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Name
Add -s to each word.
Write the new word on the line.

1. hop hops 2. sit sits

3. see sees 4. pat pats 5. help helps
Use the words you wrote to finish the sentences.
Write the words on the lines.

6. Jack sees a big dog.

7. Jack pats the dog.

8. Jack sits on a rock.

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9. The dog helps Jack.

10. The dog hops on Jack.

Home Activity  Your child added -s to verbs. Have your child write the verbs see, fan, nap, dig, sit, hop, jog,
and mop, and add an -s to each verb. Have your child pick a verb and use it in a sentence about you, such
as Mommy hops. Then act out the sentence.

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Read the words in the box.
Pick a word to finish each sentence.
Write it on the line. Remember to begin a sentence with a
capital letter.
eat   four   five   her   this   too

1. We see four .

2. The eat .

This
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3. is a big cat.

4. This is a big cat too .

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5. Can we help her ? [art: 3,12,TA,4]

6. We see five .

Home Activity  This week your child identified and read the words eat, four, five, her, too, and this. Look
through books to find these words in print and have your child read them aloud.

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Read each story.
Circle the sentence that tells best what the story is about.
Underline a detail that tells about the main idea.
Then write the topic of the story.

1. Dan has a cat. 2. Topic:

The cat is tan.
The cat is fat.

cat
Dan has a fat, tan cat. cat mop

3. Whales are big animals. 4. Topic:

Whales have big tails.
Whales have big fins.

whales
Whales eat a lot. fins whales

Write the name of a story you have read.

Draw a picture that shows what the story is about.

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Children should be able to name the story they illustrated. Have

them tell you the main idea.

Home Activity  Your child learned about the main idea and details of a story. As you read stories together,
have your child tell you the main idea.

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Writing • Personal Narrative

The Loon

Last summer my family camped next to a lake. I liked waking

up outside. Then I swam all day long!
One morning my dad took me to the lake. “Look!” he said. I
saw a beautiful black bird floating on the lake.
“It is a loon,” Dad said. “Loons can stay underwater a long
time. They can dive deep and swim far. Watch!”
The loon dived underwater. We watched and waited. A
minute later, we saw the loon again. I was amazed! It was so
far away. We could hardly see it.
“If the loon comes again tomorrow, let’s use our binoculars
to watch,” Dad said. I couldn’t wait!

Key Features of a Personal Narrative

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•T
 he narrative tells a story about a real event in
the author’s life.

• I t tells how the author feels about the event or

gives the author’s opinion.

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Add -ing to each word.
Write the new word on the line.

1. help helping 2. look looking

3. fix fixing 4. lick licking 5. play playing
Use the words you wrote to finish the sentences.
Write the words on the lines.

6. Jan is looking at the cats.

7. Jan is helping the cats.
8. The cats are playing with the can.
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9. The big cat is licking the little cat.

10. Jan is fixing the lock.

Home Activity  Your child added -ing to verbs. Have your child write the verbs lick, rock, kick, eat, and mix
on slips of paper. Then have your child add -ing to each verb. Have your child pick a slip of paper and act
out the word for you to guess.

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Inflected Ending -s
Write list words to finish the sentences. Spelling Words

nap
naps
sit
sits

1. They fit . 2. It fits .

win
wins
fit
fits
hit
hits

3. They hit . 4. He hits .

5. They nap in bed. 6. He naps in bed.

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7. They sit on mats. 8. She sits on a mat.

9. They win the race. 10. He wins the race.

Home Activity  Your child spelled pairs of words with and without the -s ending. Point to a word on this
page and have your child spell the other word in the pair.

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Declarative Sentences
A telling sentence tells something. It is a declarative sentence.
It begins with a capital letter. It usually ends with a period (.).

The fox has a kit.

The kit naps.

Find the sentence. Underline the sentence.

1. The children see a fox.

the children see a fox

2. they see the kit

They see the kit.

3. The kit can run.

the kit can run

4. the fox and kit play

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The fox and kit play.

5. fox naps on the rocks

Fox naps on the rocks.

Home Activity  Your child learned about telling sentences. Read a story together. Have your child point to
sentences in the story and name the capital letter at the beginning and the period at the end.

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Story Chart
Title

Beginning

Middle

End of Story
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Home Activity  Your child can plan to write about real events. Share a memory about an event such as a
time you saw animals at a zoo.

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Nn Gg
Copy the words. Slant all of the letters the same way.

Gus Gus acting acting

Nan Nan fixing fixing
singing singing mixing mixing
Gil Gil bumping bumping
ringing ringing telling telling
adding adding packing packing
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passing passing kicking kicking

Do all of your letters slant the same way? Yes No

Home Activity  Your child practiced writing words with Nn and Gg and words ending in -ing. Name a word
from the chart, point to it, and have your child copy it on a separate sheet of paper. Continue with other words.

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Look at the chart. Answer the questions.
Adult Animals Baby Animals
bear cub

deer fawn

elephant calf

1. The topic of Lee’s report is “Animals.” Will this chart help?

Yes, the chart gives information about what baby animals
are called.

2. Is there enough information in the chart for Lee to write about

“Animals”?
No, the only information in the chart is the names of the
animal babies. That is not enough.

3. Lee wants to revise his topic. Use Lee’s chart to choose the
topic.
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Big Animals

4. Why is that a better topic for Lee?

Animals and Their Babies gives more detail about the chart.
Home Activity  Your child learned how review and revise a topic. Ask your child to choose a topic that is of
interest to him or her. Have him or her list some facts about the topic. Then using a reference source, read
about the topic and ask your child to revise the facts based on your research.

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Rob
Inflected ending -s Inflected H igh - Frequency
ending -ing Words

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fills sip s mix in g do th e
digs mo p s to ssin g of up
picks n ap s fixin g is to o
sits

K it si ts a nd sip s. R o b wil l d o l o t s o f j o b s.
Rob mo ps up. Mo m is m ix in g in t he p o t .
K it na ps. Ro b n ap s, t oo! R o b fil l s t h e p a n .

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Da d d ig s t he ro ck s. Tam i s fi x in g the ri p in t he cap .
R ob is tossing the rocks in th e R o b pi cks up t he pi ns .
bo x .

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Inflected Ending -s
Write list words to finish the sentences. Spelling Words

nap
1. The pups nap . naps

naps
sit
2. The pup . sits
win
3. The pups sit . wins

fit
4. The pup sits . fits
hit
5. I can win the game. hits

6. She wins all the games. High-Frequency

Words

7. The wind hits the flag. her

too
8. He can hit
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the ball.

9. Will the hat fit her too ?

10. My mitt fits her .

Home Activity  Your child wrote spelling words to complete sentences. Have your child circle the list words
that end in -s.

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Declarative Sentences
Which animals have you seen?

squirrel fox kit

deer rabbit
Write about an animal you have seen.
Begin and end each sentence correctly.

Possible answer: I saw a squirrel

last week. It was looking for
nuts. I watched it a long time.
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Home Activity  Your child learned how to use telling sentences when writing. Take turns with your child
saying sentences that describe the animals on the page.

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Inflected Ending -s
Draw a line to help Kit find her mitt. Spelling Words
Follow the words that rhyme with Kit.
nap
Circle the words. Write the words.
naps
hit naps
sit
win sits
fit
wins sit win
wins
fit
nap
fits

1. hit 2. fit 3. sit hit

hits
Write these words in ABC order.
nap  wins  sits

4. nap 5. sits 6. wins

Write these words in ABC order.
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win  hits  naps  fits

7. fits 8. hits
9. naps
10. win
Home Activity  Your child has been learning to spell words that end in -s. Help your child look on food
boxes and cans for words that end in -s.

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Declarative Sentences
Find the sentence. Mark the sentence.

1.  the fox is red.

 The fox is red.
 the fox is red

2.  It has a kit.
 it has a kit.
 It has a kit

3.  the kit is brown.

 the kit is brown
 The kit is brown.

4.  The man has a pan.

 the man has a pan.
 The man has a pan

5.  the pan is tan

 the pan is tan.
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6.  the kit sits on the rocks.

 The kit sits on the rocks.
 the kit sits on the rocks

Home Activity  Your child prepared for taking tests on telling sentences. Name a familiar animal. Have your
child say a sentence that tells about the animal.

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