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Day

1

Th

is w

eek

we’

re

R

ead

ing

Dot

& J

abbe

r an

d

the

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at A

corn

Mys

tery

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out

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we

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ddin

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re a

nd

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tras

t

Say

on

e of

th

e fo

llow

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ds a

nd

hav

e yo

ur

chil

d th

ink

of t

wo

wor

ds t

hat

rh

yme

wit

h it

: lo

ok a

nd

stoo

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book

, sh

ook,

woo

d, g

ood

).

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te t

hes

e w

ords

: lik

ed, w

avin

g, v

otin

g,

hop

es, fi

xes,

sm

ilin

g. H

ave

you

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wri

te t

he

base

wor

d fo

r ea

ch w

ord.

Hel

p w

ith

spe

llin

g ch

ange

s, if

nee

ded.

Day

2

Wri

te t

he

foll

owin

g w

ords

in a

list

: am

ong,

an

oth

er, i

nst

ead

, non

e. T

oget

her

, wri

te a

poe

m

abou

t sp

endi

ng

the

day

wit

h f

rien

ds o

r ab

out

a

hap

py d

ay s

pen

t al

one.

Day

3

Wri

te e

ach

spe

llin

g w

ord

on a

car

d: b

ook,

m

oon

, too

k, fo

od, l

ook,

poo

l, zo

o, n

oon

, goo

d,

foot

. Hav

e yo

ur

chil

d so

rt t

he

wor

ds in

to t

wo

grou

ps, a

ccor

din

g to

vow

el s

oun

ds.

Day

4

Th

is w

eek

you

r ch

ild

is le

arn

ing

abou

t co

mpa

rin

g an

d co

ntr

asti

ng.

Tog

eth

er w

ith

you

r ch

ild,

mak

e a

list

of

the

thin

gs y

ou d

o in

th

e w

inte

r an

d th

e th

ings

you

do

in t

he

sum

mer

. D

iscu

ss t

he

diff

eren

ces

and

sim

ilar

itie

s in

th

e it

ems

on t

he

list

s.

Day

5

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Loo

k at a Bo

ok

Materials

index cards, m

arker, paper, 1 bu

tton for each

player.

Gam

e Direction

s1. F

old 12 index cards in

half to m

ake a “book.” W

rite one of th

e words from

the gam

e board on

the ou

tside “cover” of each. W

rite 1, 2, or 3 on

the in

side of each.

2. Place th

e books in a sm

all box or bag.

3. Players take tu

rns pickin

g one book from

the

box or bag. Each

player reads aloud th

e word on

th

e book cover and th

en m

oves the n

um

ber of spaces w

ritten on

the in

side of the book.

4. Play con

tinu

es un

til all players have

reached E

nd.

took

book

shook

look

hook

hood

wood

wool

brook

cook

stood

good

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Dot & Jabber

Pick a word from the box to match each picture. Write it on the line.

house

blouse bounce clown crown pouch shout

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Home Activity Your child reviewed words with ou and ow that have the vowel sound heard in house. Encourage your child to use each word above in a sentence.

Phonics Vowel Patters ou, ow Review DVD•235

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Circle the word to finish each sentence. Write the word on the line.

mellon melon

1 . Mom sliced a .

salad sallad

2. Tina put a on a plate.

lemons lemmons

3. Dad squeezed .

baccon bacon

4. Now Dad cooks the .

finish finnish

5. Soon we will making lunch.

Home Activity Your child completed words with two syllables that have one consonant in the middle. Name some foods you like. Ask your child to identify the middle consonant sounds in the words.

DVD•236 Phonics Syllables V/CV, VC/V Review

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Read the words in the box. Then pick one to finish each sentence. Write it on the line.

among another instead mystery none solve

1. We will be detectives today

of playing in the meadow.

2. What will we find a million clues?

3. We want to solve a .

4. Hey! Can you the mystery of the missing food?

5. of the clues are in the hall!

6. Hurray! Here is a clue.

And here is clue!

Dot & Jabber

Home Activity Your child learned to read the words among, another, hey, hurray, instead, meadow, million, mystery, none, and solved. Write each word on a slip of paper. Scatter the papers around the house. Have your child find the words and read them to you.

High-Frequency Words/Story Words DVD•237

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Name

DVD•238  Spelling Words with oo

Dot & Jabber

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with the vowel sounds in book and moon. To practice at home, have your child look at the word and spell it out loud. Then cover the word and have your child write the word.

Words with ooLook at the word. Say it. Listen for the vowel sound.

Write each word. Check it.

1. book

2. moon

3. took

4. food

5. look

6. pool

7. zoo

8. noon

9. good

10. foot

Words to Read

11. instead

12. another

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sky

acorn

tree

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Conventions Pronouns I and Me DVD•239

Home Activity Your child reviewed using I and me. Ask your child to make up another riddle using the riddle on this page as a model. Make sure your child includes the words I and me in the riddle.

Write I or me to complete each sentence.Circle the word that answers the riddle.

1. am small.

2.See by a tree.

3.What am ?

Writethe word in ( ) that completes each sentence.

4.Dot gives a clue. (I, me)

5. look for the acorn. (I, me)

6.Now Dot and find the acorn. (I, me)

Pronouns I and Me

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