This week we re. Reviewing Tara and Tiree, read each word and draw a picture on the card. This week your child will review vowel sounds

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1 You are your child s first and best teacher! Here are ways to help your child review skills while having fun! Phonics This week your child will review vowel sounds spelled ar, or, ore, oar, er, ir, ur. Write each of these words on a separate card: car, fork, store, roar, fur, clerk, girl, starfish. Have your child read each word and draw a picture on the card to illustrate the word. Comprehension One skill your child will review this week is cause and effect. Ask your child to explain why a puddle disappears. Discuss with your child other effects of the sun. Vocabulary Some words your child will review this week: family, once, great, worst, whole, word, people, sign, everybody, sorry. Write each word. Help your child use the words in a story about people working together to find a lost pet. Spelling Write these silly descriptions that contain spelling words: corn in a purse, baby on a tray, horse on a porch, note on a turtle, he s in paint, she s in dirt. Take turns illustrating them. Unit Question Talk with your child about how community helpers work together. 4 Unit 2 Interactive Review Name This week we re Reviewing Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Abraham Lincoln Scarcity The Bremen Town Musicians One Good Turn Deserves Another Talking About WORKING TOGETHER How can we work together? 1

2 2 Contraction Concentration Materials 16 index cards, crayon or pen Preparation Make a set of word cards like those shown. Game Directions 1. Mix the cards and place them face down in four rows, four cards in each row. 2. Players take turns trying to match a contraction with the word pair it stands for. 3. Players turn over two cards at a time. If they make a match, they keep the cards. 4. Play continues until there are no cards left. can t can + not doesn t does + not I ll I + will I m I + am isn t is + not it s it + is they ll they + will who s who + is 3

3 Unit 2 Week 1 Interactive Review barn stork store board Pick a word from the box to match each picture. Write the word on the line. corn farmer fork oar roar shore target yard Home Activity Your child wrote words that contain the vowel sounds in barn, stork, store, and board. Point to the words your child wrote below the pictures. Ask your child to read each word aloud and use the word in a sentence that tells about each picture. Phonics DVD 111

4 Unit 2 Week 2 Interactive Review Title Pick the contraction that is formed from each pair of words in ( ). Write the contraction on the line to finish each sentence. doesn t don t he ll I m it s she ll that s won t 1. My school She is running. She s running. be open today. (will not) 2. This is because 5. I think want to play tick-tack-toe. (he will) snowing a lot. (it is) 3. It look like it will stop snowing soon. (does not) 4. going to play a game with Tommy and Sara. (I am) 6. I think want to play a card game. (she will) 7. I want to play tick-tack-toe or a card game. (do not) 8. I like checkers, so the game I want to play. (that is) DVD 112 Phonics Home Activity Your child practiced forming contractions, such as won t, that s, she ll, and I m. Write the contractions from the box on separate index cards. On other cards, write the pairs of words that form the contractions. Have your child match the contractions and word pairs.

5 Unit 2 Week 3 Interactive Review Sam, Come Back curb perch chirp curb Read each pair of words. Circle the word for each picture spur gull girl spur spin fern face skip skirt herd hard circus center Write a word from the box to finish each sentence. for fur third clerk trumpet turkey 9. I paid the store for the toy. 10. I was the person in line. Home Activity Your child identified words that contain the vowel sounds in perch, chirp, and curb. Point to the words your child circled below the picture. Ask your child to read each word aloud and use the word in a sentence that tells about each picture. Phonics DVD 113

6 Use the word in ( ) to finish each sentence. Add -s, -es, change the y to i and add -es, or change the f to ve and add -s. Write the new word on the line. Unit 2 Week 4 Interactive Review Sam, Come Back! 1. My three came to visit our family. (cousin) 2. In the morning, Dad read two to us. (story) 3. We all sat outside on. (bench) 4. One story was about a group of silly. (elf) Pearson Education, Inc., 2 5. The other story was an animal story about. (wolf) 6. Later we played some. (game) 7. We needed ten to play one game. (penny) 8. For lunch, we all ate cheese. (sandwich) DVD 114 Phonics Home Activity Your child formed plural nouns by adding -s, -es, changing the y to i and adding -es, or changing the f to ve and adding -s. Invite your child to draw pictures to illustrate the completed sentences. Have your child write a plural noun for each drawing.

7 Unit 2 Week 5 Interactive Review lady pail jay Circle the word in each row with the long a sound. Write the word on the line. 1. hail hat hard 2. clam class clay 3. bank bait bang 4. crash crazy cracker 5. Katy Karl Kareem 6. rash rag rain 7. parrot paper passing 8. tray trap track 9. ladder lamp later 10. badly banker baby Home Activity Your child identified words in which the long a sound is spelled a, ai, or ay. Ask your child to write the long a words from above on separate index cards. Then have your child sort the words according to the way the long a sound is spelled. Phonics DVD 115