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Reading Longer Words: Two of Everything

Phonics: Reading Longer Words:
Long Vowels a and i

Long Vowels a and i

Write a word from the box to complete each sentence.
Word Bank

frightened pasted kindly

racecar higher explained

1. The woman likes to

help at the neighborhood soup kitchen.

2. Dale’s was speeding

around the track.

3. Dad the problem in a

way I could understand.

4. Were you by the

strange sounds in the middle of the night?

5. We watched the hot air balloon rise

in the sky.

6. Gina the photos into

her scrapbook.

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Pronouns and Ownership Two of Everything

Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

• A possessive pronoun shows that a person or

animal owns or has something.
• My, your, his, and her come before a noun to
show that someone has or owns something. Thinking Question
What noun goes
My mom gets two gifts. with the pronoun?

Underline the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

Circle the noun that goes with it.

1. His presents are on the table.

2. Mom also sees gifts from her children.

3. Her daughter gives two books.

4. Her son gives two flowers.

5. Mom opens your gifts, too.

6. My mom has a good birthday.

7. Her sister called this morning.

8. My dad will take her out to dinner tomorrow.

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Reading Longer Words: Two of Everything

Phonics: Reading Longer Words:
Long Vowels a and i

Long Vowels a and i

Answer each pair of clues using the words below the clues.

1. Doing something to have fun  

Water coming down from the sky  

raining playing

2. Talk about things that trouble you  

Tell what something means  

explain complain

3. Flashes of light during a storm  

Above something else  

lightning higher

4. A track that trains run on  

A thing that plays music  

railway radio

5. Bright and glowing  

Moving through the sky with wings  

flying shining

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Understanding Characters Two of Everything

Introduce Comprehension:
Understanding Characters

Ella made clothes for the rich people in the town. Ella’s
only friends were the mice that lived in her cottage. She fed
them and made them little coats.
One day, Ella saw a poster. The prince was having a
party! “I wish I could go,” said Ella. “Then I could meet
people. But I have nothing to wear.”
That night, the mice took extra pieces of cloth and sewed
them together. They made a beautiful dress for Ella.
Ella saw the dress in the morning. “Thank you!” she said.
“Now I can go to the party!”
Ella made lots of friends at the party. She wasn’t lonely
anymore.

Read the selection above. Then complete a Column Chart to

better understand Ella.

Words Actions Thoughts

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Words with ai, ay, igh, y Two of Everything

Spelling: Words with
ai, ay, igh, y

Sort the Spelling Words by the spelling patterns. Spelling Words

Long a Sound Long i Sound Basic

Words
1. 10. 1. aim
2. snail
2. 11. 3. bay
4. braid
3. 12.
5. ray
4. 13. 6. always
7. gain
5. 14. 8. sly
9. chain
6. 10. shy
11. bright
7.
12. fright
8. Review
Words
9.
13. tray
Underline the letters in each word that make the long a or 14. try
long i sound.

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More Pronouns and Two of Everything

Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

Ownership
• Some possessive pronouns stand alone.
They are usually at the end of a sentence.
• Mine, yours, his, and hers are possessive Thinking Question
Which word shows
pronouns. that someone has
or owns
Which coins are yours? something?

Underline the possessive pronoun. Circle the noun that

shows what is owned.

1. The pennies are mine.

2. The dimes are hers.

3. The quarters are his.

4. The nickels are yours.

5. The money is mine.

6. Which bank is yours?

7. That wallet is his.

8. The purse is hers.

9. The dollar is mine.

10. The coins are yours.

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Focus Trait: Ideas Two of Everything

Writing: Write to Respond

Supporting Reasons
Good writers tell their opinions in responses to literature.
They give reasons for their opinions. They support their
reasons with examples from the story.

Read the opinion. Then read each reason that supports

the opinion. Find an example from Two of Everything
that supports each reason.

Opinion: The pot makes the Haktaks happy.

Reason Example
1. The pot makes them rich.

2. The pot helps them get a lot

of things they did not have
before.

3. The pot makes them new

friends.

4. The pot helps them make

other things they need.

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Words with oi, oy Two of Everything

Phonics: Vowel Diphthongs oi, oy

Write the missing oi or oy word that will complete

each sentence.
Word Bank

joined voice cowboy

noise enjoyed spoiled

1. The sat by the campfire.

2. He had a very nice for singing.

3. He singing to pass the time.

4. Sometimes the cows in.

5. Their mooing his songs.

6. The lovely singing became frightful .

Look at each word you wrote above. Match each one to the
word below that has the same vowel spelling. Write each
word below the word it matches.
point toy

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Understanding Characters Two of Everything

Deepen Comprehension:
Understanding Characters

Read the selection below.

Ant and Grasshopper were friends. They liked to sing,

play the fiddle, and rest in the sun. When summer ended, Ant
began to work very hard. He got wood and seeds and put
them away for winter.
Grasshopper said, “Stop working, Ant. Come play with
me.” But Ant kept working.
Grasshopper shook his head. He wasn’t worried. He
rested and played.
Winter came. Ant was warm and cozy. He had wood for his
fire and plenty of food. But Grasshopper was cold and hungry.
Finally, Ant said, “Come in. I’ll share my food with you.”
“Thank you, Ant!” said Grasshopper. “Next year I will
work, too.”

Complete a Column Chart to tell about the characters.

Then make inferences to answer the questions about
character traits.

1. What can you infer about Ant’s character traits

and feelings?

2. What can you infer about Grasshopper’s character

traits and feelings?

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Words with ai, ay, igh, y Two of Everything

Spelling: Words with
ai, ay, igh, y

Write the Spelling Word that means the same as the Spelling Words
given word.
Basic
Words
1. aim
2. snail
3. bay
4. braid
5. ray
1. get 4. sneaky 6. always
7. gain
2. forever 5. point 8. sly
9. chain
3. a scare 6. shiny
10. shy
11. bright
Write the Spelling Word that belongs in each group.
12. fright
Review
Words
13. tray
14. try

7. plate, platter, 11. beam, light,

8. slug, worm, 12. attempt, effort,

9. pigtail, ponytail, 13. rope, leash,

10. quiet, timid, 14. sea, harbor,

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Possessive Pronouns Two of Everything

Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

Underline the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

Circle the noun that goes with it.

1. Dana and Dan are my pals.

2. The twins help you with your homework.

3. Her help is with math.

4. His help is with reading.

5. My friends like to help people.

Underline the possessive pronoun in each sentence.

Circle the noun that goes with it.

6. The skates are mine.

7. The hats are yours.

8. The bats are his.

9. The balls are hers.

10. The tickets are mine.

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Antonyms Two of Everything

Vocabulary Strategies:
Antonyms

Circle the antonyms in each sentence. Then write what

each antonym means.

1. She put one purse into the pot and pulled out two.

2. They worked late filling and emptying the pot.

3. The branch swung high and low in the wind.

4. The tiny mouse wanted to be as huge as a horse.

5. The chair was heavy, but the pillows were light.

6. Mike was glad to have a rest, but Patty was unhappy.

7. Her dress was colorful, but her coat was faded.

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Proofread for Spelling Two of Everything

Spelling: Words with
ai, ay, igh, y

Proofread the paragraph. Circle the six misspelled words. Spelling Words
Then write the correct spellings on the lines below.
I am alwas late getting ready for school. My Basic
Words
mother says I am the only girl who actually does move
1. aim
as slowly as a snayl. I take a long time to brade my 2. snail
hair, and I brush my teeth over and over until they are 3. bay
brite. Each day, I aym to move more quickly, but it 4. braid
never quite works out. When I get to school, I have to 5. ray
explain why I am late to my teacher. That is hard for me 6. always
7. gain
because I am shi.
8. sly
1. 4. 9. chain
10. shy
2. 5. 11. bright
12. fright
3. 6.

Unscramble the letters to write a Spelling Word.

7. yar

8. lys

9. nachi

10. inag

11. bya

12. firght

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Irregular Verbs Two of Everything

Grammar: Spiral Review

Write each sentence. Use the past tense of the verb.

1. Yesterday, dogs (run, ran) through the park.

2. Two birds (come, came) after them.

3. They (go, went) to the lake.

4. They (see, saw) a giant rainbow.

Replace each underlined word with a word from the

box. Write the new sentences.

came went saw ran

5. The boys watched two movies.

6. They walked to two games.

7. They dashed around the field.

8. Then they traveled to my house.

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Sentence Fluency Two of Everything

Grammar: Connect to Writing

Weak Strong
The teacher gave tests The teacher gave tests
to the teacher’s class. to her class.
The student studied for The student studied for
the student’s tests. his tests.

Rewrite each paragraph. Replace the underlined words

with the possessive pronoun mine, his, your, or hers.

Miss Lee gave two tests today. Miss Lee got papers
from Miss Lee’s drawer.
Miss Lee said to the students, “Take out the
students’ pencils.”
Dave took out Dave’s green pencil. Annette
picked up my blue pencil. I said, “That is the one that
belongs to me.

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