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To$k M C"n&ffittMonth 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .3
o recalling alphabetical order (capital and lowercase letters)r
associating sound and symbols for I/, Ss, Tt, Mm, Hh, Nn,
Rr Bb,Vv,Yy, Ff, Pp, Cc, Ddo printing lowercase and capital
letters l/, Ss, Tt, Mm, Hh,
Nn, Rr Bb,Vv,Yy, Ff, Pp, Cc, Dd. recognizing antonymso visual
discrimination work. recognizing rhymeso evaluating
Month 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35o discriminating
between reality and fantasy. rhyming wordsr associating sound and
symbols for Jj, Kh Gg, Ww, Qq, Zz" Xxo printing lowercase and
capital letters ,/7, Kk, Gg, Ww, Qq,
Zz Xx. consonants reviewo understanding sequence. words to know
(colors, people names, animals, school tools,
directions words). antonyms. choosing and writing short answers
to questions
Month 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67o discriminating
short vowel soundsr printing lowercase and capital vowel letterso
word families and rhymes (short vowel sounds). reading a story and
supplying missing wordso making a booklet about oneself
Month 4 . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97o
soft and hard sounds of c and g. words with consonants in final
positiono completing and writing rhymes. sequence. consonant blends
with l. r. and s. long vowel sounds of a and eo different spellings
of the long a and e sounds. reading and completing sentences.
making a fold-up rhymes booklet
Month 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129o long
vowel sounds of i,o,anduo different spellings ofthe long i,o,and a
sounds. reading and completing sentences. two vowel sounds of y:
long e and long I. rhyming long vowel words. recognizing homonymso
parts of a sentence: subject and predicate. nouns. writing in
response to a picture prompt. visual discrimination practice
M o n t h 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 fr
blends in final position (ld, nd, nk, sk, lp, mp, fi, lt, nt, st).
blends review. digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph, sh, ns)r understanding
a story. proper nounso plurals ofregular nounso verbs and
verb-subject agreement. us ing am,are, isr identifying the main
idea of a paragraph. recalling story detailso story sequence/order
of eventso using a graphic organizer for an original story; writing
an
original story
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Month 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193o r-controlled
vowels. the sound of al andaw. reading and completing sentences.
reading for detailo the importance of word order in sentenceso
completing sentences with nouns and verbso plural nouns: adding es;
changing y to i before adding es. irregular plurals. recalling
picture detailsr discriminating between fact and opinion.
statements and questions. visual discrimination practice
Month 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225o exclamations
and commandso subject-verb agreement. using have, has, and do,
does. past tense of regular verbso parts of a friendly lettero
writing a friendly lettero various vowel sounds represented by oo,
eu) , ue, ou, and uo irregular spellings oflong vowel sounds a and
e, as in
weigh and piecer homonymsr making a fold-up riddle bookletr
understanding sequence in directionsr using a graphic organizer for
planning a set of directions. writing directions for completing a
simple task
Month 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257o the vowel sounds
ofthe diphthongs oi and oy,ow andouo multiple sounds of ozo
homonyms. pronouns. past tense verbs. irregular past tense verbs
(to be; to hnve; to do). recognizing synonymso writing a thank-you
noter identifying the main idea and details. recognizing compound
wordso making compound wordsr making a fold-up bookletr
introduction to cursive letters
Month 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289. recognizing
silent letters (b in mb; h; k and g in lcn and' gn;
and w in wr)o past tense verbs. past tense of irregular verbs.
recognizing and using adjectiveso recognizing adverbs. synonymso
matching cause and effecto predicting outcomes. making a fold-up
bookleto planning and writing a description
Month 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319. contractionsr
possessive nouns. the comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives. cause and effectr making inferences. compound words.
adding details to sentenceso drawing conclusionso prefixes: un-
andre-o suffixes: -fu|, -less, and -lyr identifying the main idea.
writing book titles. reading and writing book reports
Month 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351. writing an invitation
and an envelope. predicting outcomeso making inferences. reading
for inferencesr using andto combne sentences. using or and but to
combine sentences. synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and compound
wordso making a fold-up storybook and using it as a model for
developing, writing, and sharing an original storyr elements of
a story (who? chancter; when? and where?
setting; what happens? plot). using graphic organizers to
develop elements for an
original storyo picture prompts/story starters and work
sheets
Index.... ,....383
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krthl(ffiktThe Alphobet: poges 5-6, 30For success in reoding,
your child should be fomilior with both copitol (uppercose)
ondlowercose forms of eoch letter ond the order of letters in the
olphobet. Two of this month'sworksheets lobeled Reading will help
your child recoll olphobeticol order. You con olso helpyour child
recoll olphobeticol order with these octivities:D Complete the
worksheets.tr Sing olphobet songs with your child.tr Using index
cords or construction poper, moke two sets of olphobet cords, one
with uppercoseL- letters ond one with lowercose. Chollenge your
child to orronge eoch set in olphobeticol
order. For on extro chollenge, give your child four or five
letters, not beginning ot A(for exomple, L, M, N, O, ond P) ond
hove him or her orronge these letters in
olphobeticol order.
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"*..-*-FR"*'-q&-.bo,..*.***.**"k*sii,.**-s.#**.***,o,,--,:*n
-q6f,t ' ;d_t#_Fri*"h*-****.-*,.
Consonqnfs: poges 7, 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 27Rhymess poges 31-32Of
the 26 letfers of the olphobet, 21 ore consononts. Good reoders
ossociote letters ond theirsounds without hesitotion. The phonics
worksheets for this month give your child proctice inrecognizing
the sounds of l4 consononts.tr Complete the worksheets.D With your
child, look through mogozines, cotologs, etc., for pictures of
obiects whose nomes
begin with the sound ossocioted with o porticulor consonont. Cut
out the pictures ond postethem on o lorge sheet of construction
poper. Print the uppercose ond lowercose forms of theconsonont ot
the top of the poper. Disploy the colloge on the refrigerotor
door.
D When running erronds or toking o wolk with your child, look
for obiects whose nomes beginwith o porticulor consonont. Chollenge
your child to memorize ot leost five of the obiects notedond recoll
them when you get home.
Honds-on qcfivitiesto help your
child in school!
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Lelters: poges 8-9, I 1 -12, 1 4 -1 5, 1 7 -1 8, 22-23, 25-26,
28-29Knowing how to print individuol letters is o prerequisite to
expressing oneself in writing. Thehondwriting poges for this month
show your child how to form the I4 consononts whose soundshove been
introduced. Give your child proctice in writing these letters with
these octivities:D Complete the worksheets.D Hove your child write
letters in flour thot hos been sprinkled on o toble or countertop.
Then\ smooth the surfoce ond reuse the flour for onother proctice
round. Working outdoors, your
child could use sond.D Moke o flosh cord for eoch consonont
presented in the worksheets. Print the uppercose
ond lowercose forms of the letter on opposite sides. Show one
side of o cord to yourchild ond hove him or her print the other
form of the some letter. Flip the cord to let
o your child check the onswer.
Two of the gools of vocobulory development ore improving
understonding of whot is reod ondenhoncing the obility to express
oneself cleorly. Leorning obout ontonyms, or opposites, is notonly
helpful in developing vocobulory but is olso fun for your child.D
Complete the worksheets.tr At odd moments, such os woiting in
checkout lines, ploy this word gome with your child.
Soy o word ond osk your child to soy its opposite. (More thon
one opposite moy be correct.)Toke turns. :4.
tr Ask your child to listen corelully os you soy o sentence thot
is mode folse byone word, ond identify the word thot must be
chonged. Hove your child repeotthe sentence, replocing thot word
with its opposite. For exomple, you mightsoy, "l feel cold in the
sun" ond hove your child reploce the word coldwith
4
its opposite.
Prewriting: poges 33-34Plonning whot to write obout is port of
the writing process. Even though your child moy not bereody to
write whole sentences ond porogrophs, he or she con choose topics
ond identifypersonol opinions to be expressed. The composition
worksheets lor this month encouroge yourchild to identify some
personol preferences.tr Complete the worksheets.D Ask your child to
tolk obout the pictures he or she drows on the worksheets.tr Moke
sure your child hos opportunities to creote originol pictures in
oddition to using coloring
books. Toke time to tolk obout the situotions ond ideos shown in
the originol ort.
Antonylns3 poges l9-20
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A to Z at the ZooRfi kt Connect the dots from A to Z.t -.-l t
-)tlLS tt-il Color the picture.- -
e
Booe
. - / y ) t L'
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- I f7 t , t lJ fz ; l {^ o 2 ( U- /1.7 \ \7 l Y x
a I I z lt I t I -
T T
' / \ /
a t ,F \ ' . -
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Go F), 9 . M
(
o
JN
\ \ \ \ r \ :\ ' d \ 5 :
Recolling alphabeticol order (copitol
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a to z at, the Zoo
3rtF*1_fs'
:: TlrrlAD . a , l r l : {--=.J.
-flfr-\ ^* P'\ oi ZK--:q =-g o t h
n . \ o P e
e I l t o s Ie Js'
Rfi kl connect the dots from o to z.l \ t I _ -a tl.-< Lt t
Color rhe piclure.
c*
e.^\/
e e
.A,\/ .
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Recolling olphobeticol order (lowercose lettersl
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Lambs in the SunSqy eqch picture nqme. lf the nqme hqs the
sqmebeginning sound qs lcmb, drqw q line from the picturefo the
lomb. If rhe nqme hos the sqme beginning soundqs sun, drqw o line
from the picture to the sun.
t*ry.-Vs
tI
Color the pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
leirnb.
s-9
'-rrn{4
Recognizing the initiol consonont sounds of Ss ond LI
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t ll lt l
_ _ _ t - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tI tt lt tI I
i$HI,T,H:Hword.writing L and Ia ^
FF"JT! .rr= rrqce ond writeWl the lelters.
IIII
- - - t - - - - - - -I:I
I Il :a t
- - - t - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - - _ _t rt lt lI It l
aIt
- - - t - - - - - - -tItIa
Printing Ll
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Writing S and s-,
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W{fl Trqce qnd writeFl rhe lelfers.ltE
$o++ +r+&& s * s! s
- - - -a-qs&.-- - - - - - -9 p.+* - -l F 6s *
* . P & **a * f Soo f
*"**f {?
_-_ ! .v* *__fi
f t s*rn*f
s- -+.* t rF-
___-*_*+$&
too*o
s*;a -:X:b** i ?**q
- - -;lrtrdlF4rL&
$**rd
Printing Ss
$t ,I{{
complete eqch word.W r i t e S o r s t o
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1 P ': 'll, . o-'il: , t l .: : C' : .Q,,f
' ; : . , . '
i :
. : T: , P , .,:'.!.
f .:': f: ' ' .1 '.:.il. G
Tigers and MonkegsSqy eoch picture nqme. lf rhe nqme hqs the
sqmebeginning sound qs tiger, drqw o line fiom fhe picture iothe
figers. lf rhe nqme hqs the sqme beginning sound qsmonkey, drcw o
line fiom the picture no fhe monkeys.
Color the pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
rnonkey.
Mm
\\
(
t\7
Recognizing the initial consonont sounds of Mm ond Tt
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Writing T and t^-
flly)tFi -KU Trqce ond writeF(. rhe letters.IE.
t(J
{{t
taI
W r i t e l o r t t oi complete eoch word.
t l t t l t aIIt
- - - - - - t - - - -ITil
tI
III
- - - - - - t - - - -tt:
att
- - r T : t - - - - -Itta
*II
- - l i l r - - - - -tIIII I
2 +
Printing
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Writing M and mTrqce qnd write
' the leilers.
J {r l l r
i.'.--ri
* r lr l l - i lr l a r r l a ,
i.-..;:r! i*r;ii
ti't*ti it'-tsi
i''fi--!''!'-t
A\-:\-3I+
Printing Mm
$(a
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! complete eqch word.Write ftl or m lo
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Hammer and OailsSqy eqch picfurc nqme. lf rhe nqme hos fhe
sqmebeginning sound qs heimmer, drqw q line fiom rhe picfulero the
hqmmer. lf fhe nqme hqs the sqme beginning soundqs nnil, drcw q
line fiom rhe picfure to the noils.
Color the pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
hcrmmer.
o Hh
Recognizing the initiol consonont sounds of Hh ond Nn
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Writing H and hns'.-ft.$t Trqce ond writeF- fhe letters.IE
$(,I
W r i t e H o r h r ocomplete eoch word.
EIIa
- - - ttII
tItIIIaI
IItIIIIt
aIItIIII
--- rI II It t
- - - lr*{r.r'IT Tl ll l
a tI II TI I
I Tt :I tt ' l
T Tl r
tI
II
- - - l r r { - - - - - ! tTI r l tt t r tl : l l
IIII
---Iftcl ll l
I,tI
II:I. [ - - - - - - - - - -TII
o
aITJt-IfII
--- l rrr
Il tt la l
tItttII
-{
Printing Hh
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hlriting N and nTrqce qnd write
I rhe lellers.
i r i i r ll + { i i . * !l r . : : Ti'. Ii Ti** Ii l i i:
""I
--- l i*? --- l i \l r l lr t t tl r t r
iiTt l
---!i 'tt l: lf r
Printing Nn
$(a
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W r i t e N o r n l o! complete eqch word.
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A Rose for Bear
,r
ffiffi
Rr
Color the pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
rose.
Recognizing the initiol consonont sounds of Rr ond Bb
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Writing R and rAEtr Trqce qnd writeEU rhe lelters.
& ." { r
f f t i la - 4 F e { l
- - - i*r**t - - - - - {-r *rrf,-i l * : * .; + * ; +r - E : * *
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s ' *[ 8* , &* - q
- - - l * ; c { ! 1r t
E t nf r * * * *+*t *r - t
- - - r r -n*+
! i *4 " *
- - ln"* f;flTtrf,l
W r i t e R o r r t oi complete eqch word.
o$$offi..
ol i "T
$t ,I{{
I
*
- - -: itrrTI
Printing Rr
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hfriting B and b^-.ttD\-^
BUi Troce qnd writeF=. rhe lelters.
i -*- '*. !----*t
i & Hffi,3,i1Lil"*",r.
: - - - - t
I
II
I,
ttt{l
Ii,
; - * - - t
! . . .*J
ttI
--- !r*;l lt . tI t l r f
III
--- !rr{ III o i"'i'Jl ll . rr t r t
Writing Bb
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ln the GardenAnlonyms qre words thqt hqve opposite meqnings.Up
ond down qre anlonylns.
down
n ^W, ilK5-l Trqce the words below.H.' 1.3 Drqw lines betrrreen
the anlonyrns.
s!
i i l !
+ , *4 ! , sa1 a
; , ] : t - : i * *q ' .11 C ' - r L " j r "
r .A . : t 4 , - r { - :
ft :1rd #g' gl
. r " r . - . :
. . r ; "
.
o l{ , - ' " , ' ^ - " ' * -
'&i il:1.
ril
' - f ^ a {
. : ' ' 1 , q i t
I 1 xi tt " f,'S :i-# S'
Recognizing ontonyms
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What's the Opposite?Antonyms qre words rhqr hqve opposile
meqnings.On qnd off qre onlonyrns.
A ^a.
ffiffiY{-] Trqce rhe words below.nryt t>[ i[gli t- Drqw lines
between fhe anlonyrns.
& t f fH t r &- t r - g + - - - j s 6 . - - e S - " - -
- - - - - - - - ; c : ; - - - - S e ; - S r - ; e ' q - * " - - - -
-f i ' b ' c q p - : s : @* i i F e b 4 q S 4 * *e ; i - q s j l S
I p f iG & $ * * * H ! * p * { r s d G * s e *
**&
1* e; -
;,fi 'dB- -q?'is{ -q-d d; -o- - - -e-
? S * g 6 * e 6 - a $ 4
X s % $ t E ; i % ' *t S k " p * f + e + t e o s k -f t & #i
F t r S# & ss s #
s SH t r
off -_
/-/ It l
Recognizing onlonyms
so,o$ 4*e* s "4**E w
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Violins and Yo-YosScr)r eoch picturc nqme. lf fhe nqme hos the
sqmebeginning sound qs violin, drcw q line fiom the picturc fothe
violin. lf the nqme hqs fhe sqme beginning sound qsyo-yo, drcw q
line from the picture fo fhe yoyo.
Color rhe pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
violin.
Recognizing the initial consonant sounds of Vv ond Yy
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Writing V and v^-,-m-:KEi Trqce ond writeruFl ^ i_- ilq the
lellers.rE!
l c t f* f i lf a l l f* a * f* a t l
- - - - - f - - t - - - - - - - - l - - - f - - - - -t t t at a
t al a t at l
? l* f* f* ff f' - - - t - - u - - - - -t tt a$ a
- - a - - - l - - - - l - - - a - ' - -* f * tt t * a* a t * ft
t
Printing Vv
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W r i t e V o r v t oI complete eqch word.
III
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Writing Y and g#aUf Troce qnd wrire'9.'
rhe lerters.
* *- -.*'
'* s" 4.s t ++ * $ . -
" - - - - + d - - - s { , '
$:(I{{
W r i t e Y o r y t oi complete eqch word.
&sil
II' {* #% o s'+ +'
------w-flinc
ovvH'-}# 4
a ,s'# #{ E &
- - - s - - - - s ' -d . 4s . &* l f r
ass
*
" - ] i - - -
+ .
+
Printing Yy
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Pandas around a FireSqy eqch picture nqme. lf rhe nqme hos the
sqmebeginning sound qs pondo, drow o line from thepicture fo fhe
pondos. lf the nqme hos the sqmebeginning sound os lite, drow q
line from rhe pictureto the fire.
Ff
Color rhe pictures whose nqmes hqve the sqmebeginning sound qs
fire.
Recognizing the initiol consonont sounds of Pp ond Ff
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Writing F and f$l;:'m:lwrite
tt
lli-{* *4ttt tI Tl l
- - x r t - - - - - T r l t - - - - - - -I t
-{r}.tIt
- - T t t - - - - -tfI
-+t+.IIT
- - l r f - - - - -Ttf
II
IiI
- - - l r * - rIII
t:I
- - - l r i i l - * - - -I:I
Printing Ff
$:t ,
I{{
' Write F or f rol complete eqch word.
r * ar l a: r-.f
t?a
tt
I
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Writing P and pA
,JDrff -r,,i{6l lrqce qnd writeb5,mt -F-, lhe lelters.l||Gr
f i ' * " *% ! ' - ' "1|l
- - - *.** *.*{*- - - - - - l*. ***!l lS I
n ^ s- - - & * i l n - & t -
*trr
g !H * E
- --*. i - I |s. t i?-***
G t r I tfi*** [**r# *
- - ' * * r y +
sil
!!Iil
f-.t
ffl4
*p&
* *& t?a* lfi5s*
Tila
Printing Pp
i& HIriT,l,$L["*"'..
e-t-e!"-::i
o coi'=i'T
I
. l,da'!-'1 n I:-Iv ! : v , l i
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Cat and DogSqy eqch picturebeginning soundto the cqt. If theos
dog, drow o line from the picture to the dog.
nqme. lf fhe nqme hqs the sqmeqs ceil, drow q line from the
picture
nqme hqs the sqme beginning sound
Dd
fu Color the picfures whose nqmes hqve the sqmeLg-..$ beginning
sound qs ceil.
Recognizing the initiol consonont sounds of Cc ond Dd
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Writing C and ca**qn Trqce qnd writeE} rhe lefters.
t f , r t f l a$ t - i ", oa a
- - T - - - - - - - - - - - - r - - - -t *
f t - - * t A * o * * t
^ f t - l .,
,
a- - T - - - - - - -
tt t -
- l t
l t F - t rIa
- - Ta+i
* i
c
Printing Cc
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W r i t e C o r c t oI complete eqch word.
n'i iTdav r ! v
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Writing D and dAKF Trqce qnd writeFt-' the lelters.lE
E H F e & - * d E F r i b -* o q s 5e s S *
_ - _&_ _ - _ _ _ _*___ _E _ _ _ __ _ _tn & # f f it r t
r
* r $
q * . .s,&
_ _ - g _ - _ - _ _ _ f i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _# &s - #E -
gfrx*oq*#
- - - ;?E$----- ;e{ f f& # k ts s * ft e # g * r # t r
flfl&
-- - - - -q rc r- -& - R* G* . f f i{try#ff
>rr
---;E\-fi8 f ;* *t r # *
ry. ##
fi*
6trR
- _ _ $*#R
* o * @ & .s&
_ _ _ _ _ _ - E#I
4&F**'
ffi
trBx
tTt
Printing Dd
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W r i t e D o r d t ocomplete eqch word.
o{::-E-oi'.'
a
OII: i l fa
i
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frZx(l fuil Find rhe I O hidden leffers in the picture
belowLdlt$ ond color rhem a. Use other colors to colorv the rest of
the picture.
't'no*'-'*
yend'
b*f$ l
iaI
*fItL3*t/iaIE
lT
1E-
-a
:l
+11
t
3It
5 ' \ ,N j
!a
t.t''
.on**,ror-"rnrr !d{
^nartffrntu*l.ao\ P
' . , 'rt9\r7,4,
- Developing visuol discriminotion '
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Rhgme TimeWords rhqt rhyme end wirh rhe sqme sounds.Hug ond bug
rhyme.
b.rg
A , A
tr?ffi| Km Trqce rhe words below. Reqd eqch word qloud.H,' 1.3
Drqw lines to mqtch the rhyming words.
,t ,.i, ' r,L':,
o;.-"
;j.-, . , :,i. ',r
!t
ri
11'11nr+q
i , , ff t .
iald
't
:i ,'
r i
' ' t
'rIf. i{ltl:ilil
tui+4 t o + , * ' j . r ; . l
r 1." . .d i :
Lt-h4f
".
l,'lii
lJ.iil
i{} d,
hug
! ; -
j
lt
lil
, l !: ' : ,
Recognizing words ending with -an, -ci, -ed, -og, -ng, ond
-un
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Sing for the King!Sing ond king hqve the sqme ending sounds.Sing
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