unit 8, week 2€¦ · spelling (to go with your spelling list) write the spelling words two times...

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Unit 8, Week 2

Language Arts:

❏ Read for 10 minutes every night and complete the Weekly Reading Log. ❏ Complete ALL Language Arts pages attached and complete them neatly.

Weekly Reading Log:

Title of Book # of Minutes

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Spelling Words High Frequency Words 1. born

2. store

3. door

4. fork

5. short

6. thorn

7. soar

8. more

9. change

10. move

1. away

2. change

3. laugh

4. move

Go Above and Beyond:

❏ Choose as many additional activities from the Homework Menu boxes as you would like to complete.

Homework Menu

Spelling

(to go with your spelling list)

❏ Write the spelling words two times each.

❏ Write sentences for 3 spelling words.

❏ Find the spelling words in a newspaper or a magazine and

cut them out.

❏ Make spelling flash cards for all 10n words.

Reading

(to go with your nightly reading)

❏ Make a circle map about a character in the story.

❏ Draw a picture of your favorite character from the story.

❏ Complete a 5 finger retell with a parent.

❏ Make a skit to summarize the story.

Math

❏ Fill in your own numbers and solve: My dad caught ________

gray fish and _________ tan fish.

How many fish did he catch?

❏ Show all the ways to make 36 (__+__=36 & _-_=36)

❏ Fill in your own numbers and solve: I had _________ crayons.

My teacher gave me __________

more crayons. How many crayons

do I have altogether?

Writing

❏ Write 3 sentences telling about what makes you a good friend.

❏ Write sentence about what you did this weekend. Circle the noun

in orange, underline the verb in

red and box the prepositional

phrase in blue.

❏ Create a short story with a beginning, middle and end.

Name _____________________________________ Date ___________________

Grammar, Spelling & Vocabulary Activity Book • © Benchmark Education Company, LLCSPELLING & VOCABULARY G1 U8 W2 BLM1

born store door move fork

change thorn short soar more

/ôr/ and High-Frequency Words

Circle the spelling word that completes the sentence. Write it on the line.

1. My hair is cut ______________.

born short fork

2. Can I please have ______________?

thorn move more

3. Jamal held the ______________ open.

door soar change

4. I was ______________ in July.

born more fork

5. Tam will ______________ next door.

store short move

6. I got new markers from the art ______________.

soar store thorn

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Name _____________________________________ Date ___________________

SPELLING & VOCABULARY G1 U8 W2 BLM2Grammar, Spelling & Vocabulary Activity Book • © Benchmark Education Company, LLC





/ôr/ and High-Frequency Words

Write the correct spelling words for each spelling pattern.

Spelling words with ore

1. __________________

Spelling word with oor

3. __________________

Spelling word with oar

4. __________________

Spelling words with or

5. __________________

7. __________________

Spelling words that do not have the /ôr/ sound

9. __________________

6. __________________

8. __________________

10. __________________

2. __________________

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© Benchmark Education Company, LLC Grade 1 • Unit 8 • Week 2 • /ôr/

Phonics: /ôr/Look at each picture. Then write the word from the box that best completes each sentence.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

I am not .

I play this .

I can .

I like to eat .

I can ride a .

short

store

corn

horn

door

roar

horse

more

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© Benchmark Education Company, LLCGrade 1 • Unit 8 • Week 2 • High-Frequency Words

High-Frequency Words

away change laugh move

Read the words in the box. Write the word that completes each sentence.

1. My friend Jana had to .

2. Now her family lives far .

3. It was a big .

4. It’s okay, though! We can still talk and !

Write a sentence using a high-frequency word.

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Unit 9 • Week 1 Assessment

Read this passage about Irene Njoki. Then answer the questions.

Better Lives

1 Irene lives in Kenya, a country in Africa. Five years ago, she felt upset. She had two sons, but her family was poor. Some nights she went to bed hungry. Her life was hard.

2 Irene saw other women in town like her. They also didn’t have enough money to live. She began to think. How could she help herself and other women?

continued

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Unit 9 Week 1 Student Assessment (continued)

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3 One day, Irene learned how to make beads out of paper. The beads were beautiful. Then she got a fine idea. She could make jewelry with the beads! Maybe she could hire other women to help her.

4 Her dream came true. Today, she runs a company called Fashion by Oasis. She works with 17 women to make jewelry.

5 The business has changed Irene’s life. It has also changed the lives of its workers. They have more money, and they are making their lives better.



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1. What was Irene’s problem five years ago?

A She had two sons and lived in town.

B She was poor, hungry, and unhappy.

C She lived in Africa with other women.

2. What happened after Irene learned how to make beads?

A She made and sold jewelry.

B She saw other women like her.

C She had two sons.

3. Why did the author write this passage?

A to tell how to start a business

B to explain how to make paper beads

C to show how one person can change people’s lives



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4. Read this sentence.

Then she got a fine idea.

What is the meaning of fine in this sentence?

A very good

B very thin or small

C something you pay

5. The word making comes from what root word?

A man

B king

C make



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continued

Choose the best answer to each question.

6. Which word has the same vowel sound as how?

A run

B rode

C round

7. Which word has the same vowel sound as town?

A house

B hope

C hot



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Read each sentence. Choose the word that best fits in the blank.

8. Her work was _____.

A every

B done

C away

9. Irene’s life was _____ than it is now.

A hard

B harder

C hardest

10. Jan likes to run. She _____ ran in a race!

A even

B about

C before

STOP!

unit 8, week 2€¦ · spelling (to go with your spelling list) write the spelling words two times...

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