THE BLUESTUDENT ACTIVITY BOOK

3rd Edition

By

Debbie Strayer

and

Susan Simpson

Learning Language ArtsThrough Literature

The Learning Language Arts Through Literature series:

The Blue Book - 1st Grade SkillsThe Red Book - 2nd Grade SkillsThe Yellow Book - 3rd Grade SkillsThe Orange Book - 4th Grade SkillsThe Purple Book - 5th Grade SkillsThe Tan Book - 6th Grade SkillsThe Green Book - 7th Grade SkillsThe Gray Book - 8th Grade SkillsThe Gold Book - World Literature - High School SkillsThe Gold Book - American Literature - High School SkillsThe Gold Book - British Literature - High School Skills

Our thanks to Debbie Ward for her work on the 3rd edition of this book.

Copyright ©1998 by:Common Sense Press of Melbourne LLC3121 Skyway Circle, Suite AMelbourne, FL 32934www.commonsensepress.com

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Common Sense Press.

Cover Design: Kate White, 2017Cover art: Nongkran_ch/Bigstock.com

Printed in the United States of America.

Rev 12/2018Printed 12/2017

ISBN 978-1-929683-50-5

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Blue Student Activity Book

This Blue Student Activity Book is a companion to The Blue Book portion of The Common Sense Reading Program. The pages in this book are perforated so you can pull them out for your student’s use. The Blue Student Activity Book is not intended to be used independently. The information and material you need to teach are found in The Blue Book Teacher’s Manual.

Materials Packet

The Blue Book portion of The Common Sense Reading Program contains a Materials Packet, which includes the following:

1 - Head, Tummy, Toes Card (Tan)2 - Vowel Letter Cards (Pink)2 - Consonant Letter Cards (Blue)2 - Upper Case Letter Cards (Orange)2 - Sound Picture Cards (Gray)1 - Blend Letter Card (Green)5 - Sight Word Cards (Yellow)1 - Letter Dice Card (Green)2 - Letter Dice Cards (Blue)2 - Letter Dice Cards (Pink)

Readers

Also included in The Blue Book portion of The Common Sense Reading Program are the following readers:

Successful Reading for Beginners12 Short Vowel Readers (teal covers)6 Bridge Readers (yellow covers)10 Long Vowel Readers (purple covers)

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Use these shapes to m

ake your own pictures.

Th

e Li

on

and

the

Mou

seby

Aeso

p

D

ee

p in

the

jun

gle

s o

f Afri

ca

, th

ere

live

d a

gre

at

Lio

n. H

e kn

ew th

at h

e w

as

the

bra

vest

an

d s

tron

ges

t b

ea

st in

the

jun

gle

. H

e k

new

tha

t no

oth

er a

nim

al

wa

s a

s st

ron

g a

s h

e w

as.

But L

ion

wa

s to

o p

ride

ful.

He

did

no

t th

ink

tha

t h

e w

ou

ld e

ver

ne

ed

oth

er

an

ima

ls to

he

lp h

im.

He

tho

ug

ht t

ha

t he

co

uld

do

a

nyth

ing

.

O

ne

nig

ht,

Lio

n h

ea

rd a

no

ise

in h

is d

en

. H

e g

ot

up

an

d s

po

tted

a ti

ny m

ou

se s

cu

rryi

ng

ab

ou

t in

a

co

rne

r lo

oki

ng

for

foo

d.

The

Kin

g w

as

tire

d o

f th

e

mo

use

run

nin

g a

rou

nd

in h

is d

en

. H

e g

rab

be

d th

e

little

mo

use

, an

d w

as

ab

ou

t to

th

row

him

ou

t. B

ut

be

fore

he

did

this

, th

e m

ou

se s

ho

ute

d o

ut t

o h

im.

tha

t yo

u w

ere

rig

ht

all

alo

ng

. I

ha

ve b

ee

n t

oo

p

rou

d. I

am

so

rry

for t

he

wa

y I l

au

gh

ed a

t yo

u, a

nd

I w

ou

ld b

e ve

ry th

an

kfu

l if y

ou

wo

uld

hel

p m

e n

ow.”

Th

e lit

tle m

ou

se w

as

very

ha

pp

y to

hel

p h

is K

ing

, a

nd

he

qu

ickl

y fre

ed

the

big

lio

n. W

he

n th

ey w

ere

b

oth

sa

fely

on

th

e j

un

gle

flo

or

ag

ain

, Lio

n h

eld

M

ou

se in

his

gre

at p

aw

. “M

ou

se, y

ou

ha

ve ta

ug

ht

me

an

imp

ort

an

t le

sso

n to

da

y. I

ha

ve le

arn

ed

no

t to

be

so

pro

ud

, an

d I

kn

ow

no

w t

ha

t ev

en

litt

le

an

ima

ls c

an

be

of g

rea

t he

lp to

any

on

e.”

Stor

y Fo

lder

fold Fhere

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“Plea

se, King

Lion

. Let m

e

stay h

ere

. I will try n

ot to

m

ake

as m

uch

no

ise,” said

th

e m

ou

se. Bu

t Lion

wa

s an

gry w

ith

the

mo

use

for b

ein

g in

his

ho

me. “W

hy sho

uld

I let yo

u

go

?” he

aske

d.

M

ou

se sa

id, “I kn

ow

I loo

k sma

ll to yo

u, b

ut if yo

u

he

lp m

e, on

e d

ay I m

igh

t be

ab

le to

he

lp yo

u.”

Lio

n th

ou

gh

t this w

as fu

nny a

nd

he

de

cid

ed

to

let th

e m

ou

se g

o.

Lion

lau

gh

ed

for a

few d

ays a

fterw

ard

s ab

ou

t th

e little

mo

use

wh

o th

ou

gh

t tha

t he

wo

uld

be

ab

le

to h

elp

a g

rea

t king

. He

soo

n fo

rgo

t ab

ou

t Mo

use

th

ou

gh

an

d w

en

t ab

ou

t his b

usin

ess a

s usu

al.

O

ne d

ay a

s he w

as w

alkin

g a

rou

nd

in th

e jun

gle,

he

wa

s sud

de

nly to

ssed

up

into

the

air. Lio

n fo

un

d

2

him

self tra

pp

ed

in th

e a

ir by a

hug

e n

et. “O

h n

o!”

gro

an

ed

Lion

. “I do

no

t thin

k I ca

n g

et o

ut o

f this

trap

. But if I d

o n

ot, th

e hu

nte

r wh

o se

t this tra

p w

ill c

om

e b

ack a

nd

ge

t me.”

A

s he wa

s crying in the tra

p, there w

as a

tiny mo

use

run

nin

g a

bo

ut th

e jun

gle flo

or rig

ht u

nd

ernea

th th

e

King

. It wa

s the sam

e mo

use w

hom

Lion

had

spa

red

in h

is de

n. M

ou

se h

ea

rd Lio

n c

rying

up

ab

ove h

im.

He ra

n u

p th

e tree to see w

ha

t wa

s go

ing

on

. Mo

use

w

as su

rprised

to see th

e King

in th

e trap

. “King

, wh

at

has ha

pp

ened to

you?” he a

sked. “Yo

u must esca

pe

fro

m th

e tra

p b

efo

re th

e hu

nte

r co

me

s!”

Lion

rep

lied

, “I ha

ve b

ee

n tryin

g fo

r ho

urs, a

nd

m

y stren

gth

is go

ne. I c

an

no

t esc

ap

e.” He

hun

g h

is h

ea

d in

sad

ne

ss.

Mo

use

wa

s thin

king

very h

ard

. “Lion

,” he

said

, “I th

ink I c

an

he

lp yo

u. If yo

u w

an

t me

to, I will ch

ew

thro

ug

h th

ese

co

rds a

nd

set yo

u fre

e. It loo

ks like I

ha

ve th

e ch

an

ce

to h

elp

you

afte

r all.”

N

ow

Lion

wa

s thin

king

ab

ou

t wh

at M

ou

se sa

id.

He

knew

tha

t Mo

use

co

uld

free

him

. He

wa

nte

d

to b

e fre

e m

ore

tha

n a

nythin

g. Bu

t he

also

knew

th

at h

e w

ou

ld h

ave

to te

ll Mo

use

tha

t he

ha

d b

ee

n

righ

t, an

d h

e w

ou

ld h

ave

to a

po

log

ize to

Mo

use

for

lau

gh

ing

at h

im. Th

is wo

uld

be

very h

ard

to d

o fo

r th

e pro

ud

King

. He kn

ew th

at h

is life wa

s wo

rth m

ore

th

an

his p

ride. H

e sp

oke

to M

ou

se, “Little o

ne, I se

e

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The Nature NewsThe Race of the Decade

Ye s te rd ay, i n t h e meadow, there was a great race! All the animals of the meadow showed up to cheer for either Speedy the Hare or Slowly the Tortoise. It all started the day Speedy ran by the home of Slowly. Slowly was outside watering his spinach when the hare ran by his home. The hare raised up a bunch of dust when he ran by. The tortoise fell flat on his back. Slowly called out to the hare in a slow voice, “Speedy,” he called slowly, “Come back here, Speedy.” “What’s up, Slowly?” asked the hare. “Hurry up! I’m in a hurry to get somewhere.” “Well, that is what I wanted to talk to you about,” the tortoise said. “You see, Speedy, you are always speeding around here and knocking me over or messing up my spinach. I do not like it, Speedy.” The tortoise was tired of being knocked over. “Me? Slow down?” asked Speedy, laughing. “You are so slow that you do not even know what

fast is. I was not even running fast just now. Why don’t you go back to watering your plants?” “I will make a deal with you, Speedy,” said Slowly. “If I can beat you in a race, then you have to promise to stop running by my house and getting dust all over my spinach, O.K.?” When he heard this, Speedy laughed again, but he agreed to the tortoise’s bet. So, the next day in the meadow, the two animals met at the race track. I asked Slowly and Speedy questions about the race. “What do you think about the race?” I asked Speedy. “Wiser,” he told me, “I do not think I will have any problem with speeding past this slow tortoise. He does not have a chance!” I asked Slowly the same question. “Well, Wiser, I know that he is really fast, but I have a feeling that Speedy will make a mistake in this race.” When both contestants were ready, the judge of the race shouted, “Go!,” and they took off. Actually, only Speedy took off. Slowly began at a slow walk. Being an owl, I followed the race by flying in the air, above the two animals. After the race had begun, I saw Speedy look behind him. He saw that Slowly was nowhere in sight. So he decided to

take a short rest. He said to himself, “That silly tortoise is so far behind that he has probably given up.” After a while, Speedy was still asleep. Soon, I saw Slowly walk past the sleeping hare. He nodded to me as he passed Speedy, as if to say, “I told you so!” I flew on to the finish line. I waited for the winner with the other animals of the meadow. Everyone began to cheer as they saw Slowly walking to the finish line. The loud cheer woke up Speedy, and when he saw that the tortoise was about to cross the finish line, he ran toward it as fast as he could. He was much too late to beat Slowly now. The tortoise crossed the line, and when Speedy crossed the line, there was Slowly smiling at him.

By Wiser, the Owl

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eTo

rtoi

se

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21

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The

fat cat ran.

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1

2

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The fa

t catsa

t.The

cat sa

t.

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Directions forCat Word Wheel

Cut out the 2 circles and 2 ears. Glue onto construction paper if desired. Cut out the 2 squares on the cat face. Trace the letters that have been taught on the letter circle.

Put a brad through the center dot on the cat face and then through the center dot on the letter circle. Fold the brad pieces over so the circles can move easily. Glue the ears in place. Hold the bottom circle and turn the top one to create words.

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New Sight Wordshere is biglittle I are

The cat and rat are here.

Here is the big cat.

Here is the little rat.

Story 1

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The big cat ran. I ran.

The little rat sat.

The big cat sat. I sat.

The little rat ran.

Story 1 (cont.)

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A rat ran t

A rat ran.

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TheThe ca

t ran.