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RondeauBella Blew

BlueBubbles

ABDO

Amanda Rondeau

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Books in this series:Bella Blew Blue Bubbles

The Knight Waits at NightMy Deer Is a Dear

The Prince Left His PrintsSue Threw the Goop Through the Hoop

We Have a Wee Whale

RondeauBella Blew

Blue Bubbles

Homophones are words that sound alike but arespelled differently and have different meanings.

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Amanda Rondeau

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Published by SandCastle™, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company, 4940 Viking Drive, Edina,Minnesota 55435.Copyright © 2002 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in allcountries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permissionfrom the publisher. SandCastle™ is a trademark and logo of ABDO Publishing Company.Printed in the United States.Cover and interior photo credits: Digital Vision, Eyewire Images, PhotoDisc,

Rubberball Productions

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rondeau, Amanda, 1974-Bella blew blue bubbles / Amanda Rondeau.

p. cm. -- (Homophones)Includes index.Summary: Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike

but are spelled differently and have different meanings.ISBN 1-57765-784-51. English language--Homonyms--Juvenile literature. [1. English language--Homonyms.]

I. Title. II. Series.

PE1595 .R66 2002428.1--dc21

2001053374

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About SandCastle™

Nonfiction books for the beginning reader

9 Basic concepts of phonics are incorporated with integrated language methodsof reading instruction. Most words are short, and phrases, letter sounds, andword sounds are repeated.

9 Book levels are based on the ATOS™ for Books formula. Other considerationsfor readability include the number of words in each sentence, the number ofcharacters in each word, and word lists based on curriculum frameworks.

9 Full-color photography reinforces word meanings and concepts.

9 “Words I Can Read” list at the end of each book teaches basic elements ofgrammar, helps the reader recognize the words in the text, and builds vocabulary.

9 Reading levels are indicated by the number of flags on the castle.

SandCastle uses the following definitions for this series:

9 Homographs: words that are spelled the same but sound different and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-graph”= same look

9 Homonyms: words that are spelled and sound the same but have differentmeanings. Easy memory tip: “-nym”= same name

9 Homophones: words that sound alike but are spelled differently and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-phone”= sound alike

Level 1(one flag)

Grades Pre-K to K5 or fewer words per page

Level 2(two flags)

Grades K to 15 to 10 words per page

Level 3(three flags)

Grades 1 to 210 to 15 words per page

Look for more SandCastle books in these three reading levels:

Note: Some pages in this book contain more than 10 words in order to more clearly convey the concept of the book.


Homophones

bass base

4


Homophones

Homophones are words thatsound alike but are spelleddifferently and havedifferent meanings.

5


Homophones

The big brown bear caught a fish.

6


Homophones

Matt is not wearing a shirt.

His back is bare.

7


Homophones

Martha removes nails from a board.

8


Homophones

Amalia is bored.

She wants to play.

9


Homophones

Aki took a bow at the end of the dance.

10


Homophones

Two raccoons sit on thebough of a tree.

11


Homophones

We like to build sand castles.

12


Homophones

The doctor billed us for the visit.

13


Homophones

Bill and Brian take a break.

14


Homophones

Dad is teaching Jill to brake.

15


Homophones

Sofia beats the eggs for a cake.

16


Homophones

Beets are red and growunderground.

17


Homophones

Jan buries the roots of theplant in dirt.

18


Homophones

These berries are covered in snow.

19


Homophones

Lauren is wearing a bridal gown.

20


Homophones

What kind of animal wears a bridle? (horse)

21


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Words I Can ReadNouns

A noun is a person, place, or thing

Plural NounsA plural noun is more than one

person, place, or thing

beets (BEETSS) p. 17berries (BER-eez)

p. 19castles (KASS-uhlz)

p. 12

eggs (EGZ) p. 16homophones

(HOME-uh-fonez)p. 5

meanings (MEE-ningz) p. 5

nails (NAYLZ) p. 8raccoons

(ra-KOONZ) p. 11roots (ROOTSS) p. 18words (WURDZ) p. 5

animal (AN-uh-muhl)p. 21

back (BAK) p. 7base (BAYSS) p. 4bass (BAYSS) p. 4bear (BAIR) p. 6board (BORD) p. 8bough (BOU) p. 11bow (BOU) p. 10break (BRAYK) p. 14

bridle (BRYE-duhl) p. 21

cake (KAYK) p. 16dance (DANSS) p. 10dirt (DURT) p. 18doctor (DOK-tur)

p. 13end (END) p. 10fish (FISH) p. 6gown (GOUN) p. 20

horse (HORSS) p. 21kind (KINDE) p. 21plant (PLANT) p. 18sand castle

(SAND KASS-uhl)p. 12

shirt (SHURT) p. 7snow (SNOH) p. 19tree (TREE) p. 11visit (VIZ-it) p. 13


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Proper NounsA proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing

VerbsA verb is an action or being word

AdjectivesAn adjective describes something

alike (uh-LIKE) p. 5bare (BAIR) p. 7big (BIG) p. 6bridal (BRYE-duhl)

p. 20

brown (BROUN) p. 6different

(DIF-ur-uhnt) p. 5his (HIZ) p. 7

red (RED) p. 17these (THEEZ) p. 19two (TOO) p. 11

are (AR) pp. 5, 17, 19beats (BEETSS) p. 16billed (BILD) p. 13bored (BORD) p. 9brake (BRAYK) p. 15build (BILD) p. 12buries (BER-eez) p. 18caught (KAWT) p. 6covered (KUHV-urd)

p. 19

grow (GROH) p. 17have (HAV) p. 5is (IZ) pp. 7, 9, 15, 20like (LIKE) p. 12play (PLAY) p. 9removes

(ri-MOOVZ) p. 8sit (SIT) p. 11sound (SOUND) p. 5spelled (SPELD) p. 5

take (TAYK) p. 14teaching (TEECH-ing)

p. 15took (TUK) p. 10wants (WONTSS)

p. 9wearing (WAIR-ing)

pp. 7, 20wears (WAIRZ) p. 21

Aki (AH-kee) p. 10Amalia

(uh-MAH-lee-uh) p. 9

Bill (BIL) p. 14

Brian (BRYE-uhn) p. 14Dad (DAD) p. 15Jan (JAN) p. 18Jill (JIL) p. 15Lauren (LOR-en) p. 20

Martha (MAR-thuh) p. 8

Matt (MAT) p. 7Sofia (soh-FEE-uh)

p. 16


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barebear

berriesburies

boughbow

bridalbridle

Match these homophones to the pictures


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