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Home Activity Your child reviewed words with the long e sounds spelled e as in she, ee as in beet, ea as in wheat, and y as in bunny. Ask your child to write a poem or story using some of these long e words. Have your child read aloud his or her writing.

she beet wheat bunny

Pickawordfromtheboxtomatcheachclue.Writethewordontheline.Underlinethelettersofthewordthatmakethelongesound.

beak  bee  he  kitty  peach pony  queen  sheep

  1.  ababycat

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  3. abird’sbill

  4. asmallhorse

  5. abuzzingbug

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  7.  woollyanimals

  8. afruit

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Home Activity Your child reviewed words with the long o sound spelled o as in polar, oa as in boat, and ow as in bow. Say each of these words one at a time. Have your child repeat the word and then spell it aloud or write it.

DVD•170  Phonics

Circle the word with the long o sound. Write the word on the line.

polar bear boat bow

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hop snow

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Home Activity Your child wrote compound words—words that are made up of two smaller words, such as waterfall. Work with your child to use the words above to write other compound words, such as raincoat, doghouse, toothpick, baseball, lighthouse, and eyelashes. (Other possibilities include rainstorm, birdbath, hairbrush, footprint, flashbulb, and eyelid.)

Say the word for each picture. Use two words to make a compound word that names the picture. Write the compound word on the line. water + fall = waterfall

1.

bow coat rain storm

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bath bird dog house

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brush hair pick tooth

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ball base foot print

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eye glasses lashes lid

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Home Activity Your child identified words in which the long i sound is spelled i, ie, igh, or y. Write the word endings -ind and -ild as headings on a sheet of paper. Have your child add beginning letters to each ending to form long i words.

DVD•172  Phonics

spider pie knight sky

Circlethewordineachrowthathasthelong isound.Writethewordontheline.

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Home Activity Your child wrote words that end in -er as in taller and -est as in tallest to make comparisons. Ask your child to draw pictures of groups of animals (two animals, four animals). Have your child write a sentence for each picture, using words such as longer/longest, heavier/heaviest, and tamer/tamest.

The first building is tall. The second building is taller. The third building is tallest.

Circle the correct word to finish each sentence. Write the word on the line.

1. We went to the zoo on the (nicer / nicest) day of the week.

2. Of all the animals, I thought the sharks were the (scarier / scariest).

3. I learned that an elephant can walk (faster / fastest) than a man.

4. To me, the (cuter / cutest) animals in the zoo were the baby pandas.

5. I saw a weaverbird with feathers (redder / reddest) than a tomato.

6. I was (hotter / hottest) in the Desert House than I was outside.

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