© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

Little Quack

Directions: Have children write a row of each letter and then write the words.

Home Activity: Ask your child to show you how to write each letter.

Handwriting Letters R, r: Words with r 173

Write 

Rin rat

032847679X_RWN_GK_173 173 11/11/09 12:40:08 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

NameLittle Quack

174 Phonics /r/ Spelled Rr

Write  Color

Rr

Directions: Name each picture. Write r on the line if the word begins with /r/. Color the /r/ pictures.

Home Activity: Have your child find pictures that begin with /r/ and paste the pictures on paper to make an /r/ book.

032847679X_RWN_GK_174 174 11/11/09 12:40:11 PM

Rin the Rat

Rin is a rat .

She is a l i t t le rat .

Rin ran to Rip.

Rip ran.

Decodable Story Rin the RatTarget Skill /r/ Spelled Rr

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

4 1

032847679X_RWN_GK_175 175 11/11/09 12:40:12 PM

Rin l ikes to tap.

She can tap.

Rip ran to Rin.

He is wi th Rin.

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

2 3

032847679X_RWN_GK_176 176 11/11/09 12:40:13 PM

Directions: Read each sentence. Write the missing word to finish the sentence. Color the picture.

Home Activity: Have your child use she, with, little, and me in other sentences.

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

Little Quack

High-Frequency Words 177

Write  Color

she        with        me        little

   can jump rope.  She can run    me.

She can hop with   .  This is a    duck.

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 177 11/6/09 12:48:39 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

NameLittle Quack

178 Conventions Verbs for Now and the Past

Home Activity Ask your child to tell about something he or she did today and then about something he or she did yesterday.

Directions Have children read the sentences about Tim. Ask them to give sentences for things Tim does now and did yesterday. Then have children write the word that completes the sentence about Pam.

Write It!

Pam . (walks)

Read It! Tim jumps.

Tim jumped.

Say It! Say a sentence that tells something Tim is

doing now. Then say a sentence that tells

something Tim did yesterday.

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 178 11/6/09 12:48:49 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

Little Quack

Phonics /r/ Spelled Rr 179

Color  Write

Directions: Color each picture that begins with /r/. Write r in the box.

Home Activity: Have your child name the pictures that begin with /r/.

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 179 12/29/09 8:46:28 AM

Draw

Directions: Draw a picture to show what would happen next in each story.

Home Activity: Ask your child to tell you the main events of the story Little Quack.

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

NameLittle Quack

180 Comprehension Plot

032847679X_RWN_GK_180 180 11/11/09 12:40:24 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

Little Quack

Conventions Verbs 181

Draw

run rip

sit pin

nap tap

Directions: Draw a line from the word to the picture it tells about. Then use the verbs in sentences.

Home Activity: Have your child use these verbs in sentences: jump, hop skip, write.

032847679X_RWN_GK_181 181 11/11/09 12:40:26 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

NameLittle Quack

182 Writing Invitation

Directions Draw a picture for your class activity. Then write or dictate the missing information for an invitation.

Home Activity Help your child create an invitation to a real or make believe family event.

Draw  Write

Come to our class activity.

It is on .

It is at o’clock.

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 182 2/2/10 11:57:59 AM

Write  Color

Directions: Label the animal in each picture R for real or M for make-believe. Color the pictures that show a make-believe situation.

Home Activity: Have your child draw and color a picture of a real animal in a real place.

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

KName

Little Quack©

Pea

rson

Ed

ucat

ion,

Inc.

, K

Comprehension Realism and Fantasy 183

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 183 11/6/09 12:49:21 PM

© P

ears

on E

duc

atio

n, In

c.,

K

NameLittle Quack

184 Conventions Verbs for Now and the Past

Home Activity Have your child create other sentences about the pictures.

Directions Have children read the sentences about Nan. Ask them to give sentences for things Nan does now and did yesterday. Then have children write the word that completes the sentence about Rob.

Write It!

Rob . (jumped)

Read It! Nan talks.

Nan talked.

Say It! Say a sentence that tells something Nan is

doing now. Then say a sentence that tells

something Nan did yesterday.

0328484741_RWN_PB_173-184.indd 184 11/6/09 12:49:38 PM