THE SUPERKIDS READING PROGRAM

FIRST G
RADE

More Adventures
of the
Superkids

UNIT

Word Work Book 12

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 T H E S U P E R K I D S R E A D I N G P R O G R A M

FIRST G
RA DE

More Adventures
of the
Superkids
BY

PL E A SA N T T. ROW L A N D

ILLUSTRATED BY

MERYL HENDERSON

DEVELOPED BY

ROW L A N D R EA DI NG FOU N DAT ION

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 Unit 12, Lesson 1
Name Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

l l 1.
a

all

Hot Rod is making a call.

2. 3.

Tic hangs the painting on

the wall. Ettabetta dribbles a basketball.

4. 5.

Oswald is tall. Oh, no! Oswald falls.

Family: Your child identified the word in each sentence that has the sound heard at the end of the word call and underlined
52 the letters that stand for that sound.

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 Unit 12, Lesson 1
Name Phonics and Spelling

l l Spelling List
a tall ball wall hall
Pattern Words

1. 2.

1. call
all
2. mall
3. small
4. stall
5. wall

Don’t fall over a Call down the

. .
ball
6. baseball
7. basketball
3. 4.

all
8. hallway
9. fallen
10. taller

Let’s all play Is he small or

. ?

Family: Your child underlined all in the words at the top of the page and then used them to complete the sentences.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 2
Name Phonics and Spelling

mall wall

1. Doc painted the green.

basketball taller

2. We like to play .

3. Hot Rod hung his jacket

hallway stall

in the .

small fallen

4. Tac’s jacket is too .

fall call

5. Tic will Alf

to meet up and play.

Family: Your child wrote the correct word to complete each sentence.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 2
Name Fluency and Spelling

Memory Words come coming they our put

come Basketball Fans!

coming
they
our Come! Come! Come!
The Super Hawks are coming!

put They are the champs!

They will be at our mall!
Look at them put the ball in the basket!
Play ball! Play ball!

Family: Your child listened to a story and learned how to read and spell the Memory Words at the top of
the page. 55

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 Unit 12, Lesson 3
Name Structural Analysis and Phonics

a e
wait bud|dy

1. 7.

cat can|dy
2. 8.

dog rest|ing
Family: Your child identified the vowel sounds in each word and read words with one and two syllables.

3. 9.

boat ap|ple
4. 10.

played Gol|ly
5. 11.

ball teach|er
6. 12.

flute day|time
Each syllable has one vowel sound. You can count the vowel sounds
56 you hear in a word to know how many syllables the word has.

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 Unit 12, Lesson 3
Name Structural Analysis and Phonics

1. 2.

Sal hopping
3. 4.

Lily team
5. 6.

basket wall
7. 8.

frog clapping
Family: Your child counted the vowel sounds and used them to determine the number of syllables in each word.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 4
Name Comprehension

1. At the mall, the Superkids went to see

2. The game stopped when the ball

3. Lily helped the Super Hawks by

4. At the end, the kids and the Super Hawks

Family: Your child completed sentences to tell what happened in the story “Play Ball!”
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 Unit 12, Lesson 5
Name Comprehension

When did it happen?

T he Super Hawks’ ball got stuck

on top of the mall.

T he Superkids got a new ball at

the mall. They went to see the
Super Hawks play.

 umber 7 slammed the ball

N
on the rim. The ball popped
out of his hands.

T he Super Hawks and the

Superkids played basketball.

L ily handed the Superkids’

basketball to Number 7.

Family: Your child numbered events from the story “Play Ball!” to show the order in which the events happened.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 6
Name Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

aw
1.
Aw, shucks!
Aw, shucks!

Cass saw a big mess.

2. 3.
Aw, shucks! Aw, shucks!

Tic needs a straw. Yawn! Sal is still sleepy.

4. 5.
Aw, shucks! Aw, shucks!

Golly cut his paw. Her claws are stuck.

Family: Your child identified the word in each sentence that has the sound heard at the end of the word saw; underlined the
60 letters that stand for that sound, aw; and told why each character said or thought, “Aw, shucks!”

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 Unit 12, Lesson 6
Name Phonics and Spelling

aw saw draw crawl awful

Spelling List
Pattern Words

1. 2.
aw
1. law
2. saw

aw
3. dawn
The baby likes to Ettabetta likes to 4. lawn
5. crawl
. .
Memory Words
3. 4.
come
6.
coming
7.
they
8.
our
9.
10. put

Doc uses her The smell is

. .

Family: Your child underlined aw in the words at the top of the page and then wrote the missing word to complete
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 Unit 12, Lesson 7
Name Phonics and Spelling

dawn lawn

1. The sun comes up at .

calls claws

2. The cat scratches with her .

saw law

3. We Hot Rod’s jacket in the hall.

small bawl

4. Tac began to .

crawl shawl

5. Tic was cold, so she put on a .

Family: Your child wrote the missing word to complete each sentence.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 7
Name Spelling and Comprehension

come coming they our put

1. Tic said, “Cass, it’s dawn. outside with me.”

2. Cass said, “O.K.! Let me on my jacket.”

3. went out and sat on Tic’s lawn.

4. Just then, Tic said, “Look! Two fawns are

over the hill.”

5. C
 ass said, “Fantastic! luck could
not be better!”

Family: Your child read and spelled the Memory Words and then used them to complete the sentences.
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 Unit 12, Lesson 8
Name Structural Analysis and Vocabulary

1. floating

2. backpack

3. seashell

4. jumped

5. raindrops

6. sunset

7. sunglasses

Family: Your child counted the number of vowel sounds to determine the number of syllables in each word. Then he read
64 the words and drew lines to match words to pictures.

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 Unit 12, Lesson 9
Name Comprehension

come coming they our put

1. Tex McGraw and his helpers are .

2. are looking for land that looks grand.

3. We will fix up bus.

4. We will an awning
and a planter on it.

5. Then we will be set for Tex to .

Family: Your child read Memory Words at the top of the page and used them to complete sentences about the story
“Tex McGraw’s Visit.”

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 Unit 12, Lesson 9
Name Vocabulary and Comprehension

1. Tex McGraw is leaving .

2. The Superkids mess up the bus.

3. Sal takes down the awning.

4. Cass puts a bench over the awning.

5. The Superkids’ bus looks awful .

Family: Your child cut apart words and glued or taped them over words that have opposite meanings so that the
sentences tell what happened in the story “Tex McGraw’s Visit.”

under puts up tidy up

grand coming

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 Unit 12, Lesson 10
Name Spelling

law they dawn put coming

saw our crawl lawn come

S C O M I N G
A L A W F O Q
W Z N R E U D
T H E Y T R C
Y P X S A V R
U L J G C K A
D A WN V MW
I W Z P U T L
H N C O M E B
Family: Your child found and circled spelling words.
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 Name Draw and Write

Directions: Have children write sentences and draw a picture to illustrate what they wrote.

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