W04
short vowels
Day 2
Write the words
guest
guilty
________________ ________________
rhythm
system
________________ ________________
quality
alter
________________ ________________
salt
swamp
________________ ________________
swan
comfort
________________ ________________
courage
________________
Write the list word beside the
correct meaning
rhythm _______________ pulse
_______________ tune
quality _______________ how good
_______________ how much
alter
_______________ table
_______________ change
swamp _______________ mire
_______________ bush
guest
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_______________ visitor
_______________ owner
Copy and circle True (T)or False (F)
Salt is used to season and preserve food.
___________________________________________
__________________________________________T/F
Helen Keller had great courage.
__________________________________________________
________________________________________________T/F
The person is guilty if they have committed the
crime.
_________________________________________
________________________________________________T/F
There are seven planets in our solar system.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
______________________________________T/F
Our work should always be of the highest
quality. _________________________________________
_______________________________________________T/F
We offer first choice to our guest.
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________T/F
A nurse gives comfort to sick people.
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________T/F
Finish these sentences with a list word
The Ugly Duckling turned into a beautiful swan.
The dancers had to listen to the rhythm.
Sodium chloride is called salt.
Homework is managed best when using a
system.
A huge wave can swamp a small boat.
Who was Helen Keller?
An American author and lecturer who worked for the
handicapped.
Why did she require great courage?
She was blind and deaf from birth.
comfort _______________ ease
_______________ luxury
Copy and fill the gaps with the correct word altar
The priest stood at the altar.
We cannot alter the temperature of the day.
Write the word
for the picture
swan
alter
What type of person was called “an old salt”? an old sailor
Why were they called that? They sailed the ocean. (salty seas)
In music, a 4/4 rhythm is used for marching music. What type of
music is often written with a 3/4 rhythm? waltz
(It is a type of dance.)
W04
short vowels
Write the words
guest
guilty
________________ ________________
rhythm
system
________________ ________________
quality
alter
________________ ________________
salt
swamp
________________ ________________
swan
comfort
________________ ________________
courage
________________
Write the list words that rhyme with
these words
pest
guest
storage courage
falter
alter
Combine with a list word
guest house
rhythm sticks
What is the meaning
of the term “taken with a grain of
salt”?
Questioned the correctness of the
statement. Not fully believed.
Opposites
guiltless
Singular
guests
swans
swamps
rhythms
systems
guilty
guest
swan
swamp
rhythm
system
Day 3
Smart Starters ©
Write a word that has the same sound and letters
as the letters underlined
courage marriage (getting married)
Write these words and circle each base word
Find the dictionary meaning of the words in italics
guilty
____________________________
courageous
____________________________
systematic
____________________________
alteration
____________________________
comfortable
____________________________
systematize
____________________________
discourage
____________________________
salty
____________________________
encourage
____________________________
swampy
____________________________
courageous: possessing courage
systematize: arrange in a system
Some of the above extensions are adjectives
Use one to describe each noun
comfortable chair
courageous soldier
salty chip
guilty person
Write six of the list words in alphabetical order
alter comfort courage guest guilty
quality rhythm salt swan system
Use the word “swamp” in sentences as a noun and
as a verb
The birds loved the swamp when it filled with
water.
A large wave can swamp a boat.
Can you name the system of the transmission of dots and
dashes used to represent words? Morse Code
Who invented this system and when? Samuel Morse
1791 - 1872
Verb families
Write the three list words that are verbs
alter
swamp comfort
Use use words or their extensions to fill the gaps
The boat was swamped by the large wave.
A mother comforts a crying baby by rocking it gently.
Councils are always altering the roadway to make it safer.
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Day 4
Write further words with the same sound as these words taken from the level theme.
silver
gold
steel
iron
copper
mother
sold
between
blind
stopper
other
enfold
screen
child
hopping
cover
bold
reef
behind
supper
bother
fold
street
mind
dipper
laughter
told
creep
find
gripped
Find the theme words from the word chain
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panning gold digger refines sort tailings
stamp prospectors steel lucky
silver reef field discovered detects
Use 4 of the nouns you found in the chain in sentences to show their meaning.
gold: She wore a gold chain.
digger: The digger spent long days digging for gold.
tailings: The tailings were stored at the plant.
silver: The lady owned a silver ring.
reef: The men dug gold from the reef.
field: Men and women went to the gold field to make their fortune.
prospectors: The gold prospectors looked for gold with their detectors.
steel: Steel is a hard, strong metal.
Write the verb families for 4 verbs from the word chain.
pan
pans
panning
panned
refine
refines
refining
refined
sort
sorts
sorting
sorted
discover discovers
discovering
discovered
detect detects
detecting
detected
Change these verbs to nouns.
pan
panner
prospect prospector
detect detector
dig
digger
Write the comparative and superlative.
lucky
luckier luckiest