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Snakes are reptiles. They are in the same family as lizards and crocodiles.

Like lizards and crocodiles, snakes have backbones and scales,

but snakes are different because they do not have legs.

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Reading Series Two: Amazing Snakes!

Homework Day 1, of 2

1. What family of animals do snakes belong to?

2. In what way are snakes the same as lizards and crocodiles?

3. In what way are snakes diff erent from lizards and crocodiles?

4. Did you underline the evidence in the text? yes no

Day 1

Read and � inkFirst, read the text out loud with proper phrasing. � en answer each question in a complete sentence. Underline the evidence for your answers in the text and draw a line to the question it answers.

Day 1, continued


Homework Day 1, of 2Parent Signature _________________________________

Connecting Spelling to MeaningFirst, read each example from the book. Next, fi nd the word in bold in the example. � en, write the base word in the “base noun” column. After that, write the word sum. Finally, circle the pronunciation of the ending. Tell if it sounds like an s or a z, or iz. � e fi rst one is done for you.

Example from the book

Base noun Word sum Pronunciation of ending

Snakes are reptiles. � ey are in the same family as lizards and crocodiles.

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

Like lizards andcrocodiles, snakes have backbones and scales, but snakes are diff erent because they do not have legs.

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

Osnake + s snakes–snake


Day 2


Homework Day 2, Page 1 of 2

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Text Features1. Draw a rectangle around as many boldface headings as you see.2. Circle as many captions as you see.



Day 2, continued

Connecting Spelling to MeaningFirst, read each example from the book. Next, fi nd the word in bold in the example. � en, write the base word in the “base verb” column. After that, write the word sum. Finally, circle the pronunciation of the ending. Tell if it sounds like an s or a z, or iz. � e fi rst one is done for you.

Parent Signature _________________________________

Example from the book

Base verb Word sum Pronunciation of ending

Do you think a snake’s skin feels slimy? /s/ /z/ /iz/

Every snake sheds its skin. When a snake sheds, it stops eating for a day or two and hides in a safe spot. � e snake’s top skinseparates from the skin under it. � e stop skin splits and the snake slithers from it.

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/

/s/ /z/ /iz/




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Day 3

Spell the WordsSpell the words in the sound boxes. � ere will not always be a sound to fi ll in every box in the grid.

bite

globe

home

size

slime

case

safe

hope

time


Homework Day 3, Page 2 of 2Parent Signature _________________________________

Day 3, continued

The globe is home to over 2000 different snakes. They come in every size.

The littlest snakes are about the same length as your hand. Big snakes can

be as big as a truck!

1. How big can a snake be?

2. How little can a snake be?

3. How many diff erent kinds of snakes are there?

4. Did you underline the evidence in the text? yes no

Read and � inkFirst, read the text out loud with proper phrasing. � en answer each question in a complete sentence. Underline the evidence for your answers in the text and draw a line to the question it answers.

Day 4



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Rabbit Word StrategyMap and divide the words on the Rabbit Word Strategy map. Use the Rabbit Word Strategy checklist to help you. � e fi rst one is done for you.

rabbit

2. Connect the dots with a line. rabbit

3. Label the vowels “V”. rabbit

4. Label the consonantsbetween the vowels “C”. rabbit

5. See the VCCV pattern.Make a line between the consonants. rabbit

6. Make a loop under each syllable. rabbit

7. Read each syllable. rab/bit

8. Blend the syllables to read the word. rabbit

v v

v c c v

v c c v

v c c v

1. First, map the word in the white gridboxes. Then, find the vowels.Make the red dots.

Rabbit Word Strategy

Words: legless, reptiles


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Day 5

� ink and WriteWhat is the most amazing thing you learned about snakes from this book? You can use more paper to write if you need to.



Name: Date:


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