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Phonics Consonant Digraphs Review DVD•61

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chest itch ship thorn whale

Say the word for each picture. Write ch, tch, sh, th, or wh to finish each word.

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Home Activity Your child reviewed words that begin or end with ch, tch, sh, th, thr, or wh, as in chest, itch, ship, thorn, thread, and whale. Ask your child to read aloud the above words that begin or end with these letters. Together, write a story using some of these words.

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DVD•62 Comprehension Fact and Opinion Review

Home Activity Your child read a nonfiction article and answered questions about it. Reread the article together and have your child circle the facts they find. Invite your child give some facts and express some opinions about how people dress.

Read the story. Follow the directions.

The First Pants for Women

Elizabeth Smith-Miller was the first American woman to wear pants. It was silly to garden in long skirts and petticoats. Miller decided to make some pants instead. The pants were loose and comfortable. She wore them under a short dress. Miller’s friend Amelia Bloomer also wore them, so people called them bloomers. People made fun of Miller and her friends when they wore bloomers. They must have looked strange. After a few years Miller stopped wearing the bloomers. She probably decided they were ugly.

1. How do you know this story is nonfiction? Circle the answer.

The story is about a real person and real events.

The story take place in the past.

2. Write a fact about Elizabeth Smith-Miller.

3. Write two sentences from the story that are opinions.

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Spelling Words

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Spelling Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore DVD•63

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ar, or, and ore. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, pronounce it, spell it aloud, and then write it.

Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore

Sort the list words by ar, or, and ore.

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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with ar, or, and ore. Have your child pronounce the spelling words and underline ar, or, and ore.

DVD•64  Spelling Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore

Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore

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Tara and Tiree

Home Activity Your child learned how to use nouns in writing. Tell about your day in several sentences. Then repeat the sentences slowly and have your child identify the nouns you used.

How can animals help people?Write about an animal.Tell how the animal helps a person.Circle the nouns you use.

Nouns

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Home Activity Your child reviewed nouns. Have your child write a letter to a relative and circle all the nouns.

Circle the noun in each sentence.

The ice breaks.

The dogs walk together.

The man gets out.

Choose a noun in ( ) for each sentence.Write the sentence.

The (where, water) feels cold.

The (snow, ask) is deep.

The (sing, fire) feels hot.

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Home Activity Your child identified the causes and effects of mixing colors to create another color. Find other color mixtures. Create color mixture cards on index cards with your child. Have your child make a drawing using those color combinations.

Comprehension Cause and Effect DVD•67

Read the story. Write the answer to each question.

Colors, Colors Everywhere

Paints and crayons come in many different colors. But have you ever started coloring and discovered you were missing a color? Did you know you could mix colors to get other colors? Let’s start with the colors red, blue, and yellow. They are known as primary colors.

Suppose we wanted to make a drawing of an orange cat. The cat will be wearing a purple sweater and a green hat. How would you mix the primary colors to get those colors? Mix yellow and red to get the orange color you’ll need for the cat’s fur. Mix red and blue to get the color purple for the sweater. Mix blue and yellow to get the color green for the hat. Now you are ready to begin drawing the picture!

1. What happens when you mix the colors yellow and red?

2. What causes two colors to become another color?

3. How would you get the color purple?

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