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Frogs jump
Caterpillars hump
Worms wiggle
Bugs jiggle
Rabbits hop
Horses clop
Snakes slide
Sea gulls glide
Mice creep
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Deer leap
Puppies bounce
Kittens pounce
Lions stalk—
But—
I walk!
Evelyn Beyer
Dear Family
Family, Apreciada Familia:
I n this unit, your child will learn the
sounds of the short vowels and also
how people and animals move. As your
E n esta unidad su niño aprenderá
los sonidos cortos de las vocales y
como se mueven la gente y los animales.
child progresses through this unit, try A medida que el niño avanza, hagan estas
these activities at home. actividades en casa.
• Look at the pictures below. Say • Miren juntos los siguientes dibujos.
each letter and picture name with Pronuncien cada letra y el nombre del
your child. Listen to the vowel sound objeto. Escuchen el sonido de la vocal
in each word. en cada palabra.
a i o u e
• Read the poem “Jump or Jiggle” on • Lea al niño la poesía “Jump or Jiggle”
the reverse side of this page to your en la página 141.
child.
• Hablen de las formas en que los
• Talk about ways that animals move. animales se mueven.
• Read the poem aloud again. Pause • De nuevo lea la poesía en voz alta.
before the last word in each stanza Haga pausa antes de la última palabra
so that your child can supply the en cada estrofa para que el niño diga la
rhyming word. palabra que rima.
• Together, find short vowel words in • Busquen, en la poesía, palabras con
the poem, for example, frogs, jump, vocales de sonido corto como: frogs,
wiggle, rabbits, and hop. jump, wiggle, rabbits y hop.
PROJECT PROYECTO
DIRECTIONS: Claps has the short a sound. Say the name of the picture.
Color the clapping hands if the picture name has the short a sound.
Aa
Alex Alligator
A A A
A a A
a a a
A A A
a A a
a a a
DIRECTIONS: Name, trace, and print the letters A and a. In each box, draw a
DIRECTIONS: K directions text TK. Could be 1-3 lines
line from the letter on the alligator to the matching letter.
O N I CS
Print a few words that have A and a in
PH
144 Lesson 76 • Recognizing and Writing Aa A
them. Ask your child to point to the A’s
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AT H O M E
and a’s.
Can
Can
n Pat tag
g Nat?
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DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
print a on the line.
Sound to Symbol
a o
i a
o i
i u
u a
a i
e o
o a
a u
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
fill in the bubble next to the a.
O N I CS
Name the pictures on this page. If the
PH
146 Lesson 77 • Phonemic Awareness: /a/ AL
picture name has the short a sound,
ConnectingCopyright
Sound to © 2009 by William
Symbol: /a/ aH. Sadlier, Inc. All rights
I V E reserved.
AT H O M E
have your child act like a cat.
cat
The cat naps in a hat.
bag
can
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map
DIRECTIONS: Trace the line as you blend the sounds together to say the word.
Circle the picture for the word.
cap cab
jam map
van bat
DIRECTIONS: Trace the line as you blend the sounds together to say the word.
Circle the picture it names.
O N I CS
Name a picture on the page with the
PH
148 Lesson 78 • Blending with Short Vowel a AL
short a sound, and have your child find
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I V E reserved.
AT H O M E
the word and blend its sounds.
short a words.
Name
Fold
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Bam! 4
Fold
3
The cat had a bat.
DIRECTIONS: Read the sentences. Draw a picture about what you read.
Writing
Oh, T h a
DIRECTIONS: What did the naughty bat do? Write about it. Use some short a words.
Look at the words in the box if you need help.
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of each picture. Circle the picture whose name has
the short a sound. Print a on the line.
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
print a on the line.
O N I CS
Point to a picture and ask your child to
PH
154 Lesson 81 • Reviewing Short Vowel a A
say its name. If the picture name has the
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AT H O M E
short a sound, have your child clap.
DIRECTIONS: Bin has the short i sound. Say the name of each picture.
Draw a line to the bin if the picture name has the short i sound.
1 P
honological and
Initial t
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Phonemic Awareness Letter Recognition RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Theme: Ready, Set, Go! Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–40
“Rides” by Ilo Orleans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Initial h
Phonics Alive at Home Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Phonological Awareness Letter Recognition RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Words in a Sentence RF.K.2.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sound to Symbol RF.K.32.a. . . . . . . . . . . . 43–44
Rhyme RF.K.2.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Initial b
Syllables RF.K.2.2.b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Phonemic Awareness Letter Recognition RF.K.23.d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Phoneme Isolation RK.K.2.d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47–48
Phoneme Matching RF.K.2.d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Phoneme Categorization RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Final t, b
Phoneme Blending RF.K.2.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Phoneme Segmentation RF.K.2.c . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 High-FreŒuency Words RF.K.3.c. . . . . . . . . . 51–52
Phoneme Deletion RF.K.2.e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cumulative Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53–54
Phoneme Addition RF.K.2.e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Nonfiction Text: Learn About
Phoneme Substitution RF.K.2.e. . . . . . . . . . . 17–18 a Special Game RI.K.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Alphabet RF.K.2.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19–20 Writing W.K.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57–58
Take-Home Book: Who Do I Look Like? RF.K.4. . 59–60
Essential Skill
3 C
onsonants l, d, c, n, g, w
“Yellow Butter” by Mary Ann Hoberman. . . . . . 101
Phonics Alive at Home Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Theme: Off to Work! Consonants p, r, k, j
“Work” by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz. . . . . . . . . . . 61 Initial p
Phonics Alive at Home Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 103
Consonants l, d, c Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Initial l Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . 105–106
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d; RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . 63 Initial r
Letter Recognition RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 107
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65–66 Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Initial d Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . 109–110
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . 67 Initial k
Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 111
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69–70 Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Initial c Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . 113–114
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d; RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . 71 Initial j
Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 115
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73–74 Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sound to Symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117–118
Final d: Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 76 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Consonants n, g, w Final p: Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d . . 120
Initial n Consonants Œ (u), v, y, z, x
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d; RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . 77 Initial Œ (u)
Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 121
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79–80 Letter Recognition/Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a . 122
Initial g Initial v
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . 81 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 123
Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Letter Recognition/Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a . 124
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83–84 Initial y
Initial w Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 125
Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . . 85 Letter Recognition/Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a . 126
Letter Recognition RF.K.1.d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Initial z
Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87–88 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 127
Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Letter Recognition/Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a . 128
Final n, g: Phonemic Awareness RF.K.2.d. . . . . . 90 Final x
High-FreŒuency Words K.RF.3.c. . . . . . . . . . 91–92 Phonemic Awareness RF.K.1.d; RF.K.2.d. . . . . . . 129
Cumulative Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93–94 Letter Recognition/Sound to Symbol RF.K.3.a . 130
Nonfiction Text: Learn About Astronauts K.RF.3.a.95 High-FreŒuency Words K.RF.3.c. . . . . . . . . 131–132
Writing K.RF.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97–98 Cumulative Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Take-Home Book: Workers at Work RF.K.4. 99–100 Nonfiction Text: Learn About Bread K.RF.3.a. . . 135
Writing K.RF.3.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137–138
Essential Skill Take-Home Book: What’s for Dinner?
RF.K.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139–140
Frogs jump
Caterpillars hump
Worms wiggle
Bugs jiggle
Rabbits hop
Horses clop
Snakes slide
Sea gulls glide
Mice creep
Copyright © by William H. Sadlier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Deer leap
Puppies bounce
Kittens pounce
Lions stalk—
But—
I walk!
Evelyn Beyer
Dear Family
Family, Apreciada Familia:
I n this unit, your child will learn the
sounds of the short vowels and also
how people and animals move. As your
E n esta unidad su niño aprenderá
los sonidos cortos de las vocales y
como se mueven la gente y los animales.
child progresses through this unit, try A medida que el niño avanza, hagan estas
these activities at home. actividades en casa.
• Look at the pictures below. Say • Miren juntos los siguientes dibujos.
each letter and picture name with Pronuncien cada letra y el nombre del
your child. Listen to the vowel sound objeto. Escuchen el sonido de la vocal
in each word. en cada palabra.
a i o u e
• Read the poem “Jump or Jiggle” on • Lea al niño la poesía “Jump or Jiggle”
the reverse side of this page to your en la página 141.
child.
• Hablen de las formas en que los
• Talk about ways that animals move. animales se mueven.
• Read the poem aloud again. Pause • De nuevo lea la poesía en voz alta.
before the last word in each stanza Haga pausa antes de la última palabra
so that your child can supply the en cada estrofa para que el niño diga la
rhyming word. palabra que rima.
• Together, find short vowel words in • Busquen, en la poesía, palabras con
the poem, for example, frogs, jump, vocales de sonido corto como: frogs,
wiggle, rabbits, and hop. jump, wiggle, rabbits y hop.
PROJECT PROYECTO
DIRECTIONS: Claps has the short a sound. Say the name of the picture.
Color the clapping hands if the picture name has the short a sound.
Aa
Alex Alligator
A A A
A a A
a a a
A A A
a A a
a a a
DIRECTIONS: Name, trace, and print the letters A and a. In each box, draw a
DIRECTIONS: K directions text TK. Could be 1-3 lines
line from the letter on the alligator to the matching letter.
O N I CS
Print a few words that have A and a in
PH
144 Lesson 76 • Recognizing and Writing Aa A
them. Ask your child to point to the A’s
Copyright © 2009 by William H. Sadlier, Inc. AllLrights
IVE reserved.
AT H O M E
and a’s.
Can
Can
n Pat tag
g Nat?
Copyright © by William H. Sadlier, Inc. All rights reserved.
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
print a on the line.
Sound to Symbol
a o
i a
o i
i u
u a
a i
e o
o a
a u
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
fill in the bubble next to the a.
O N I CS
Name the pictures on this page. If the
PH
146 Lesson 77 • Phonemic Awareness: /a/ AL
picture name has the short a sound,
ConnectingCopyright
Sound to © 2009 by William
Symbol: /a/ aH. Sadlier, Inc. All rights
I V E reserved.
AT H O M E
have your child act like a cat.
cat
The cat naps in a hat.
bag
can
Copyright © by William H. Sadlier, Inc. All rights reserved.
map
DIRECTIONS: Trace the line as you blend the sounds together to say the word.
Circle the picture for the word.
cap cab
jam map
van bat
DIRECTIONS: Trace the line as you blend the sounds together to say the word.
Circle the picture it names.
O N I CS
Name a picture on the page with the
PH
148 Lesson 78 • Blending with Short Vowel a AL
short a sound, and have your child find
Copyright © 2009 by William H. Sadlier, Inc. All rights
I V E reserved.
AT H O M E
the word and blend its sounds.
short a words.
Name
Fold
Copyright © by William H. Sadlier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Bam! 4
Fold
3
The cat had a bat.
DIRECTIONS: Read the sentences. Draw a picture about what you read.
Writing
Oh, T h a
DIRECTIONS: What did the naughty bat do? Write about it. Use some short a words.
Look at the words in the box if you need help.
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of each picture. Circle the picture whose name has
the short a sound. Print a on the line.
DIRECTIONS: Say the name of the picture. If the picture name has the short a sound,
print a on the line.
O N I CS
Point to a picture and ask your child to
PH
154 Lesson 81 • Reviewing Short Vowel a A
say its name. If the picture name has the
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IVE reserved.
AT H O M E
short a sound, have your child clap.
DIRECTIONS: Bin has the short i sound. Say the name of each picture.
Draw a line to the bin if the picture name has the short i sound.