Resource Guide, Volume 2 - Bilingual Education and World

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Resource Guide, Volume 2 - Bilingual Education and World
Resource Guide
Volume 2
Beginning Language
and Literacy Practice
Resource Guide
Volume 2
Beginning Language
and Literacy Practice
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vocabulary Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Songs and Chants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sequence Story Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Rhyming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Letter Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Read-Alongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Introduction
Beginning activities in the Imagine Learning program are designed to help students
acquire language and literacy skills. To support language development, students
learn songs and chants and conversational phrases. Instruction is also provided for
vocabulary development and listening comprehension. Literacy instruction focuses on
letter recognition, rhyming, and story sequencing.
The printouts in this volume correspond with Imagine Learning activities. Specifically,
this volume contains printouts for:
• Vocabulary Scenes, from Everyday Words in Scenes
• Songs and Chants
• Sequence Story Events, from Read-Alongs
• Rhyming, from Identify Rhyming Words
• Letter Practice, from Letter Shapes and Sounds
• Read-Alongs
Students receive these printouts if print is enabled for their Imagine Learning session.
Teachers can also use printouts for whole-class instruction.
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Activities
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Vocabulary Scenes
Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Things in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Parts of a Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Things That Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Things in a Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Things on a Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Wild Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Landforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
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Animals
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Food
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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People
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Things in a House
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Clothing
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Parts of a Body
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Books
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Things That Go
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Things in a Classroom
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Things on a Playground
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Wild Animals
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Landforms
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Weather
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Places
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Vocabulary Scenes
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Songs and Chants
A, E, I, O, U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alphabet Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Be Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Buckle My Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Counting Is Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Days of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Fuzzy Wuzzy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Good Morning, Good Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hickory, Dickory, Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
If You’re Happy and You Know It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
It’s Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Keep Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Let’s Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Letter Sound Sing-Along . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Plurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Question Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Row, Row, Row Your Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Opposite Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
There Was a Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
This and That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
This Is the Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Underwater ABC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
What Do You Mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
You’re Dancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
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A, E, I, O, U
A, E, I, O, U
Vowels are letters that change
sounds.
A, E, I, O, U
Vowels in every word are found.
A, E, I, O, U
Short or long, they’re all around.
A, E, I, O, U
These are called the vowels.
A, E, I, O, U
Sometimes Y is too.
A, E, I, O, U
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Songs and Chants
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Alphabet Soup
Alphabet Soup
A-B-C-D-E-F
G-H-I-J-K-L-M
N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U
V-W-X-Y-Z
The alphabet is fun to sing.
I sing it every day.
From a to z or z to a,
I sing it either way.
Z-Y-X-W-V-U
T-S-R-Q-P-O
N-M-L-K-J-I-H-G
F-E-D-C-B-A
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Songs and Chants
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Be Verbs
Be Verbs
I am happy. He is sad.
We are scary. We are bad.
She was worried. They were mad.
These are called the Be Verbs.
am, is, are, was, were
These are called the Be Verbs.
Action, action—not with these
verbs.
am, is, are, was, were
Be Verbs!
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Songs and Chants
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Buckle My Shoe
Buckle My Shoe
One, two, buckle my shoe.
Three, four, shut the door.
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Seven, eight, open the gate.
Nine, ten, big fat hen.
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Songs and Chants
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Colors
Colors
The sun is yellow.
The sky is blue.
The grass is green,
And the trees are, too.
The flowers are orange.
The water is blue.
The apples are red,
And the birds are, too.
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Songs and Chants
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Counting Is Fun
Counting Is Fun
One, one, counting is fun.
Two, two, baking with you.
Three, three, three eggs for me.
One, two, three.
Let’s count from one to ten.
Four, four, need one more.
Five, five, five cups piled high.
Six, six, six spoons to mix.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Let’s count from one to ten.
Seven, seven, into the oven.
Eight, eight, eight, fill each plate.
Nine, nine, it’s tasting time.
Ten, ten let’s do it again.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
Let’s count from one to ten!
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Songs and Chants
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Days of the Week
Days of the Week
Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Seven days are in a week.
Yes, seven days to work and play.
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Songs and Chants
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Fuzzy Wuzzy
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy,
Was he?
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Songs and Chants
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Good
Good Morning,
Evening
Good Morning, Good Evening
The sun comes up,
Good morning!
The sun comes up,
Good morning!
The sun comes up,
Good morning!
Wake up!
Get out of bed!
The sun goes down,
Good evening!
The sun goes down,
Good evening!
The sun goes down,
Good evening!
Time to go to sleep.
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Songs and Chants
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Hickory,
Dickory,
Dock
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one.
The mouse ran down!
Hickory, dickory, dock.
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Songs and Chants
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If
You’re
Happy
and You Know It
If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
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Songs and Chants
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It’s Mine
It’s Mine
We use pronouns to play games.
Pronouns take the place of names.
He has it. It’s his.
She has it. It’s hers.
he—his
she—hers
We use pronouns to play games.
Pronouns take the place of names.
They have it. It’s theirs.
We have it. It’s ours.
they—theirs
we—ours
I have it. It’s mine.
Better luck next time.
We use pronouns to play games.
Pronouns take the place of names.
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Songs and Chants
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Keep Counting
Keep Counting
I can count from one to ten.
If there’s more, what happens then?
Eleven, twelve next are seen.
Then you simply add a teen:
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.
I can count to twenty now.
If I have more, tell me how.
You say twenty, twenty-one,
Twenty-two, and on and on.
Then there’s thirty, forty, fifty,
Sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety.
Ninety-one and ninety-two.
Reach one hundred and you’re through.
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Songs and Chants
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Let’s Talk
Let’s Talk
Let’s talk, let’s talk,
Let’s talk, talk, talk.
Let’s talk real fast.
Let’s talk real slow.
Let’s talk real high.
Let’s talk real low.
Let’s talk about all the words you know.
Let’s talk!
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Songs and Chants
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Letter
Along Sound Sing-
Letter Sound Sing-Along
/a/ ant…/a/, /a/ ant
/b/ bear…/b/, /b/ bear
/k/ cat… /k/, /k/ cat
/d/ donkey…/d/, /d/ donkey
/e/ elephant…/e/, /e/ elephant
/f/ frog…/f/, /f/ frog
/o/ otter…/o/, /o/ otter
/p/ penguin…/p/, /p/ penguin
/kw/ quail…/kw/, /kw/ quail
/r/ raccoon…/r/, /r/ raccoon
Chorus:
Here’s a little song.
You can sing along.
Letter sounds are fun.
Come on everyone!
/s/ skunk…/s/, /s/ skunk
/t/ tiger…/t/, /t/ tiger
/u/ bug…/u/, /u/ bug
/v/ vole…/v/, /v/ vole
/w/ walrus…/w/, /w/ walrus
/ks/ fox…/ks/, /ks/ fox
/g/ goat…/g/, /g/ goat
/h/ horse…/h/, /h/ horse
/i/ inchworm…/i/, /i/ inchworm
/j/ jaguar…/j/, /j/ jaguar
/k/ kangaroo…/k/, /k/ kangaroo
/l/ lion…/l/, /l/ lion
Chorus
/m/ monkey…/m/, /m/ monkey
/n/ newt…/n/, /n/ newt
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Chorus
Chorus
/y/ yak…/y/, /y/ yak
/z/ zebra…/z/, /z/ zebra
Lots of letter sounds.
Hear them all around!
It’s been so much fun.
Now our song is done!
Songs and Chants
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Places
Places
Let’s catch the bus and go to town.
Follow me, we’ve got places to see!
The bakery—
The treats are sweet.
The post office—
You can mail a letter.
Turn at the corner
And cross the street.
The hospital—
If you are sick, you’ll get better.
Now turn left,
Then go straight.
At the school,
The kids are cool.
Don’t forget all the places we’ve seen.
Now we’re done. Hope you had fun!
A restaurant—
The food is great.
There’s still a lot more for us to explore.
Follow me, we’ve got places to see!
The park—
A place to play.
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Songs and Chants
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Plurals
Plurals
Plural means it’s more than one.
Here’s a way to get it done:
Make it plural—add an s.
Make it plural—add an s.
cat—cats
brick—bricks
Plural means it’s more than one.
Here’s another way it’s done:
Make it plural—add es.
Make it plural—add es.
fox—foxes
match—matches
Plural means it’s more than one.
Now you know just how it’s done.
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Songs and Chants
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Question Words
Question Words
Want to ask a question?
Here’s our suggestion:
All you need
Is who, what, where, when, why!
Who, who?
Who are you?
I am number 32.
What, what?
What is your name?
My name? My name is Shane.
Where, where?
Where’s the game?
The game is here—in the park.
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When, when?
When does it start?
It starts at three, at three o’clock.
Oh no! We are late.
Why, why?
Why are we late?
At three fifteen, they close the
gate.
Want to ask a question?
Well, here’s our suggestion:
All you need
Is who, what, where, when, why!
Songs and Chants
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Row,
Boat Row, Row Your
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
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Songs and Chants
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The Opposite Song
The Opposite Song
Come on everyone,
Let’s sing the opposite song.
Happy, sad;
Awake, asleep;
High, low;
In and out;
Up and Down.
That’s what opposites are all about.
Yeah, that’s what opposites are all about.
Fast, slow;
Long, short;
Front, back;
In and out;
Up and Down.
That’s what opposites are all about.
Yeah, that’s what opposites are all about.
(Repeat)
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Songs and Chants
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There Was a Turtle
There Was a Turtle
There was a little turtle
Who lived in a box.
He swam in the puddles,
And climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at the mosquito.
He snapped at the flea.
He snapped at the minnow,
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow,
But he didn’t catch me!
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Songs and Chants
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This and That
This and That
This or that, these or those.
How do you know which word to
use?
This is near, that is far.
This is near, that is far.
I’m gonna be a rock star!
These are near, those are far.
These are near, those are far.
I’m gonna be a rock star!
This or that, these or those.
Now you know the word that goes.
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Songs and Chants
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This Is the Way
This Is the Way
This is the way we brush our teeth,
Brush our teeth, brush our teeth.
This is the way we brush our teeth,
So early in the morning.
This is the way we comb our hair,
Comb our hair, comb our hair.
This is the way we comb our hair,
So early in the morning.
This is the way we go to school,
Go to school, go to school.
This is the way we go to school,
So early in the morning.
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Songs and Chants
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Underwater ABC
Underwater ABC
A-B-C-D
E-F-G
H-I-J-K
L-M-N-O-P
Q-R-S
T-U-V
W - X - Y and Z.
Now I know my ABC s .
Next time won’t you sing with me?
*Note: The Circus ABC, Western ABC, and
Space ABC songs also use these lyrics.
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Songs and Chants
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What
Do
You
Mean?
What Do You Mean?
Would you rock a rock?
Could you sock a sock?
Does a tap tap?
Can a bat bat?
rock—rock
sock—sock
tap—tap
bat—bat
Watch the words that you are reading.
Some of them might have two
meanings.
Would you pound a pound?
Could the ground be ground?
Can a shot be shot?
Is a top on top?
pound—pound
ground—ground
shot—shot
top—top
Watch the words that you are reading.
Some of them might have two
meanings.
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Songs and Chants
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You’re Dancing
You’re Dancing
Flip-flops slap and slide.
Hands raise to the sky.
Knees bend and elbows fly.
Now you’re dancing!
Yes, you are.
Jump up. Touch the ground.
Twist, twist. Turn around.
Boogie, boogie to the sound.
Now you’re dancing!
Yes, you are.
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Songs and Chants
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Sequence Story Events
Let’s Go Camping! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
It’s Raining! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ouch! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A Game in the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
I Want That Book! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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3
Let’s Go Camping!
Use these pictures to tell a story.
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Sequence Story Events
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1
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Let’s Go Camping!
1
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It’s Raining!
It’s Raining!
Use these pictures to tell a story.
2
3
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Sequence Story Events
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Ouch!
Use these pictures to tell a story.
2
3
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Sequence Story Events
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1
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Ouch!
Use these pictures to tell a story.
2
3
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Sequence Story Events
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A Game in the Park
1
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A Game in the Park
Use these pictures to tell a story.
2
3
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Sequence Story Events
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I Want That Book!
1
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I Want That Book!
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
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I needed
When did your friend help you?
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
Sequence Story Events
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Sequence Story Events
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I was
When did you almost get hurt?
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
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Sequence Story Events
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I lost
When did you lose something?
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
When I
When were you afraid?
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
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Sequence Story Events
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Sequence Story Events
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I would
What would you like to make?
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
Rhyming
Rhyming Words Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
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pin
fin
truck
duck
bell
shell
man
Rhyming
Words Books
fan
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
2 Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
Book 1
My Word Book
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Name
Rhyming Words Books
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pill
hill
pail
tail
vine
sign
bear
chair
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
2 Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
Book 2
My Word Book
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Name
Rhyming Words Books
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nest
vest
boot
fruit
plane
train
seal
wheel
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
2 Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
Book 3
My Word Book
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Name
Rhyming Words Books
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mouse
house
car
star
fly
eye
spoon
moon
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
2 Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
Book 4
My Word Book
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Name
Rhyming Words Books
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skunk
trunk
flake
snake
corn
horn
clown
crown
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
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Book 5
My Word Book
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Name
Rhyming Words Books
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Letter Practice
Uppercase Letter Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Lowercase Letter Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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A
Capital Letter Practice
Apple
AAAAAA
__________
AA
__________
__________
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Letter A
Uppercase Letter Practice
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B
Bee
__________
B B B B B B
__________
B B
__________
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Letter B
Uppercase Letter Practice
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Cactus
C
__________
CCCCCC
__________
CC
__________
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Letter C
Uppercase Letter Practice
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D
Dinosaur
__________
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Elephant
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Gecko
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Inchworm
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Kite
K
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L
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Mask
M
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Nut
N
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Octopus
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OOOOOO
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Quilt
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Rabbit
R
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Seal
S
S
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T
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Umbrella
U
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V
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Wire
W
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W
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X ray
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Yarn
Y
Y
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a
apple
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bee
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cactus
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dinosaur
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e
elephant
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fish
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gecko
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hat
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inchworm
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jellyfish
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kite
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leaf
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mask
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nut
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n n
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octopus
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pan
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quilt
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rabbit
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seal
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u
umbrella
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violin
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wire
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y
yarn
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zipper
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Read-Alongs
April Fool’s! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Can You Do This? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Dragon Flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fighting Kites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fun with Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Is It a Monster? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Is It Alive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Let’s Go to Grandma’s House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Maggie’s Kite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Make Your Own Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
New Baby! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
No, No, Baby Sue! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Stop the Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
The Pesky Mosquito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The Sunflower Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
What Do I Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
What If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Where Is Tiny? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Your Amazing Sense of Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Your Amazing Sense of Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Your Amazing Sense of Smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Your Amazing Sense of Taste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Your Amazing Sense of Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Zoo Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
131
English Stories
April Fool’s!
April Fool’s!
“Your shoes are untied,” your friend says.
You look down, and the laces are just
fine.
“April Fool’s!” she laughs.
Once, a radio station announced that
spaghetti could be picked from special
trees.
April Fool’s!
It must be April 1—April Fool’s Day. In
many countries, April 1 is a day people
try to trick their friends. They have a field
day thinking of jokes to make people
look foolish.
Sometimes April Fool’s tricks can be
embarrassing. But mostly, April Fool’s Day is
a fun tradition.
Sometimes they change the time on
clocks so that people will wake up early
or late.
April Fool’s!
Comprehension Question
Q. What picture shows an April Fool’s
joke?
A. changing the time on a clock
Other times they put salt in the sugar
container and watch people use the
sugar.
April Fool’s!
Idiom Question
Adults like to have fun on April Fool’s
Day, too. Some teachers make up fake
homework assignments.
April Fool’s!
Q. What is the best definition for “have
a field day”?
A. having a lot of fun with something
A newspaper might print that pennies
can no longer be used to buy things.
April Fool’s!
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133
Can You Do This?
Can You Do This?
Can you close one eye?
Can you wiggle your nose?
Can you stand on one foot?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you do all four things at one time?
Try it.
You look funny!
Comprehension Question
Can you touch your nose with your thumb?
Can you touch your nose with your
tongue?
Try it.
Q. What in the story makes you look
really funny?
A. touching your nose with your tongue
You look really funny!
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Dragon Flies
Dragon Flies
Dragon is ready for adventure.
He flies through the trees.
He flies in the sky.
He flies high in the clouds.
Those are dark clouds!
Lightning flashes. Thunder cracks.
Hail pours from the clouds.
Sequencing Question
Q. Put these pictures from the story in
the order they happened.
A. 1. Hail falls.
2. Dragon’s wings are cold.
3. Dragon makes his wings warm.
Dragon is cold. His wings are frozen!
He falls down. Down, down, down.
Dragon breathes fire! His breath melts
the ice.
Dragon flies!
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135
Fighting Kites
Fighting Kites
Kites swoop and dive at each other.
Over and over they attack.
Kite fighting takes lots of practice. But when
your kite is the last one flying, all the work is
worth it.
Which kite will fall to the ground next?
Which kite will stay up the longest?
Why would one kite attack another kite,
anyway? It’s because these kites are
especially made for kite fighting.
Kite fighting is a sport that started in Asia
and has become popular all over the
world.
The kites are small and strong, with
circles cut out of the centers. These
center holes make the kites easier to
control.
Q. How do people play the sport of
fighting kites?
A. by cutting the strings of other kites
Their strings are coated with sharp glass
or sand. While the kites are flying, the
owners try to use their sharp strings to cut
the strings of other kites.
If the strings are cut, the kites fall to the
ground. The winner is the last kite left
flying in the sky.
136
Comprehension Question
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Idiom Question
Q. What is the best definition for “over
and over”?
A. doing the same thing again and
again
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Fire Escape
Fire Escape
Burning food? Who was cooking in the
middle of the night?
Soon I saw Mom and Dad run out the front
door carrying Wolfie.
Wait a minute. That wasn’t the smell of
food. But something was burning.
We met at the mailbox, and Dad called
911 on his cell phone.
I ran to my bedroom door. The doorknob
felt warm. I could see smoke creeping
under the door. I began to cough.
Where was my family?
“This is an emergency,” he said.
“Mom! Mom!” I yelled. “Something’s on
fire!”
Before long, we heard sirens. Mom gave
me a big hug and whispered, “Thanks,
Ben.”
My heart was beating so loud and so
fast that I could hardly keep standing.
What should I do?
Then I remembered what Mom said: “If
there’s a fire, go out your window and
meet at the mailbox.”
Comprehension Question
Q. What happened to the boy in the
story?
A. He escaped the fire.
I pulled my window open and climbed
on my dresser. Then I slid out the
window.
Ouch! I landed on the ground then took
off for the mailbox. As I passed Mom
and Dad’s window, I yelled as loud as I
could, “Fire! Mom! Fire!”
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Idiom Question
Q. What is the best definition for “took
off”?
A. left a place very quickly
137
Fun with Fruit
Fun with Fruit
On Monday I get mangoes.
On Tuesday I get tangerines.
On Wednesday I get watermelons.
On Thursday I get three pears.
On Friday I get fat figs.
On Saturday I get sweet cherries.
Comprehension Question
On Sunday I make a salad…
Q. What did the monkey make for his
family?
A. a fruit salad
and share it with my family.
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Is It a Monster?
Is It a Monster?
We’re going to sleep outside tonight!
First we get the tent.
We get our sleeping bags.
We get snacks and drinks.
What was that?
I see a dark shadow in the bushes!
Sequencing Question
I see big, black shoulders!
Q. Put these pictures from the story in
the order they happened.
A. 1. Get the tent.
2. Is it a monster?
3. It’s the cat.
I see yellow eyes!
Is it a monster?
It’s only our cat!
We’re not afraid of you.
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139
Is It Alive?
Is It Alive?
“This is just a piece of rock,” Andy said.
He was looking at a piece of coral. “It
can’t be alive.”
“Wow!” Andy said. “So where can I find
more coral? Does it only grow here?”
“The best place to study coral is near
Australia,” Ms. Sanchez said. “It’s called the
Great Barrier Reef. More than 350 different
types of coral live there, and it’s 2,000
kilometers long. It’s so big, it would take
weeks to swim from one end to the other.”
“It looks like rock, and it’s hard like rock,
but it’s not rock. It’s made of hundreds
of shells with tiny living animals in them,”
Ms. Sanchez said.
“But how can you tell it’s alive?” Andy
asked.
“You can tell that something is alive if it
eats, grows, and can reproduce or have
babies,” Ms. Sanchez said.
“No way!” said Andy. “I guess coral does
eat, grow, and reproduce!”
“That’s right,” said Ms. Sanchez. “It’s alive.”
“The tiny animals that make up coral eat
even smaller animals, called plankton,
that float in the water,” she explained.
Q. What is one of the ways you can tell
that something is alive?
A. It eats.
“And coral groups grow bigger and
bigger each year,” she continued.
“I guess I’ve never seen a rock grow or
eat anything,” Andy said. “That would
be pretty scary—giant attacking rocks!”
Idiom Question
“Another cool thing is that coral animals
have tiny babies,” Ms. Sanchez added.
“That means they reproduce.”
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Comprehension Question
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Q. What is the best definition for “cool”?
A. something you like
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Let’s
Go to House
Grandma’s
Let’s Go to Grandma’s House
We’re going to Grandma’s house!
I put in one dress.
I put in two coats.
I put in three shirts.
I put in four books.
I put in five toys.
Comprehension Question
Oops!
Q. What is something the girl in the story
had to take out of her backpack?
A.books
I take out one coat.
I take out two books.
I take out three toys.
Let’s go to Grandma’s house!
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141
Maggie’s Kite
Maggie’s Kite
We’re at Monster Camp!
We swing in the trees and splash in the
lake.
We float in the river.
We fly kites in the sky.
Maggie’s kite flies high.
It pulls her off the ground.
Sequencing Question
It pulls her above our heads.
Q. Put these pictures from the story in
the order they happened.
A. 1. The kite flies.
2. Maggie goes up.
3. Maggie comes down.
HELP!
We chase after Maggie. We chase her
long tail.
We grab her tail and pull her back
down.
Maggie is safe at Monster Camp!
142
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Make
Your
Own
Book
Make Your Own Book
Let’s make a book!
First get three pieces of paper.
Fold the papers in half.
Now put three holes along the folded
part.
With scissors, cut three pieces of yarn.
Make each piece as long as your finger.
Put each piece of yarn through a hole.
Sequencing Question
Q. Put these pictures from the story in
the order they happened.
A. 1. Get paper.
2. Fold the paper.
3. Here is a book.
Then tie each piece of yarn in a knot.
Now you have a book!
What will you write about?
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143
Moving
Moving
We’re moving today.
Goodbye, house.
Goodbye, tree.
Goodbye, teacher.
Goodbye, friend.
We’re here!
Hello, new house.
Comprehension Question
Q. What is one new thing the girl in the
story found?
A. a friend
Hello, new tree.
Hello, new teacher.
Hello, new friend.
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New Baby!
New Baby!
Everything’s crazy!
We have a new baby!
Sometimes I feel silly.
Sometimes I feel sad.
Sometimes I feel happy.
Sometimes I feel bad.
Comprehension Question
Sometimes I feel friendly.
Q. What made the girl in the story glad?
A. her baby brother
Sometimes I feel mad.
But then I hold my brother,
and I feel glad.
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No, No, Baby Sue!
No, No, Baby Sue!
Baby Sue just learned to walk.
She walks into the bathroom.
No, no, Baby Sue!
She walks into the kitchen.
No, no, Baby Sue!
She walks into the living room.
No, no, Baby Sue!
Comprehension Question
Q. Where does Baby Sue end up at the
end of the story?
A. in the bedroom
She walks into my bedroom…
And falls asleep in my bed.
Good night, Baby Sue.
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Stop the Fire
Stop the Fire
Lightning strikes in the forest and hits a
tree. Swoosh. The tree turns into a ball of
fire.
The forest fire is finally out. The firefighters
go home and rest, so they will be ready to
fight the next fire.
Then the tree next to it catches fire. A
forest fire has started.
How can people stop the fire before it
burns down farms, homes, or cities?
Teams of firefighters rush to the burning
forest. Firefighters are trained to put out
fires.
Some firefighters spray the flames with
water and chemicals. Others cut away
brush and trees, so the fire can’t spread.
Some firefighters fly special planes that
dump water and chemicals on the
burning trees.
Q. What do firefighters do?
A. spray fires with water and chemicals
Idiom Question
Firefighting is hard, hot work. It may take
many days to put out a large forest fire.
If the fire gets too big, the firefighters
may be spread too thin. So, more
firefighters come from all around the
country to help.
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Q. What is the best definition for
“spread too thin”?
A. not enough people or time to do the
job
147
The
Pesky
Mosquito
The Pesky Mosquito
The pesky mosquito flew.
He flew near a rock.
He flew around my sock.
He flew into a tree.
Then…
he flew straight up to me!
Comprehension Question
The pesky mosquito flew.
Q. What happened to the mosquito at
the end of the story?
A. It was eaten by a frog.
He flew down by my chair.
He flew up by my hair.
He flew left to the log.
Then…
he flew right to a…
GULP!
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The
Sunflower
Cycle
The Sunflower Cycle
Do you have a green thumb? If you do,
you can turn this one little sunflower seed
into a tasty snack to share with all your
friends.
Inside this shell, there is a tiny sunflower
plant waiting to come out. But it will
need several things to help it grow.
First, you need to put the seed into soil
from the garden. Garden soil is full of
food for your plant.
Then, give the seed lots of water. But
be careful. Too much water, and the
sunflower might get sick. Too little water,
and the sunflower will dry up and die.
fall off. This is a good time to cut off the
flower. Hang it upside down in a dry place
where birds can’t get it.
Once the center is all dry, you can remove
the seeds. Each seed is just like the first
seed you planted, but now you have
hundreds! Roast them and share them with
your friends for a fun, healthy snack.
But don’t roast them all. Be sure to save
some seeds to plant later, so you can start
the sunflower cycle all over again!
Once the seed starts to sprout, make
sure it gets lots of sunshine. The sun helps
the soil and water turn into energy to
make the sunflower grow.
With good soil, lots of water, and plenty
of sunshine, your sunflower will grow big
and strong. Some sunflowers can grow
even taller than a giraffe!
Q. What are the three things a
sunflower needs to grow?
A. soil, water, and sunshine
Idiom Question
Q. What is the best definition for “a
green thumb”?
A. You are really great at growing
things.
When your sunflower has finished
growing, the flower petals will begin to
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What Do I Like?
What Do I Like?
What do I like?
I like to eat ice cream.
I like teddy bears.
I like to dance barefoot…
when I go up stairs.
I like to read stories.
I like to sing songs.
I like to play baseball…
the whole summer long.
Comprehension Question
Q. What is one thing the girl in this story
likes?
A. teddy bears
What do you like?
Do you like soccer?
Do you like rain?
Do you like movies?
Do you like trains?
Me too.
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What If . . .
What If...
What if a horse…
had an elephant’s nose?
What if a cow…
had a lizard’s toes?
What if a dog…
had a fish’s tail?
What if a pig…
had a bear’s fingernails?
Comprehension Question
What if a bird…
had a crocodile’s teeth?
Q. What would the boy in the story like
to see?
A. strange animals
What if a duck…
had a tiger’s feet?
What if these animals grew and grew?
I’d want to see them. Wouldn’t you?
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Where Is Tiny?
Where Is Tiny?
Tiny! Tiny! Where is Tiny?
Look! A hole in the fence!
Is Tiny behind the hospital?
Is Tiny under the bridge?
Is Tiny beside the fire station?
Where is Tiny?
Sequencing Question
Tiny! Tiny! Come here!
Q. Put these pictures from the story in
the order they happened.
A. 1. Where is Tiny?
2. Is Tiny here?
3. Tiny is home.
Is Tiny in the closet?
Time for dinner, Tiny!
There you are!
I love you, Tiny.
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Your
Amazing
Sense of Hearing
Your Amazing Sense of Hearing
Sammy and Ana stared at a large box on the
kitchen table. “What is that?” Sammy asked.
How Does Your Sense of Hearing Work?
When something makes a sound, it causes the air
around it to shake, or vibrate. These vibrations are
called sound waves. Sound waves travel quickly.
“It’s from Aunty Lei,” Ana said.
“Ooh—that means it’s something from Hawaii,”
Sammy said.
Your ear catches the sound waves and sends them
down a tube called the auditory canal. That’s
when they hit your eardrum. The sound waves
make your eardrum vibrate, just like a real drum.
“Maybe it’s an ukulele,” Sammy said hopefully.
“Or it could be food, like mangoes or papaya,”
Ana said.
“Or...it could be an ukulele,” Sammy said again.
Ana sighed. “I wish we could open it, but it’s
addressed to Dad.”
“No worries. I will use my five amazing senses to
figure out what’s inside the box,” Sammy said.
“Yeah, right. I suppose you have X-ray vision?” Ana
asked.
Your eardrum is connected to the three smallest
bones in your body: the hammer, the anvil, and the
stirrup. When your eardrum starts vibrating, these
three bones start shaking, too!
The last bone in the line passes a signal to your
nerves. Then your nerves carry the signal to your
brain. When your brain gets the signal, it turns the
signal into sound.
Now that’s amazing!
“Shh…quiet. I think I’ll start with my amazing sense
of hearing,” Sammy whispered.
He shook the box. “It’s making a rustling sound on
top,” Sammy said. “And I can hear a scratching
sound on the sides of the box.” He thought and
thought. “I know! It’s a cat!”
“Sammy! She wouldn’t send a cat in a box with
no air holes. Besides, you didn’t hear it meow, did
you?” Ana asked. “I think you’re gonna need more
than your sense of hearing to figure this one out.”
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Comprehension Questions
Q. What does Sammy think might be in
the box?
A. an ukulele or a cat
Q. What are the smallest bones in your
body?
A. hammer, anvil, and stirrup
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Your
SenseAmazing
of Sight
Your Amazing Sense of Sight
“I don’t understand why Aunty Lei would send
a sharp, prickly fruit,” Sammy said, still looking at
the mystery box. “I thought she liked us!”
How Does Your Sense of Sight Work?
When light hits an object, like a pineapple, it
bounces off and enters your eye through the
cornea.
“She does,” Ana said. “I think your ‘amazing’
senses are all wrong. There must be something
else inside.”
“I have an idea,” a third voice said. Sammy and
Ana quickly turned around to see Dad standing
behind them.
“We’ve all got amazing senses,” said Dad. “Let’s
try using another one—our eyes.”
“Yeah!” Ana and Sammy jumped with
excitement.
Dad opened the box. When Sammy and Ana
looked inside, they were very surprised.
“Leaves?” they both asked.
The cornea guides all of this light through a small
hole—your pupil. You can see your pupil when you
look in a mirror. It’s the black part of your eye.
Right behind the pupil is a lens that focuses light
onto your retina at the back of your eyeball.
The retina is like a movie screen, but it displays the
image upside down.
This image is sent to your brain. Your brain turns the
image the right way, so you can see what you’re
looking at.
Now that’s amazing!
Dad reached in and pulled out a large, yellowbrown fruit. And then another.
Comprehension Questions
“Hooray—pineapple!” Ana yelled.
Q. What fruit did Dad pull out of the
box?
A.pineapples
“I knew it!” Sammy said. “I think my senses
worked pretty well. I was about to guess
pineapple right when Dad showed up.”
Q. What is your retina like?
A. a movie screen
“Sure you were,” Ana said. They all laughed.
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Your
Amazing
Sense of Smell
Your Amazing Sense of Smell
The mystery gift still sat on the table.
As the molecules float up your nose, they land on
something called the olfactory membrane. This
membrane has little hairs on it, called cilia.
“So far, we know that the thing inside the box
makes rustling noises, it’s scratchy, and it’s
sometimes sharp,” Ana said. “We need more
clues.”
The cilia have receptors. When food molecules get
caught in the hairs, they send signals to your brain.
“Let’s see,” Sammy said. “I already used my
hearing and sense of touch. Lucky for you, I’ve
got three more. I’ll use my amazing sense of
smell!”
Your brain figures out different kinds of smells, so you
can know if something smells good, bad, sweet, or
stinky.
“Some things don’t have a smell, genius,” Ana
said. “At least not much of one—like the ukulele
you wish Aunty would send you.”
One small cell in your nose can tell the difference
between one smell and hundreds of others.
Now that’s amazing!
“I know, but if this has one, I might be able to
pick it up,” Sammy said, sniffing the package.
“Hmm…it smells like...it smells like some kind
of food,” Sammy said. “It has a fresh tropical
smell—like fruit.” Sammy’s stomach began to
rumble.
“Then I guess it’s not a cactus,” Ana said. “They
don’t smell tropical. But why would anyone want
to eat a fruit that’s prickly?”
“Sounds painful,” Sammy said. “I think I’ll just
smell it instead.”
How Does Your Sense of Smell Work?
When you smell food, you are actually breathing
in tiny food molecules that have floated into the
air.
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Comprehension Questions
Q. What does Sammy think might be in
the box?
A. tropical fruit
Q. What happens when food molecules
float up your nose?
A. They land on the cilia.
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Your
SenseAmazing
of Taste
Your Amazing Sense of Taste
“Hey, Sammy,” Ana said. “So far you’ve used your
sense of hearing, touch, smell, and sight. Don’t you
have one more sense to try out?”
Your taste buds sense the chemicals in the food.
They send a signal to your brain. Then your brain tells
you what the food you are eating tastes like.
Dad was cutting the pineapple into slices. It smelled
even more delicious than before.
Your five senses sure are amazing. But without your
brain, you couldn’t use any of them.
“Oh yeah!” Sammy said, eyeing the pineapple.
“My last sense is really amazing—the sense of
taste!”
Your brain is so smart, it can receive signals from
your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and fingers all at the
same time.
Sammy bit into a large chunk of pineapple. “This is
way good,” he said.
Now that’s really amazing!
“It’s so yummy and fresh,” Ana said. “I think I’ll write
Aunty and thank her.”
“Me too…and maybe I’ll drop a little hint about an
ukulele,” Sammy said.
How Does Your Sense of Taste Work?
Your tongue is covered with lots of little bumps.
These bumps hold your taste buds. They help you
taste things.
Here’s how:
You have salivary glands all over your mouth. When
you see food, those glands make saliva, or spit.
Your teeth chew up your food into tiny bits. Your
saliva carries these little bits down into your taste
buds.
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Comprehension Questions
Q. What will Ana do to thank her aunt?
A. write her a letter
Q. What makes all of your senses work?
A. your brain
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Your
Amazing
Sense of Touch
Your Amazing Sense of Touch
Sammy and Ana were still trying to guess what was
inside the box their Aunty Lei had sent.
“Okay, so far we know that the sides are scratchy,
the top rustles, and it’s not a cat,” Sammy said.
The more receptors you have, the easier it is to feel
things. Your hands, feet, face, and tongue have
more receptors than other parts of your body.
“Or any kind of animal,” Ana said. “Now what?”
There are different types of receptors. Some
receptors feel temperature, so you can tell if you’re
touching something hot or cold.
“It’s time to try my amazing sense of touch,” Sammy
said.
Other receptors feel pressure, so you can tell if
someone is touching you.
“Excuse me? How do you plan on touching it when
we can’t even open the box?” Ana asked.
Some receptors feel vibration, and others feel pain.
“You see this little rip in the box?” Sammy answered.
“I think I might be able to slip a finger inside and
feel around.”
Sammy reached his fingers inside the box. “Hmm,”
he said. “I’m touching something hard and prickly—
like the bark on a tree. And—ouch! It’s spiky, too.”
“A cactus?” Ana suggested.
When a receptor feels any of these things, it sends a
signal to your spinal cord.
Your spinal cord is like an information highway for
your body. With lightning speed, it carries these
signals to your brain, and your brain changes the
signals to feelings.
Now that’s amazing!
“I don’t know,” Sammy said, rubbing his finger. “All
I know is that my amazing sense of touch can be a
real pain sometimes.”
How Does Your Sense of Touch Work?
The sense of touch is different from the rest of your
senses. Only your ears can hear, and only your nose
can smell. But every part of your body can feel and
touch things.
Underneath the top layer of your skin, you have
tiny nerve endings. These nerve endings are called
receptors.
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Comprehension Question
Q. What do you have under your skin
that helps you feel things?
A.receptors
Idiom Question
Q. What is the best definition for “a real
pain”?
A. something that makes you unhappy
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Zoo Day
Zoo Day
Hooray! It’s a zoo day!
First I see the monkeys.
They make faces at me.
Boo!
Second I see the giraffes.
They reach the highest trees.
Stretch!
Last I see the elephants.
They lift big logs up high.
Ugh!
I like to see the animals,
but now it’s time to say goodbye.
Goodbye!
Third I see the kangaroos.
They jump and hop for fun.
Boing!
Comprehension Question
Q. What does the boy do when he sees
an animal?
A. He copies the animal.
Fourth I see the zebras.
They mostly eat and run.
Zoom!
Fifth I see the bears.
They like to swim all day.
Splash!
Sixth I see the lions.
They always leap and play.
Pounce!
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