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Phonics Abbreviations Review DVD•313

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A Birthday Basket for Tía

Pick an abbreviation word from the box to replace the word in ( ). Write the word on the line.

1. We live on Maple (Avenue).

2. (Doctor) Moreno lives next to us.

3. (Mister) Chang lives in the house on our south side.

4. We will have a block party on (Wednesday).

5. The last party was on (September) 9, 2009.

6. We will also invite the people from Elm (Street).

Write each abbreviation correctly.

7. octob 8. Mrs

9. Decem 10. Sat

Home Activity Your child learned the common abbreviations Ave., Mr., Mrs., Dr., St., and abbreviations for days and months. Have your child use abbreviations to address some envelopes, using mail sent to you as models. Point out and read abbreviated days and months on letters or e-mailed messages.

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A Birthday Basket for Tía

Read each sentence. Answer the questions.

1. Viv was late, so she missed the party. Why did Viv miss the party?

2. Because Jim forgot, he did not send a birthday card. Why didn’t Jim send a birthday card?

3. Mom burned the cake, so no one could eat it. Why couldn’t anyone eat the cake?

4. Because Al dropped the box, the gift broke. Why did the gift break?

5. Tim was sad because so many things went wrong. Why was Tim sad?

Home Activity Your child read sentences to see what happened and answered questions about the cause of each event. Talk to your child about events of the day. Ask your child what happened and why. Have him or her draw a picture to show one thing that happened and write a sentence to tell why it happened.

DVD•314 Comprehension Cause and Effect Review

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Spelling Final Syllables -tion, -ture DVD•315

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with -tion and -ture. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it, and then write it on a piece of paper. Ask your child to point to the common syllable pattern.

Final Syllables -tion, -ture

Sort the list words by -ture or -tion.

-ture -tion

1. 7.

2. 8.

3. 9.

4. 10.

5. 11.

6. 12.

Words to Read

13. 14.

Generalization The final syllables in mixture and nation have the common syllable patterns -ture and -tion.

Spelling Words

1. mixture

2. nation

3. section

4. future

5. picture

6. action

7. caution

8. station

9. fixture

10. motion

11. nature

12. feature

Words to Read

13. piece

14. tomorrow

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Crossword Puzzle Write list words in the puzzle.Across 3. care 4. a country 5. a partDown 1. a drawing 2. movement

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with -tion and -ture. Point to a spelling word. Have your child spell the word and use it in a sentence.

DVD•316  Spelling Final Syllables -tion, -ture

Circle the word that comes first in a dictionary. Write it.

6. caution action feature

7. section station mixture

8. picture future nation

9. nature picture section

10. mixture nature fixture

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Home Activity Your child learned how to use prepositions in writing. Take turns with your child writing sentences using prepositional phrases.

Prepositions and Prepositional PhrasesImagine you are helping to plan a surprise party.

Write about what you will have at your surprise party. Use prepositional phrases.

Choose other prepositions. Say a sentence for each preposition.

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DVD•318 Conventions Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

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Circle the prepositional phrase in each sentence.

1. Chica the cat ran away from the dog.

2. Tía came to America when she was young.

3. I made the present from things I found.

Write the prepositional phrase in each sentence. Say another prepositional phrase that could be used in each sentence.

4. I hid the present in the closet.

5. We got ready after school.

6. We invited everyone to our house.

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Home Activity Your child reviewed prepositions. Ask your child to use sentences with prepositional phrases to answer these questions: What do you like to do for fun? Where can you do it?

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