directions: Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Read each
sentence. Select the word card that makes the most sense in the sentence and
glue the word card. You will have to decide between the singular and plural form
of each word.
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Short vowel spelling patterns are easy to introduce as word families. Students can easily see
spelling chunks at the end of words. Use word wheels (such as the one provided on page 47) or
spelling strips (such as the one provided on page 48) to emphasize that the first letter (or letters)
in the word is the only letter that is changing. By learning spelling patterns in word families,
students can easily make generalizations when it comes to spelling unfamiliar words in which
they can hear the speJling pattern. For example, students will more easily be able to spell the
word "flat."
Once students are aware of how word families work in spelling, you may also wish to
demonstrate for students how changing the vowel in short vowel word families can change the
word. For example, by changing the "a" in hat to an "0", the word becomes hot.
When introducing long vowel spelling patterns, have students write the words. Then have
students go back and "rainbow write" or trace over the vowels with a crayon. By using this
technique, students will begin to see how vowel placement in a word effects the sounds in the
word.
If spelling words are nouns, have students draw a picture of the word. An illustration with the
word included often helps students who are visual learners remember the spelling of the word. A
variation on this is to have students use the word as part of the illustration. For example, for the
word cat, students can make a cat out of the "a" in the middle of the word.
Visual learners may also profit from drawing the shape of the word. Demonstrate to students how
to draw straight lines around the word in order to demonstrate the shape of the word. See the
sample below.
If you are using word families as spelling words, or if the vowel is the same in all of the words,
have students make spelling cars to demonstrate how to spell words. This works especially well
for consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, although it can be adapted to work for other types
of spelling patterns, too. In this activity, students draw a car with two wheels (a side view of a
car) for each spelling word. The letter for the initial sound is written in the first wheel, the vowel
is written in the car, and the ending sound is written in the last wheel.
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Vowel Word Families
Word Wheel
Directions to the teacher:
Determine the word family for which
the spelling wheel will be used.
Write the "chunk" on line on the top
wheel. Write letters that will make
words in that word family on the
letter cards. Have students cut out
the letter cards and both wheels.
Students should glue the Jetter cards
in the boxes on bottom wheel.
Assemble the top and bottom wheel
by fastening a brad through the
center hole. Students can spin the
wheel in order to create words.
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Directions to the teacher: Determine the word family for which the spelling strip
will be used. Write the "chunk" on the lines on the strip. Write letters that will
make words from the word family in the Letter Cards. Students should cut out the
picture, the spelling strip, and the letter cards. Glue one letter card in front of each
chunk on the spelling strip. Cut slits in the mouth. Feed the spelling strip through
the mouth. Glue the ends of the spelling strip so that it forms a continuous circle.
Practice reading and spelling the words.
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Directions: Cut out the letter cards at the bottom of the page. Look at each
picture. Determine the spelling pattern for the long a sound in each word. Glue
the letters in the correct places in order to spell the words.
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Directions: Cut out the picture/word cards at the bottom of the page. Read
each word. Determine if the long e sound in each word is spelled with "ee" or
"ea." Glue the picture/word cards in the correct places.
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Directions: Cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the page. Read each
long vowel "i" word. Glue the correct picture next to the word.
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Directions: Cut out the word/picture cards at the bottom of the page. Read
each word. Determine which spelling pattern is used to get the long 0 sound in
each word. Glue the cards in the correct places to show the spelling pattern.
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Directions: Cut out the word circles at
the bottom of the page. Read the long
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E at the End
Directions: Cut out the letter cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the letter
cards in the correct places to correctly spell the words below.
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Make a Butterfly
Directions: Cut out the word/picture circles below. Read each word and look at
the spelling. Sort the words by the spelling pattern oyor oi. Glue each circle on
the correct wing of the butterfly.
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Word Play
This section includes a variety of language arts skills primary students need to know and practice.
Adapt any of the activities listed below for the language arts skills contained in this section.
Create a fishing game to have students practice working with words. Write words on a fish
pattern. Fasten a paper clip to each fish and place the fish in the pond (a piece of blue string laid
on the floor). Make a fishing pole from a dowel with a piece of string tied to it. At the other end
of the string, tie a circle magnet. Students must fish for words. For example, students can fish for
words that are rhymes. When two rhymes are caught, they keep the pair. The student with the
most rhymes wins. Students can also fish for two words that make up a contraction. Once the
two words have been caught, the student must tell what the contraction is.
This game can be adapted for the language arts skill on which you are currently working. Divide
students into teams of about five. Each team must line up one person behind the other, all facing
forward. Give each team a beanbag. When a signal is given, the student at the front of the line
passes the beanbag over his or her head to the next student. The beanbag continues in this way
until the last student on the team has it in his or her hand. The team that accomplishes this first is
the team that can try to earn points by providing answers for the desired skill. For example, one
point can be given for each person on the team who can provide a word rhyming with "bat," or
one point can be given for each person on the team who can name or spell a pair of homophones.
Challenge students to write a sentence and draw a picture showing homophones used in the same
sentence. For example, a student can use the words "four" and "for" in the same sentence by
writing, "I have four flowers for you."
Demonstrate for students how words from the same word family rhyme. Then determine other
words with a different spelling pattern rhyme with the words from the word family. Begin a list
that shows word family rhyming words along with other words that rhyme, but have a different
spelling pattern. Underline the letters that produce the sounds that make the words rhyme.
box
heat
broke
fox
neat
soak
locks
street
folk
This is an excellent activity for when you want to review types of words such as synonyms,
antonyms, contractions, rhymes, etc. Write pairs of words on index cards. Distribute the index
cards to the students. Students must determine what the pair of words has in common. For
example, one index card could have the words "maid" and "made" written on it. The student
would have to conclude that the words are homophones. Another index card might have the
words "up" and "down" written on it. The student would have to conclude that the words are
antonyms.
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Making RhYmes
Directions: Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the word
cards in the correct places in order to show rhyming pairs.
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Directions: Cut out the letter flaps at the bottom of the page. Put glue on the
area that says "Glue." Then attach the letter flaps so that the flaps can be lifted
to reveal a rhyming word.
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Directions: Cut out the face cards at the bottom of the page. Read the pairs of
words below. If the words rhyme, glue a happy face next to the words. If the
words do not rhyme, glue a sad face next to the words.
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mouse
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Homophone Pairs
Directions: Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Look at each
picture and decide which spelling goes with the picture. Glue the word cards in
the correct places.
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Directions:
Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Read each
sentence. Decide which pair of homophones goes with the sentence. Then glue
the word cards in the sentences in order to have the meanings of the words
correctly spelled.
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Directions: Cut out the word circles at the bottom of the page. Glue the circles
in the center of the flower to show the related contraction.
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Directions: Cut out the pieces of cheese at the bottom of the page. Match the
contractions to the words that make up the contractions by matching the correct
piece of cheese to each mouse.
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At the Zoo
Directions: Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page.
Glue the word cards in alphabetical order.
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Directions:
Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Glue the word
cards in alphabetical order.
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Create a class list of compound words. As the class
comes across compound words throughout the year,
add the words to the ongoing list. See how many
words can be found in a predetermined amount of time.
Photocopy and distribute pages 68 and 69 for each
student. Tell the children that they have enough
pictures to make 13 compound words. Students
should cut out the boxes and manipulate the pictures
until they have figured out the 13 compound words.
When they have figured out the words, students
should glue the pieces on a blank piece of paper so
that the pairs of pictures illustrate a compound word.
Then write the name of the new compound word and
draw a picture to match.
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Compound words are used often in writing. Have students search newspaper articles for
compound words. Cut out the words and glue them to a piece of paper. Next to each word write
the two words that make up the compound word. Then use all three words in a sentence, the two
words that make up the compound word and the compound word itself.
Everyone knows what a rubber band is, yet if we interpret the words
literally we can just imagine pieces of rubber playing instruments!
Have students draw literal pictures and write about these compound
words: ladybug, firefly, dragonfly, football, handbag, and butterfly.
Have students determine additional compound words that would make
funny caricatures.
Reproduce for each child a copy of Compound Word Puzzles on page 70. Students should cut out
all of the puzzle pieces and mix them up. Students then read the words on the puzzle pieces and
determine the compound word of which they are a part. Students glue their puzzle pieces back
together on a separate piece of paper so that the compound words can be read.
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Compound Word Picture Cards
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Read stories that include location or directional words as part of the text. Two excellent examples
are Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins (Scott Foresman, 1971) and As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman
(Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993). Create large story maps showing the locations in each of these texts.
Then make stick puppets of the animals and have the students manipulate the stick puppet around
the story map as they retell the story. Retelling the story will provide practice using the location
words.
If possible, take pictures (either digital or film) of students at a location either in the classroom or
on the playground. For example, a student can be on the swings or at the computer. Once the
pictures have been printed or developed, students can write or dictate a sentence to match.
Collate the pages into a class big book.
Bring pictures from a magazine or use picture cards that come with many language arts series.
Have students describe the objects in the pictures using location or direction words. See how
many sentences students can create from one picture. This exercise can be done either orally or
written or both.
Pair students and provide each group with two bags of pattern blocks. Each bag should have the
same pattern block pieces in it. The students should sit back to back. One student creates a
design with the pattern block pieces. Then he or she gives oral directions to the other student.
The student listening to the directions has to follow them in order to try to create the same design.
Neither student should look at the other's design until the activity has been completed. How
similar are the designs? How good were the directions? How closely were they followed?
Create an obstacle course for students to follow through the classroom or on the playground. For
example, students can go around the teacher's desk, under the table, past the computers, through
the doorway, etc. Have small groups of children go through the obstacle course together as you
recite the directions to them. Then, as students become familiar with word usage, have them help
recite where they are going and what they are doing. Challenge students to make up their own
obstacle course through which other students can go.
Use a teddy bear or other stuffed animal and a box to demonstrate various location and directional
words. Place the teddy bear in front of, behind, in, out, over, or under the box. Solicit sentences
from the students at each of teddy's locations telling where he is. Write the sentence on chart
paper. Circle the words that tell where teddy is in each sentence.
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Create a list of synonyms for words that are used very commonly in student writing. Encourage
students to use words from your list in their writing to make their writing more interesting. For
example, students often use the word "said" in their writing. If you are going to keep the words
posted for awhile, you may wish to consider making a star for each word. The center of the star
can have the original word. Synonyms for the word can be written on each of the points of the star.
Teach students how to use a thesaurus to find synonyms. Provide a list of 10 words and chaJlenge
students to write down as many synonyms as they can think of for each of the words. Have
students count how many synonyms they could think of for each word. Then provide a thesaurus
and have the students look up each of the words. Write down as many options as possible. Then
count up how many synonyms were found for each word. Compare the two numbers.
Demonstrate the power of synonyms and antonyms in a sentence by writing down a simple
sentence. Then challenge the students to think of or use the thesaurus to find as many synonyms
as possible for each word in the sentence. Rewrite the sentence in a variety of ways. Then think
of antonyms for one or two of the words. Rewrite the sentence, this time using antonyms. Ask
students to read their sentences out loud and discuss the impact changing the words has on the
sentence. Have students illustrate the sentences. Another great way to illustrate the power of
words is to find a well-written sentence from a story or book you are reading to the class. Read
the sentence to the class and then change the sentence by substituting synonyms to make the
sentence less interesting or less descriptive than it is originally.
Have an Opposite Day or Antonym Day at school. On this day, everything is opposite. Start the
day with the subject you usually do last and end the day with the subject you usually do first.
Everything you say should be the opposite, too. For example, you could tell the children that it is
time to come in from recess. This would mean that it is really time to go out for recess. Or, tell
students to close their books. This would mean that to open the books. Students really enjoy
opposite days. It is a break from the daily schedule, as well as a fun way to emphasize and
practice opposites.
Create a 50/50 Book illustrating antonyms. Bind together 10-15 pieces of white construction
paper. Create a cover with the title SO/50 Antonym Book. Divide each paper in half by drawing a
line diagonally. Devote each page to a different antonym. Write a word on the top half of the
page and the opposite of the word on the bottom half of the page. Have students illustrate each
word. Place the book in the classroom library.
Create a chart that shows both synonyms and antonyms. Label a three-column chart with the
following headings: Word, Synonym, and Antonym. Add words to the list as you learn new
vocabulary throughout the school year.
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There are literally hundreds of words used in the English language that have multiple meanings.
Begin a list of these words as you come across them. Write the word down and then write
sentences that demonstrate each of the meanings the word can have.
Have students create silly illustrations
demonstrating how words with multiple
meanings can be misunderstood. Fold a piece
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When you come across a word with a multiple meaning, think of sentences to illustrate the ways
the word can be intended. Then, have students determine which part of speech the word is used
as in each case. Not always, but often, the words are used in different ways.
Have students create their own book or list of multiple meaning words. Include in the book the
word, sentences illustrating the word usage, pictures if appropriate, the part of speech, and if
possible, synonyms or antonyms for each word. In addition to having a list of multiple meaning
words, students will have a book that demonstrates their knowledge of language arts skills.
Help students analyze sentences with multiple meaning words used in them. Solicit from the
students what context clues help us to understand the intended meaning of the word. How does
the rest of the sentence provide support for the word? How does the part of speech help us
determine what the word means? What would happen if the sentence were vague? For example,
what if the sentence was, "1 took the pot?" How important is the context of the rest of the
sentence when figuring out the meaning of the word? What lessons can be applied to our own
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their findings. Students can either fold a piece of paper into four sections or draw a rectangle or
square and divide that into four sections. In the first section, write the vocabulary word. In the
second section, write a definition of the word. The definition can either be looked up in the
dictionary or defined by the students. The third section contains a picture of the word. The
picture can either be drawn or cut out of an old magazine. The final section includes a sentence
that demonstrates how the word is used.
Vocabulary Word
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puzzles or word search puzzles using vocabulary words. You may want to provide a piece of grid
paper with squares at least 1 ern x 1 em, or you may wish to have students develop the puzzle all
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Create templates students can use for vocabulary words using the following format.
1. Write the vocabulary word down.
2. Read the sentence where you found the word. Make a good guess as to what you think the
word means.
3. Write down your guess. Finally, look up the word in the dictionary. If your guess was right,
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vocabulary words you wish to use. Assign each group a vocabulary word and provide each group
with a piece of 12" x 18" (30 ern x 46 em) white construction paper. The groups must work
together to create a dictionary page that tells about the word they were assigned. Change the
items required on the page according to the age group of the children with whom you are
working. For younger children, you may only assign the word and a picture. For older children,
you may require the word, a definition, the part of speech, and a picture. Display the dictionary
pages on the wall through the duration of your unit of study or compile them into a big book.
When a limited number of vocabulary words are being introduced or when the words belong to a
set such as "Color Words" or "N umber Words," a flap book can be created that defines and
illustrates each word. Fold a piece of 12" x 18" (30 cm x 46 ern) paper in half, horizontally.
Open the paper up and cut to the center fold to create flaps on one side of the paper. Fold it back
in half. The flaps become the cover of the book on which the vocabulary words can be written.
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include the part of speech, number of syllables, and use the word in a sentence.
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Directions: Cut out the word cards at the bottom of the page. Determine the
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Answer Key
Page 7
Page
Bb-bear
Cc-camel
Od-dog
Mm=-rnonkey
Pp-penguin
Tt-tiger
Zz-zebra
Ff-fish
Page 8
1. snake
5. door
6. flag
3. truck
4. lion
7. rabbit
8. pencil
4. fish
5. hand
6. rake
2. horn
3. dog
4. sit
5. tap
6. ran
2. jam
3. men
11
2. n
7. x
3. g
8. k
9. r
4. m
5. p
10.
4. jump
1. ripe
2. hate
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
3. cute
5.
tape
Page
18
made
fine
pine
note
cape
sh: shovel, sheep, shoe, shell

th: thorn, thumb, thimble, three
cup, lip
- d: sad, lid
bag, dog
~:
3. map
4. bug
5. leg
7. throw
8. sing
6.
fan
7. car
8. sun
9. wig
10. lip
14
six, top, cup, fan
Long Vowel:
kite, rake, five, hose
8. mowed
Page 32
monkey
2.
bars.
rode, I rode my bike after school.
tr: train, tree
5. saw, We saw stars in the sky.
Page 20
our
Page 33
dr: drums, dress

gr: grass, grapes
cr: crab, crown
Accept all reasonable answers.

Suggested answers are below:
1. tall, spotted
2. tiny, squeaky
3. birthday,
sweet
4. sharp, yellow
5.
bouncy,
round
6. large, pretty
Page 34
Page 28
How Many?-six
boys, a million
dollars, one teacher, a dozen eggs

Suggested answers are as follows:
What Kind?-short
hair, rich man,
green shoes, hot: cement
1. boy
2.
Which One?-these
bus, this computer,
shorts
3. park
Nouns:
doctor
Verbs:
books, that
any class
Page 35
Accept reasonable answers.
answers are below:
Suggested
1. warm
2. spiky
8. lunch
Short Vowel:
4. baked
Mom washed
3. blue, red
Page 29
Page 15
7. walked
4. washed,
clothes.
7. piano
mop, dog
u: sun, bus
6. ran
3. rang
cr: crab, crib

st: star, street
bl: block, blanket
5. dog
6. car
0:
2. looked
She looked at the fish
4. taco
a: bag, rat
e: jet, ten
i: pig, six
5. swam
3. looked,
tank.
Page 19
Person: woman, grandpa, boy,

policeman, man
Place: house, school, gas station,
grocery store, park
Thing: phone, TV set, scooter,
lamp, hamburger, soup
- n: pill, man
- m: gum, jam
2. six
watch
1. played, Sally played on the
Page 27
t: cat, knot
Page 13
l. hat
6. read
Page 31
1. sang
Page 17
fr: fruit, frog
Page 12
Page
3.
4. cape
6. d
-p:
5. swim
2. sleep
3. tube
10
1. cup
2. pine
4. cane
Page 9
1. man
Page
l.
Page 30
1. eat
5. cane
2. balloon
Page
16
1. kite
4.
teddy bear, book, store,
sing, drink, run, dance
94
scrambled,
two
5. orange
6.
best
Answer Key
Page 36
4.

Suggested answers are below.
5. two pictures of cats

6. one picture of a shell
I. quickly
6. beautifully
2. slowly
7. highly
3. patiently
8. graciously
4. brilliantly
9. loudly
5. cautiously
10. carefully
Page 37
l.
4. highly
loudly
5. quietly
6. finally
shortly
2. looked
turn
4. opened
Page 41
l. was
6. hotdogs
3. rhymes
3. shells
7. sandals
4. rhymes
4. sand castle
8. sun
5. does not rhyme

6. does not rhyme
2. rhymes
l.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
ai
2. ay
3. al
7.
ai
ay
ai
a-e
Page 60
Page 50
bee, see, feet, eel, seed
mow
ea:
pea, seal, leaf, tea, read
pick
Page 51
answer
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
were
4. was
5. were
Check to make sure illustrations

match words.
o-e:
were
ow:
were
oa: coat, soap, toad
was
old:
Page 42
1. The bird few high in the sky.
2. My blue hat matches
coat.
my blue
sold, old, gold
ey
5. ie
8. y
3.
6. ey
Page 55
boy, toy, joy, royal
oi: soil, coin, joint,
boil
I. The cat is on the roof.

I ate the candy
4.
Fish swim in the pond.
5. This is a good book.
8. sail
sale
Page 62
2. you're
5. he's
6. we're
3. it's
7. you'd
4. can't
8. isn't
Page 63
l. let'S
Page 57
at: bat, hat
ing:
ie
I. I'm
over each
3. I can wri te my name.
sun
8. maid, made
2.
2.
ate
7. bee, be
4.
Page 43
7. pear
pall'
5. knew, new
6. Would, wood
7.
oy:
3. son
4. Our, hour
u-e: mule, flute, cube, use

ui: juice, suit, fruit
ue: true, clue, blue, glue
4. y
6. The puppies jumped

other.
6. eight
3. two, to
Page 53
I. ey
by our house.
2. flour
flower
bawl
Page 61
1. hear, here
2. I, eye
row, bow, tow
3. The cup fell and broke.

A fast train whizzed
5. ball
bone, hose, note
Page 54
5. Pizza is my favorite food.
1. ant
aunt
4. write
right
was
were
rhymes
8. rhymes
9. does not rhyme
] O. does not rhyme
a-e
Page 52
2. was
3.
1. rhymes
sand
ee:
cooked
8. run
fin
2. bathing suit
5. a-e
5.
6.
7.
8.
4.
5.
4. ay
1. baked
7. dot
I. beach
Accept all reasonable sentences that

use all four parts of speech listed.
Page 40
3. lip
Page 59
Page 45
Page 38
3.
of a hat
Page 49
2. softly
3.
one picture
(cont.)
ring, king
ug: bug, jug
2. didn't
5. couldn't
6. that's
3. we'll
7. won't
4. it's
8. you'll
an: pan, fan
Page 44
I.
2.
two pictures
one picture
3. two pictures
Page 64
of flowers
of a kite
of stars
Page 58
I.
1. can
5. net
2.
6.
hat
95
log
bear
4. lion
7. tiger
2. elephant
5. monkey
8. zebra
3. giraffe
6. snake
Answer Key (cont.)

Page 65
Page 79
I. small
'1. crayons
5. pencil
2. eraser
6. ruler
2.
happy
7.
3. glue
7.
large
8. ill
4. marker
8. sharpener
3.
4.
5.
fast
9. save
scissors
Page 66
1. ball
5. dinosaur
6. alike
leap
10. gnn
loud
Page 80
I. shut
Page 86
1. can
2. play
6. play
left
7.
cold
8. can
6. doll
angry
2.
black
7.
jacks
2. bucket
6. quiet
8.
robot
3.
4.
hurry
7.
reel
speak
8. small
3.
4.
5.
4. car
Page 71
1.
2.
3.
4.
butterfly
5. sunshine
toothbrush
6. sailboat
waterfall
7.
Page 72
I. grasshopper
2. ladybug
4. bullfrog
5. rattlesnake
3.
6.
butterfly
dragonfly
Page 74
I. under
3.
on
2.
4.
III
above
5. beside
7.
crooked-straight
frown-smile
night-day
small-large
empty-full
up-down
hor=-cold
wet-dry
. cowboy
2. February
3.
4.
5.
3.
laugh
7.
young
4.
The bird is out of the cage.
5. The cat is behind
the chair.
6. The dog is beside the children.

Page 77
9. September
10. October
]1.
rrWIo.kJUyi>I.o<'.oI<JuI,
IMIa.dayh.lu!lo;lIaItOlIl"luOOK.
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tIO.o:.
6. diamond
3.
triangle
7.
4.
rectangle
8. oval
heart
Page 93
~4.
2.
~5.
rnL1lJ
>~
5. star
2. square
1.
Il'IoiIlikXJ/UInI'onlolUw;boll..
Page 92
I. circle
Page 85
..
1t",lW<kJibo.-,'Mt:IOJt
mean
~
~
IIwl.>ddyb.lnll",l><>I;
a,
November
12. December
big, large, small

end, stop, begin
bad, naughty, good
come, arn ve, go
late, tardy, early
..
..
July
8. August
moon
kind, gentle,
the children.
May
4.
Page 83
The cat is in front of the chair.
April
6. June
8. small
3. The dog is between
March
2. hard
7.
2.
purple
Page 91
I. January
5. white
I. The bird is in the cage.
white
10. orange
6. down
Page 76
green
8. brown
9.
Page 82
1. empty
Page 75
pink
6. blue
Page 81
football
start
left
Page 89
1. yellow
3.
5.
cold
3.
4.
2. bat
bear
5.
3.
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Parts of Speech (cont.)

The teacher went to the office to get pencils.

The gill rode the swings at the park.

The baby rode the stroller at the mall.

The banana was eaten at school by the boy.

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The black cat ran away.

My mom sang a song.