Lesson 1: Vowel Pairs: ai, ay
Write It! Read the words that contain ai or ay in the box below. Then writs
the word that best completes each sentence.
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[0 The Pennsylvania Assembly the services of a bell maker in
london, ordering the Liberty Bell in 1751
Ed People were —___ when the bell cracked the first time it was
sounded on March 10, 1753.
The use of the bell was
crack
El Two Philadelphia foundry workers were —————
melt down and remake the bell
Ei The new bell wos —_—_________ on March 29, 1753
__ qbout the sound of the bell, so it was remade,
___ when the bell was recast to remove the
about 36 pounds fo
El This time people —_____—
The liberty Bell has the quotation “______—
land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”
Ed Wien the British occupied Pennsylvania in 1
_ under the floor of a church
exist about when and how the next crack first
_____ liberty throughout all the
777, the bell was removed and hidden
EE Mony different —_____——
appeared.
[DD The crack expanded to the extent that the bell was unringable on Washington's
____ in 1846.
EE The liberty Bell is
Liberty Bell Pavilion in Philadelphia
in the
BD The liberty Bell ___ a primary
symbol of freedom for the United States.
On-Track Fact On the Liberty Bell, the word
Pennsylvania is inscribed as Pensylvania because the
modern spelling of the state had not been adopted at
that time.
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Lesson 2: Vowel Pairs: ea, ei, ey
we
WAIl-STAR Readers Know
The vowel pairs ea, ei, and ey often stand for the /a/ sound, as in the words
great, weight, and they.
Fined If! Read the words in each row. Underline the word in each row that has
the /a/ sound.
1D whey bread sea read servi heen
Bi ceiling chead monkey reindeer
El dead freighter either jockey
ED seize read obey neither
EF steak steam thread steal
GF teach eighth protein galley ioe gone
Ed ceive spread money neighbor Sav ie I wont a real
EF journey replied survey cornbread
Write Bt! Read the words in the box below. Then write the word that best
completes each sentence.
they disobeyed prey breaking reigned plainly complaint
ED King George I! ___— _ in England during the American Revolution.
[Dy The colonists —_________. many tax laws enacted by England.
[I Many of the colonists stated they would not swear allegiance
to the king:
[BD the British soldiers fell __________— to the minutemen who were ready to
fight at a moment’s notice.
[Bi The Revolutionary soldiers had to bear hardships without
[Zl When members of the Second Continental Congress
met, declared independence
from England
[Ei Not every colonist was in favor of
away from England.
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