the superkids reading program

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Meet the
Superkids

Student Book Unit

Oswald 2

Name

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 KINDERG
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Meet the
Superkids
BY
P L E A S A N T T. R O W L A N D
ILLUSTRATED BY
LORETTA LUSTIG

DEVELOPED BY
ROWLAND READING FOUNDATION

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LETTER C O G A D S L I T F E H U

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 1

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Family: Your child circled pictures whose names begin
with the sound heard at the beginning of Oswald.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 2
Ostrich
An ostrich is a big bird, sometimes eight feet tall and
weighing 200 pounds. It does not fly, but it can run
as fast as a car. Its egg is the biggest of all bird eggs.
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Family: Your child listened to an audio recording and drew a
line under O at the beginning of each animal’s name.
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Otter
An otter is about the size of a dog. It
has thick, brown fur, long whiskers, and
webbed feet, like a duck. It lives in
the water and likes to swim, play, and
catch fish.
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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 2

Ocelot
An ocelot looks like a big, yellow
cat with spots. It lives in forests
and likes to climb trees.

Octopus
An octopus lives in the ocean. It has a
round body and eight arms. An octopus
Ox
uses its arms to swim and catch food. It An ox is a large, strong creature that looks like a cow.
will squirt out a black substance called Sometimes two oxen are put in a wooden collar called
ink when it is attacked. a yoke that helps them pull heavy loads.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 2

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Family: Your child circled pictures of animals whose names
begin with the sound heard at the beginning of Oswald.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 3

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Family: Your child traced circles counterclockwise from dots using colors to match animal pairs.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 3

OOOOO
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
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Family: Your child traced and wrote uppercase O to complete each line.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 4

o o o o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o
Oo Oo Oo Oo
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Family: Your child traced and wrote o and Oo to complete the lines.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 4

C O co C O

co CO c o 8
Family: Your child traced C if the animal’s name begins with the sound heard at the beginning
of Cass, or O if the animal’s name begins with the sound heard at the beginning of Oswald.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 5

Family: Your child traced and cut out letters. Then

he used them to play the game Oswalderee. 9

C COOOO
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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 5

O C

Family: Your children traced or wrote O next to animals whose

names begin with the sound heard at the beginning of Oswald
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and C for those that begin like Cass.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 5

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 6

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Family: Your child listened to an audio recording and wrote lowercase o next to imaginary creatures whose names begin with the
sound heard at the beginning of Oswald. Your child marked an X next to creatures whose names don’t begin with that sound.

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Unit 2 (O), Lesson 6 Family: Your child traced c with green crayon and o with orange crayon.

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 6 Family: Your child cut out and glued feathers to make
the ostrich’s tail. She traced and wrote Oo.

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Oo

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 7 Family: Your child cut and folded pages to make a book and then traced the blue O on each page.

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Ox
Octopus

Ostrich
Oswald

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 My Book
of Odd Animals

Ocelot Otter

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 Unit 2 (O), Lesson 7

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Family: Your child drew an odd animal using o.

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 Cass Oswald

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