0328480452_G1_RWN-D_161-162.indd 161 11/17/09 3:45:32 PM 4 Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 1 This week your child is learning to draw conclusion using the text as well as what he or she already knows. As you read, stop often and discuss what ideas the author may be saying indirectly. Write each spelling word on a card: bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, taller, tallest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest. Sort the words into piles by more and most. Write the following words in a list: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won’t. Together, write a short story using the words. Write each word on a card: fudge, hedge, judge, ledge, pledge, wedge. Have your child read the words. Then work together to make up a sentence using each word. Write these words on cards: sad, sadder, saddest, hot, hotter, hottest, big, bigger, biggest. Shuffle the cards and together with your child choose a card and read the word aloud. Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun! Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 Reading W here Are My Animal Friends? best teacher! Learning About C omparative Endings er, est Consonant Pattern -dge Draw Conclusions Talking About W hat animals do when the seasons change This week we’re re your child’s firs a u o Y t and Name 1 14515_Spinner_6 Start hard sad thin flat rt sho 8598 TECH 3-28-05 JOB NUMBER: DATE: big wet old fast End Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 Spin It Materials paper, paper clip, pencil, marker, 1 button per player Game Directions 1. Make a simple spinner as shown. Players place buttons on Start. 2. Take turns spinning. Move forward that number of spaces on the game board. 1 2 1 3. Read the word in the space. Name the word created by adding -er to that word. Name the word created by adding -est to that word. If you can tell correctly whether or not the final consonant must be doubled to add -er or -est, move ahead one space. Play passes to the next player. The game continues until all players reach End. 2 1 2 ART FILE: CS DATE: TIME: 8m sm all color only altered@ NETS v. complex complex greyscale mod. ScottF created@ NETS EDITED BY: CUSTOMER: CREATED BY: Answers: hard, harder, hardest (no); sad, sadder, saddest (yes); thin, thinner, thinnest (yes); flat, flatter, flattest (yes); short, shorter, shortest (no); red, redder, reddest (yes); green, greener, greenest (no); tall, taller, tallest (no); small, smaller, smallest (no); big, bigger, biggest (yes); wet, wetter, wettest (yes); old, older, oldest (no); fast, faster, fastest (no) 2 simple blackline tall 3 10/28/09 9:31:22 AM 0328480452_LPI_G1_TM_162 162 en gre d re Where Are My Friends? Name Pick the letters from the box to finish each word. Write the letters on the line. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 er ir ur 1. c l 2.f st 3.f n 4.d t 5.sk t 6.h 7. b d 8.b n 9.cl k 10.h t Home Activity Your child reviewed words with er, ir, and ur that have the sound heard in term, shirt, and turtle. Make a list of er, ir, and ur words that have this vowel sound, such as fern, her, dirt, bird, curl, and burn. Ask your child to sort the words by their spelling. 0328480452_LPI_G1_TM_163 163 Phonics r-Controlled er, ir, ur Review DVD•163 10/28/09 9:31:29 AM Where Are My Friends? Name Write the contraction for each pair of words. 1. we + have = 2.he + is = Here is my balloon. Here’s my balloon. 3.I + have = 4.they + have = 5.that + is = 7. you + are = 8.you + have = Find the contraction. Mark the to show your answer. 9. she’s she sons 10. were we’re went Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 6.it + is = Home Activity Your child reviewed contractions—words made up of two words and an apostrophe. Write the words he, she, it, is, they, you, have, and are on pieces of paper. Ask your child to see how many different contractions he or she can form. DVD•164 Phonics Contractions ’s, ’ve, ’re Review 0328480452_LPI_G1_TM_164 164 10/28/09 9:31:30 AM Where Are My Friends? Name Read the words in the box. Match a word from the box to each clue in the puzzle. Write it. before does good-bye goose oh right won’t 1. Winter is the season for mittens. 1. 2. 2.When it start to get warm? Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 3.In spring we say to cold days. 4. 3. ! How I love to see a butterfly. 5.Then, long, the days grow warmer! 4. 5. 6. 7. 6.It be long before I see a raccoon peeking out at dusk. 7. I may even see a with white feathers. Home Activity Your child learned to read the words before, butterfly, does, good-bye, goose, oh, raccoon, right, spring, warm, and won’t. Write each word on a small piece of paper. Have your child choose a word and use it in a sentence about a season. Repeat this process with the other words. 0328480452_LPI_G1_TM_165 165 High-Frequency Words/Story Words DVD•165 10/28/09 9:31:33 AM Where Are My Friends? Name Words with -er, -est Look at the word. Say it. Listen for the word ending, 1. bigger 2. biggest 3. faster 4. fastest 5. taller 6. tallest 7. shorter Write each word. 8. shortest 9. sadder Check it. 10. saddest Words to Read Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 11. good-bye 12.before Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that end with -er and -est. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it, and then spell it with eyes closed. DVD•166 Spelling Words with -er, -est 0328480452_G1_RWN-D_166.indd 166 10/28/09 1:32:49 PM Where Are My Friends? Name Contractions with Not Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 1 Draw a line from the words to their contraction. 1. are not doesn’t 2. did not wasn’t 3. do not hasn’t 4. does not aren’t 5. has not weren’t 6. is not didn’t 7. was not don’t 8. were not isn’t Write the contraction for the underlined words. 9. A bear does not eat all winter. 10. Bears do not wake up until spring. 11. Squirrels are not going away. 12. The squirrel was not in its nest. Home Activity Your child reviewed contractions with not. Have your child write contractions with not on one side of index cards and the words for each contraction on the other side. Use the flash cards to test your child. 0328480452_G1_RWN-D_167.indd 167 Conventions Contractions with Not DVD•167 10/28/09 1:35:22 PM