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pin pin

win win

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Grade K

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SKILL SH

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SKILL SHARPENERS Grade

K

phonics spelling patterns

test

practice

GRADE

Keep Your

Child’s Academic

Skills Sharp

ISBN 1-59673-044-7

It has been proven that children benefit immensely when parents take an active

role in their education. As a parent, you have a wonderful opportunity to support what happens in the classroom, inspiring your child’s desire to learn.

The skills and concepts presented in Skill Sharpeners are grade appropriate and are aligned to national and state standards. The standardized-style assessment pages are an integral part of the series, helping to build your child’s confidence with test-question formats. The books are colorful, engaging, and easy to use with interesting themes, charming illustrations, and a variety of activities that will appeal to your child.

Additional parent resources from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers:

• The Never-Bored Kid Books • Daily Summer Activities • Skill Sharpeners - Reading - Math

E-book

SKILL SHARPENERS

Each of the 12 units is based on a short vowel word family and includes:

• a short-vowel story, • a spelling list, • spelling activities, • grammar exercises, • writing skills, and • test practice.

8 activity pages provide meaningful spelling and writing practice.

Each unit ends with an assessment with questions presented in standardized test format.

Engaging and Easy to UseSkills:

Auditory Discrimination

Practicing the

in Family

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It Rhymes with inWrite in to spell each word.

p sp

f t can

w tw

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Skills:Using Picture Clues

Completing Sentences

Note: Explain to your child that a sentence must have two parts—one part tells who is doing something, and the

other part tells what he or she did.

Make a SentenceA sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea.The fi rst part of a sentence tells who, the second parttells what.

Who: BenWhat: can jumpBen can jump.

Draw a line to make a sentence.

Ben did win.

Sam can jump.

Kimcan pin it.

Ann runs fast.

My Spelling Testt

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

Pin ItFind the correct answer.Fill in the circle.

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Note: Read the questions for your child. Then say each word (in, pin, win) for your child to write on the spelling test.

1. Which word is spelled correctly?

❍ wen❍ win

2. Which word rhymes with in?

❍ pan❍ pin

3. Which is a sentence?

❍ he did.❍ He did win.

4. Which is a sentence?

❍ Sam can jump.❍ Can jump.

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cat cat

sat sat

mat mat

hop hop

top top

mop mop

in in

pin pin

win win

fun fun

run run

sun sun

ten ten

hen hen

pen pen

ran ran

man man

can can

hot hot

pot pot

got got

dig dig

pig pig

big big

get get

pet pet

wet wet

red red

bed bed

fed fed

bug bug

tug tug

dug dug

it it

sit sit

hit hit

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Read the spelling words.Check off the words you can fi nd in the story.

pig dig big

Note: Read this story with your child. Ask: What did the pig dig up? Provide any help he or she needs to complete the tasks in this unit.

A Big Pig

See the big pig.

See the pig dig.

Stop, pig, stop!

Do not dig!

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Skills:

Visual Discrimination

Letter Order in Words

Comprehension

My Spelling Words

Color the picture.

Write the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. See the big dig in the mud.

2. See the pig dig in the mud.

3. See the big pig in the mud.

dig pig big

pig

big

dig

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Skills:

Visual Memory What Is Missing?Write the missing letters.

p g

pi

ig

bi

b g

ig

d g

ig

di

Write a sentence about the pig.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

i

g

p

g

i

b

i

d

g

Answers will vary.

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Skills:

Auditory Discrimination

Practicing the ig Word Family

It Rhymes withWrite ig to spell each word.

p d

w tw

b f

ig

i g i g

i gi g

i g i g

78 UNIT 8 Spelling & Writing Practice • EMC 4536 • ©2005 by Evan-Moor Corp.

Skills:

Word Meaning

Using Picture Clues

Identifying Like Words

Make a MatchDraw a line to make a match.

pig

big

dig

Circle the word that is the same as the fi rst word.

pig dig pig big

big big dig pig

dig pig big dig

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Skills:

Completing Sentences with Spelling Words

Using Picture Clues

Pet PigWrite the missing word to complete each sentence.

dig pig big

1. My pet pig is .

2. My pet pig can .

3. My pet can run.

big

dig

pig

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Skills:

Sentence Order

In the Pigpen Look at the picture.

Write the sentence in the correct order.

the big pig dig? Did

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Did the big pig dig?

My Spelling Testt

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

A Big PigFind the correct answer.Fill in the circle.

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Note: Read the questions for your child. Then say each word (pig, dig, big) for your child to write on the spelling test.

1. Which word is spelled correctly?

❍ dig❍ dag

2. Which name begins correctly?

❍ Pam❍ pam

3. Which name begins correctly?

❍ dan❍ Dan

4. Did the pig in the story dig?

❍ yes❍ no

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Skills:

Proper Names with a Capital Letter

Name the PigsWrite the missing letter to spell each pig’s name.

B D J P S

en am

an am

ane ill

Write your name.

_______________________________________________

b

d

j

s

p

j

B S

D P

J J

Answers will vary.

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It has been proven that children benefit immensely when parents take an active

role in their education. As a parent, you have a wonderful opportunity to support what happens in the classroom, inspiring your child’s desire to learn.

The skills and concepts presented in Skill Sharpeners are grade appropriate and are aligned to national and state standards. The standardized-style assessment pages are an integral part of the series, helping to build your child’s confidence with test-question formats. The books are colorful, engaging, and easy to use with interesting themes, charming illustrations, and a variety of activities that will appeal to your child.

Additional parent resources from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers:

•TheNever-BoredKidBooks •MyDo&LearnActivityBooks •DailySummerActivities

KeepYour

Child’sAcademicSkillsSharp

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