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Phonics Long e: e, ee, ea, y Review DVD•129

Home Activity Your child identified words with the long e sound spelled ee, ea, and y. List five long e words with the ee, ea, or y spelling. Ask your child to read the words to you. Challenge your child to name other long e words. Help your child write these words.

Circle the word in each sentence that has the long e sound. Write the word on the line.

wheel leaf baby

1. Di had a party.

2. Now Di has a messy room.

3. Di feels sad.

4. Bill is eager to help.

5. Bill likes to clean.

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DVD•130 Comprehension Sequence Review

Home Activity Your child identified words that show sequence and placed events in the correct order. Have your child help you make a sandwich. Talk about what you do first, next, and last.

Read the story. Follow the directions and answer the question.

Energy from the Sun

Long before they discovered fire, people used the sun for energy. It was their only source of light and heat. Today, we use energy from sunlight that fell on Earth millions of years ago. First, plants took in energy from the sun. Next, they stored it in their bodies. Then animals ate the plants and stored the energy. After the plants and animals died, they were covered with layers of mud, sand, and clay. These layers grew thicker over millions of years. After they got very heavy, they pressed down on the plants and animals. Finally the pressure changed the living things into oil, gas, or coal. Now, we use the energy in oil, gas, and coal to run our cars, heat our homes, and make electricity.

1. Circle the words in the story that give clues to the order of events.

2. Write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 to show the order of events.

Plants and animals changed to oil, gas, and coal.

People use energy in oil, gas, and coal.

People only had the sun for light and heat.

The bodies of plants and animals were covered with layers of mud.

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Spelling Words

1.goat

2.hold

3.show

4.most

5.bowl

6.float

7.toast

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10.told

11.toad

12.slow

Words to Read

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14.school

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Spelling Vowel Patterns o, oa, ow DVD•131

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long o spelled o, oa, and ow. To practice at home, have your child spell each word. Then cover the word and ask him or her to spell it again.

Vowel Patterns o, oa, ow

Sort the list words by o, oa, and ow.

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2. 7.

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4. 9.

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GeneralizationLong o can be spelled o, oa, and ow: most, goat, bowl.

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Spelling Words

goat

toast

hold

ago

show

open

most

told

bowl

toad

float

slow

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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with long o spelled o, oa, and ow. Give clues about a list word. Challenge your child to guess and spell it.

DVD•132  Spelling Vowel Patterns o, oa, ow

Vowel Patterns o, oa, ow

Read the clue. Write the list word. Add a letter to low to make Add a letter to how to make a word that means not fast. a word that means a movie.

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2. Add a letter to bow to make Add a letter to old to make a word a word that means dish. that means hang onto something.

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Read the clues. Write the list words. The word in the boxes will answer the riddle.

What has eyes, but can’t see?

5. You do this to a window.

6. This is the opposite of least.

7. This animal has no tail.

8. An animal with horns and beard

9. You eat this for breakfast.

10. You can do this in the water.

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Conventions Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns DVD•133

Dear Juno

Home Activity Your child learned how to use verbs with singular and plural nouns in writing. Have your child write a note or letter to a relative. Before you mail it, have your child point out the verbs with singular nouns and the verbs with plural nouns.

Tell about things your friend does.

Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns

My friend

My friend

My friend

Tell about things you and your friend do.

My friend and I

My friend and I

My friend and I

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DVD•134 Conventions Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns

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Dear Juno

Underline the verb in ( ) that completes each sentence.

1. Juno (draws, draw) a picture.

2. Mom and Dad (read, reads) the letter.

3. Juno and Sam (waits, wait) for the mail.

4. Grandma (send, sends) a photograph.

Write the verb in ( ) that completes each sentence.

Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns

Home Activity Your child reviewed verbs with singular and plural nouns. Write the singular and plural subjects for items 1–8 on this page on paper. Take turns with your child adding appropriate verbs to the subjects to make sentences.

5. Grandma (visit, visits) us.

6. Ben and I (hugs, hug) her.

7. Ben (tell, tells) a joke.

8. Mom and Dad (laughs, laugh) too.

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Comprehension Draw Conclusions DVD•135

Home Activity Your child read a letter and drew conclusions from information in the letter. Read aloud a portion of a story or article your child has not read. Work together to use information from the text to draw conclusions about a character or event.

Read the letter. Follow the directions.

Dear Maggie,

My name is Kim. I got your name from a list at my school. I am in the second grade. Here is a picture of my house. I have seen pictures of the country where you live. Do you live in a tall building? What is your school like? What do you like to do for fun? I like to write letters. Do you?

Your new friend (I hope!), Kim

1. Where do you think Maggie lives?

2. Write a sentence that tells why Kim wrote the letter.

3. Where do you think Kim lives?

4. Write a sentence telling how you think Maggie felt to get the letter from Kim.

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