Name _______________________________________________ Mom’s Best Friend

Vocabulary
Directions: Write the word from the box that belongs in each group.
1. fixing, making right, _________________ Check
the Words
2. helper, leader, _________________
You Know
3. calm, willing to wait, _________________ __ bounded
4. greet, make known, _________________ __ correcting
__ direction
5. without difficulty, without trying hard, _________________ __ easily
6. leash, collar, _________________ __ guide
__ harness
7. leaped, jumped, _________________ __ introduce
__ patient
Directions: Choose the word from the box that best completes
each sentence. Write the word on the line to the left.
________________ 8. My dog is always jumping up on
people, and I am always _____ her.
________________ 9. She knows the way home, but
when she sees cats, she runs off in
the wrong _____.
________________ 10. She might get lost without me
to _____ her.

Write a Newspaper Article

On a separate sheet of paper, write a newspaper article about animals
that help people. Use as many of the vocabulary words as you can.
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© Scott Foresman

Notes for Home: Your child identified and used vocabulary words from Mom’s Best Friend.
Home Activity: Take turns with your child telling a story about a dog. Let your child make up
the first sentence, you say the second, and so on. Try to include the vocabulary words.
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