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Short Vowels: Syllables VC/CV

Directions Choose the word with the short vowel sound in the first syllable to
complete each sentence. Write the word on the line.

������������������� 1. My mom works in a big (hotel/hospital).

������������������� 2. She got the job last (April/winter).

������������������� 3. She works for a (doctor/painter).

������������������� 4. Mom writes (poems/messages).

������������������� 5. She uses a (pencil/notepad).

Directions Circle the word with the short vowel sound in the first syllable. Then
underline the letter that stands for that short vowel sound.

6. happen higher hoses

7. miner problem music

8. paper private puppet

9. lately lettuce likely

10. trial toaster tunnel

11. napkin native notebook

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12. spoken spider signal

13. baby basket biker

14. sister safety season

15. tasteful timer tennis

Home Activity Your child identified words with a short vowel sound in the first syllable, such as happen,
lettuce, and tennis. Have your child make a collage of magazine pictures showing items that have a short
vowel sound in the first syllable of each item’s name. Help your child label each picture.

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Literary Elements: Character, Setting,

and Theme
• A character is a person or an animal in a story.
• The setting is when and where a story takes place.
• The theme is the lesson or meaning of a story.

Directions Read the story. Then fill in the chart to describe in your own words details
about the characters, setting, and theme.

A nnie rushed into the family room.

Her older sister Marsha was using the
computer.
Just then Dad poked his head in the door.
“What’s all this noise about?” he growled.
The girls looked at each other. They
Annie held up her yellow pad. “May I knew Dad would make them turn off the
use the computer now?” she asked. “I need computer if they could not find a way to
to type the final draft of my story. It’s due share it.
tomorrow.” “We’re sorry,” Annie said. “We’ll work
“No,” said Marsha. “I’m busy chatting together to make a fair schedule for using
with Paula and Roy. So get lost!” the computer.”
“That’s not fair!” said Annie. “You’ve “Good for you,” Dad smiled. “Solving
been using the computer for more than problems on your own shows that you’re
an hour.” grown up enough to use a computer.”

Characters Setting Theme

Annie seems more
responsible because she
does her homework and
suggests a way to share the
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computer.

Home Activity Your child restated the characters, setting, and theme, or lesson, of a story. Read a story
together. Discuss the characters, setting, and theme with your child and ask which story details helped with
his or her ideas.

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Writing • Narrative Poem

Key Features of a Narrative Poem
• tells a story
• has rhythm or a repeated accent
• often has lines that rhyme and use meter
• has a setting, characters, plot, and theme
• may be humorous or dramatic

Supper in the Storm

One afternoon last week at the park,
Blue sky quite suddenly grew very dark.
I raced home, and as I reached the door
heavy rain started falling, more and more.

Flickering lights killed my hope of a meal.

Thunderstorms make my mother feel
the kitchen is not the best place to be,
so good-bye to dinner for Dad and me.

Suddenly there stood Dad at the door,

and I could hope for some food once more!
“I knew that we could use some supper,”
and he handed me a sack—things looked up and upper!

After we ate, all the lights came back on,

Now Mom’s fears of the kitchen were gone.
“I think,” she said, “this is the night to make
our very favorite chocolate cake!”
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1. Read the poem. Who are the characters in this poem?

2. What problem does the narrator have? How is the problem solved?

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Vocabulary
Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition. Write the
word on the line.
������������������� 1. anything that you can burn Check the Words
that gives heat or power You Know
___bat
������������������� 2. the length of time that
battery
something lasts blew
___fuel
������������������� 3. the power of using your ___plug
imagination to see what the ___term
future may bring ___vision

������������������� 4. a flying mammal with very good hearing

������������������� 5. an energy source

Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each clue. Write the word
on the line.

������������������� 6. Some toys need this to run.

������������������� 7. This is something the wind did.

������������������� 8. An electrical cord has this on the end.

������������������� 9. It flies at night.

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������������������� 10. A car burns this.

Write a Diary Entry
On a separate sheet of paper, write a diary entry. Pretend the power went out at your
house, and tell what happened. Tell what you did and what your family did for dinner.
Use as many vocabulary words as possible.

Home Activity Your child identified and used vocabulary words from When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
With your child discuss what it would have been like to live before houses had electricity. Encourage your
child to use vocabulary words in your conversation.

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Sentences
A sentence tells a complete thought. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a
punctuation mark. An incomplete sentence is called a fragment.
Sentence The lights go out.
Fragment Suddenly blink on and off.

Directions Write the group of words that is a sentence.

1. The boys make a fort. Can’t play computer games.

2. Played checkers and board games. Mom tells stories.

Directions Decide whether each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.

If it is a sentence, write the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.
If it is a fragment, write F.
3. the doll walks and talks

4. has a battery

5. we play card games

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6. with our friends next door

Home Activity Your child learned about sentences. Have your child write two or three sentences about
an event at school.

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Short Vowels; Syllables VC/CV

Classifying Write the list word that belongs in each group. Spelling Words

1. lunch, breakfast, happen

2. toy, animal, lettuce
basket
3. cabbage, spinach, winter
4. box, container, sister
problem
5. reading, math, supper
6. placemat, tablecloth, subject
lesson
Rhymes Finish each sentence. Use a list word that spelling
rhymes with the underlined word. napkin
collar
7. Franco got a splinter when he built the shelves last traffic
. suggest
puppet
8. My uses a mister to spray the
plants.
9. I that you get some rest.
10. She will charge a dollar to sew your .
Making Connections Draw a line to connect the first syllable with the
second syllable to make a list word. Write each word you make.

First Syllable Second Syllable

hap- -son 11.
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sub- -lem 12.

les- -fic 13.
traf- -ject 14.
prob- -pen 15.

Home Activity Your child wrote words with short vowel sounds. Have your child circle the VC/CV
(vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel) pattern in each list word.

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Vocabulary • Context Clues

• Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same way but have different
meanings.
• Homographs are words that are spelled the same way but have different pronunciations
and meanings.
• Use context clues, or the words around a homonym or homograph, to figure out what
the word means.

Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below. Look for
context clues that show the meanings of homonyms and homographs as you read.

W hen the power went out, I was

bored. Then my friends and I
decided to play baseball. My team had
into our mitts. When we dove for the ball,
we got it. As I walked home, I saw a bat
flying around a lamppost. It was too dark
a great game. We couldn’t do anything to play baseball, so I went inside to read a
wrong. Every fly ball came right down good sports book.

1. In this passage, does down mean “a bird’s soft feathers” or “from above”?

2. The word dove has two pronunciations and two meanings. What clues tell readers
the word’s pronunciation and meaning in this passage?

3. What does bat mean in this passage? How does the context help you?
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4. How do you pronounce the word read in the last line?

Home Activity Your child used context clues to understand homonyms and homographs. Provide
sentences with homonyms such as ball (a round object/a dance) or row (to move a boat with oars/a line of
people or objects) and homographs such as bow (to bend down) and bow (a loop made with ribbon). Ask
your child to use context clues to determine the meaning of each word.

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Reference Texts
Books have different features that help you find the information you need. At the front, a
table of contents lists chapters, articles, or stories and their page numbers. An index lists
subjects that the book covers and tells the page on which the information can be found.
An index is usually in the back of the book.

Directions Use the table of contents and the index to answer the questions.

Table of Contents Index

The Wonder of Electricity
atoms, 4
Chapter 1 current, 5
What Is Electricity?������� 3
electrons, 4
Chapter 2 inventors
Ben Franklin and His Famous Kite� 11 Edison, Thomas, 19
Chapter 3 Faraday, Michael, 18
Inventing the Light Bulb����� 17 Franklin, Ben, 11–16
  
1. In which chapter will you look to read about the invention of the light bulb?

2. On which page will you look to find information about Thomas Edison?

3. Which chapter has information about Ben Franklin?

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4. On what page does Chapter 2 start?

5. On what page would you find information about atoms?

Home Activity Your child used a table of contents and an index to answer questions about reference texts.
Ask your child to locate information using a table of contents and an index in a favorite book.

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Proofread a Sign The Rodriguez family stopped at a Spelling Words
farmers market. Circle four spelling mistakes on the sign.
happen
Write the words correctly. Then find the punctuation error. lettuce
Write the sentence correctly. basket
winter
FRESH CORN sister
problem
We suggest grilled corn for supper? supper
berries $3 a baskit letuce $1 a head subject

sweet peas $2 a bunch summer an wintar lesson

squash 2 for $3 spelling
melon $4 each napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
1. 2. puppet

3. 4. Frequently
Misspelled
5. Words

then
Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly. and
Write it. with
was
6. happen hapen 6. ___________________
7. prablem problem 7. ___________________
8. spulling spelling 8. ___________________
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9. subject subjeck 9. ___________________

10. traffick traffic 10. ___________________
11. supper super 11. ___________________
12. seggest suggest 12. ___________________

Home Activity Your child identified and corrected misspelled words with short vowel
sounds. Have your child sketch a sign that contains several spelling words and frequently
misspelled words.

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Sentences
Directions Read the selection. Then read each question that follows the selection.
Decide which is the best answer to each question. Mark the space for the answer you
have chosen.

Using Computers
(1) Computer games can be a lot of fun (2) You can use a computer for other
things, too. (3) Keep track of your money. (4) A computer can help you with your
math work. (5) A computer to talk to your friends. (6) You can use it to learn about
almost anything in the world. (7) What do you use computers for.

1 What change, if any, should be made to 4 What change, if any, should be made to
sentence 1? sentence 5?
Change Computer to computer Change friends. to friends?
Change fun to fun? Change A computer to You can use
Change fun to fun. a computer
Make no change Change A to a
Make no change

2 What change, if any, should be made to

sentence 3? 5 What change, if any, should be made to
Change money. to money? sentence 7?
Change Keep track to You can Change for. to for?
keep track Change for. to for!
Change Keep to keep Change for. to for,
Make no change Make no change

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sentence 4?
Change A computer to A Computer
Change work. to work,
Change math work. to math work
and sometimes.
Make no change

Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on sentences. Ask your child to explain the difference
between a sentence and a fragment.

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