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Hqnds-on qctivities
ro help your
child in school!

Reolity qnd Fontosy3 poges37-38

Sequence qnd Comprehensions poges53-54,65-66
thesequence
Understonding
of events
in on octivity
or story,
distinguishing
between
reolity
ond
fontosy,
ond usingfomiliorvocobulory
to onswerwrittenquestions
oreoll bosicreodingskills.
Usetheseoctivities
to helpyourchilddevelop
theseskills:
D Complete
theworksheets.
tr Whenwotchingtelevision
showsondvideoswithyourchild,tokeo fewminutes
to discuss
whichevents
ore possible,
or reolistic,
ondwhichore impossible,
Inviteyourchild
or fontostic.
to tronsform
o reolistic
storyintoo fontosyby replocing
oneof thereolistic
hoppenings
with o fontosticone.

tr Reodo fovoritecomicstripfromyourlocolnewspoper
withyourchild.Thencutout
thestripond divideit intoseporote
ponels.
Askyourchildto reossemble
theponels
in thecorrectsequence.
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Consonqnfss poges41,44,47,50,52
Rhymes3 poges39-40
Phonics
isthestudyof thesounds
of o longuoge.
Armedwithknowledge
of phonics,
o childcon
out"unfomilior
wordsheor sheencounters
whilereoding.
Thephonics
worksheets
"sound
forthis
month,fgl giueyour childprocticein recognizingthe soundsof the remoiningsevenconsononts;
ond, (b)focuson rhymingwords-words thot shoreo commonendingsound.
tr Completethe worksheets.
tr With your child,plon o meolmodeup of foodswhosenomesbeginwith o porticulorletter.
Fore.xomple,
for y you mightlistyoms,yogurt,ond yellowsquosh.lf you comeup with o
suitoblecombinotion,
preporethe meoltogether.
D When.selecting
booksot the libroryto reod to your child,includerhymingbooks.Encouroge
your childto guesstheword thotwill finisheoch rhyme.

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Lefters: poges42-43,45-46,48-49,51
belowor fromthepreviousmonthto giveyourchildprocticein writingletters.
Useony octivities
theworksheets.
B Complete
tr Usetopeor mognets
to mounto lorgesheetof shelfpoperon the refrigerotor.
Encouroge
your
to
proctice
writing
on
this
child
"cholkboord."
U Bokeo botchof cookiesor cupcokes,
ond hoveyourchilddecoroteeochonewith o dilferent
consonont
drownin frosting.

Color Words ond Other Useful Words: poges

55-61
Antonyrlss poges63-64
Thevocobulorysheets
for thismonthintroduce
somecommonly
usedwordsthotyourchildwill
in reodingond moyneedfor personol
encounter
writing.Usetheoctivities
belowto giveyour
childprocticein recognizing
boththewordson theworksheets
ond otherwordsthotyou believe
will be useful.
tr Complete
theworksheets.
tr Mokefloshcords
for oll thewordsintroduced
on theworksheets.
Selectfiveor sixond show
themto yourchildoneot o time.Proiseyourchildeochtimehe or shereodso word correctly.
tr Mokefloshcords
of the ontonympoirsfot/thin, full/empty,big/liftle,new/old,short/long,
under/over,wet/dry, ondleft/right Forexomple,write fof on one sideo[ thecord ond thinon
theother.Holdup thecordsshowingonesideot o time.Hoveyourchildguesstheontonym
of
theword shown.

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Some stories rell qbouf evenfs fhor qre or could be reerl.

We coll this kind of story reeilistic.
Other stories rell qbouf events thot qre moke-believe, ond do
nof or could not hoppen. We cqll fhis kind of srory o fonlcsy.
Look qf eqch picture below. lf it shows qn event thot
could be reeil, circle R. lf it shows qn evenl rhqt could

nof reolly hoppen, circla J, for fanlcsy.

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A reeilistic story rells qbout evenls thor qre or could be teerl.
A fonteisy is q story thqt fells qbout evenls fhof qre
mqke-believe qnd could nol hoppen.
The picture below shows rhe beginning of o slory.
Decide how you wqnl ro finish rhe story qnd drqw
rhree more picfurcs io show whor hoppens nexL You cqn
mqke your snoryrealistic or you cqn mqke h q feinlcsy.
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Listeningfor Rhgmes
free qnd bee end wirh rhe sound for the letters ee.
lree ond bee rhyme.

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in the now whose nqmes rhyme with the first picture3 nome.
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Words thqt rhyme end wirh the sqme sound or sounds.
Finisheqch senfenceby writing rhe word from the
box thor rhymes with the red word in the senfence.

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dog

The b,rg is in the

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The poil is full of

Recognizingwords ending in -ail, -a], -og, ond -ug

A Juggter of Kettles
Sqy eoch picturc nqme. lf fhe nqme hqs the sqme
beginning sound qs juggler, drqw o line from the picture
ro the juggler. lf the nqme hqs the sqme beginning sound
qs ketlle, drcw q line fiom the picturc ro rhe keille.

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beginning sound qs kettle.
Recognizingthe initiol consonontsoundsof Jj ond Kk

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W{il Trqceond write

W'l rhe letters.

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' complete e-qchword.

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tne rerrers.

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beginning sound qs gorden, drow o line flom the pictung
to ihe goiden. lf the nqme hqs the sqme beginning sgull_d
qs win-dmill, druw q line frcm the picturc io rhe windmill.

Color the picfures whose nqmes hqve the sqme

beginning sound qs gcrden.
Recognizingthe initiol consonontsoundsof Gg and Ww

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G
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rhe leilers.

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complete eqch word.

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i rhe lelters.

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A Queenand a Zebra
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beginning sound qs clueen, drqw o line fiom rhe picturc
ro the queen. If the nqme hqs fhe sqme beginning sound
qs zebicr, drqw q line from the picture ro the zebrq.

Color the pictures whose nomes hqve the sqme

beginning sound qs aueen.
Recognizing
the initiolconsonont
soundsof Qq ond Zz

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rhe letters.

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complere eoih word.

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rhe lelfers.

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beginning of q word, if often mqkes the sqme sound es z.

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Drqw o line to its correct word.

loox
ox
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the leffers.

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The pictures in eqch row tell o slory. But fhey qre oul
of ordea Write I by the evenl rhor hoppened first,
2 bV the evenl rhqt hoppened nexf, qnd 3 by the
evenl rhqr hoppened lqsl.
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These pictures fell o story, buf fhey qre out of ordea

Number them in order qnd then rell rhe story oloud
from sfqrt to finish.

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Trqcethe colorwords. Usethe colork"y to color

qnd find out whqt is hidingl

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Recognizingond writing color words: red, green, yellow, ond blue

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Look qt eqch picfureond sound out its word.

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mother

feither

boy

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Look qt eoch picture ond sound oul its word.

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fish

bird

Drqw o line to mqtch eqch word with irs picrure.

dog

fish

ceil

bird
Recognizingcommonlyused nouns:onimols(cai, dog, fish, ond bird)

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Look qt eqch picture qnd sound oul its word.

pencil
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perpel

cferyon

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scrssor

Drqw o line to mqtch eoch word wirh its picture.

cf.|yon

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peipel

pencil
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commonlyusednouns:school(pencil, crdrlon, pcper, ond scissors) -

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K )t Look qt eqch picture ond sound out ils word.
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3. Write OK in Box 3.

4. Drqw q g.s

in Box 4.

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WhatGoesTogether?
Cut oul the word slips qt the boffom of rhe pqge.
Pqste eqch word slip onlo ifs correcl house.

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Use the words in rhe box to help you.

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left

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righr

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do with the scissors?
3. Whqt will the boy
do with the pencil?
4. Whqf did fhe girl
drqw on the poper?
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