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Day 1
This week your child read captions in a
reading passage. Help your child choose
pictures from a magazine or newspaper and
write captions to explain the pictures.
Have your child write each of these spelling
words: blaze, space, fine, race, late, mice, nose,
page, size, huge, rice, vote. Help your child draw
pictures to illustrate each word.
Write these words: everywhere, live, machines,
move, work, world, woman. Take turns picking
a word and using it in a sentence. Try to make
the seven sentences tell a story.
Your child identified the main idea and
supporting details in a story. Read a comic
strip with your child. Ask what the comic was
all about. Have your child give two details
about the comic.
Write these words: snake, slice, fine, robe, cube.
Have your child read each word and name
another word with the same vowel sound.
Here are ways to help your child practice
skills while having fun!
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best teacher!
Learning About Long Vowels Vowel VCe
Main Idea and Details
Talking About What we can learn by
exploring space
Reading Exploring Space with an
Astronaut
This week we’re
re your child’s frs
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t and
Name
1
2
coin and buttons
3. Play continues until all players reach “Finish”
or until all the words on the shuttle have been
read.
2. When a player lands on a word, he or she reads
the word and says as many words as possible
that rhyme with the word.
1. Players take turns flipping a coin and moving
one space for heads and two spaces for tails.
Game Directions
Materials
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Start
lake
page
dune
same
nose
hide
nice
Finish
space
3
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Reach for the Moon
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Exploring Space
Name
cat leg fig top pup ring sock bank
Say the word for each picture. Pick a word from the box to match each picture. Write the word on the line. king sink napkin duck
picnic pant
lock
bed
Write a, e, i , o, or u to finish each word.
2.
1.
nk
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s k 3.
ng
6.
5.
pkin p n l 4.
ck
7.
nt
b p cnic
8.
d
d ck
Circle a word to finish each sentence. 9. Al _____ his dish. drags drops 14517_018b
10. What a _____ Al makes. mess must
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Home Activity Your child read words that have the short vowel sounds in cat, leg, fig, top, and pup. Say
one of these words. Have your child name words that rhyme with it. Then have your child use one of the
rhyming words in a sentence.
Phonics Short Vowels and Consonants Review
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Exploring Space
Name
Read the text below. Follow the directions.
How to Make a Space Suit
by Jeff Star
It is easy to make a space suit. First, get
an old pair of pants and a jacket from your mom
or dad. Put on the jacket and pants and wrap
some thick tape around your pant legs and
sleeves. That will keep you warm. Next, put
on your bike helmet to keep your head safe.
Wear some snow boots if you have them.
Now you are all set to go to space!
2. Underline the things you need to make a space suit.
3. Circle the part of the suit that you put on first.
4. Circle the words below that tell what the text is about.
space suit
bike helmet
thick tape
5. Tell why you think the author wrote this text.
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1. Circle the name of the author.
Home Activity Your child identified the author’s purpose for writing informational text. Work with your child
to write directions for an activity he or she is familiar with, such as planting a garden or making a sandwich.
DVD•14 Comprehension Author’s Purpose Review
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Exploring Space
Name
Long Vowels VCe
Generalization Long vowels are often spelled VCe: page,fine,nose,huge.
Sort the list words by the long vowel spelling.
a
o
1.
10.
2.
11.
3.
12.
5.
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i
1.page
2.nose
u
4.
Spelling Words
3.space
4.size
5.fine
6.huge
7.mice
8.late
9.race
10.blaze
11.vote
6.
12.rice
7.
Words to Read
13.move
8.
14.live
9.
WordstoRead
14.
13.
Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long vowel sounds (Vowel-consonant-e.) To
practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it, and point to the long vowel sound.
Spelling Long Vowels VCe
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Exploring Space
Name
Long Vowels VCe
Draw a path through the maze. Follow
the words with long a. Write each word.
cab
page
sack
past
blaze
black
late
ran
page
late
nose
race
space
blaze
size
fine
vote
huge
rice
space
2.
1.
mice
3.
4.
Cross out the letters p and a. Write a list word by copying the
letters that are left.
5. p r i a c e p
6. a a h u g p e p
7. a v a o t p e
8. a f p i p n e
9. s a p i z p e a
10. p a n o s a e p
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hand
tune
Spelling Words
Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with long vowels. Take turns with your child
thinking of and spelling similar words with long vowels.
DVD•16 Spelling Long Vowels VCe
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exploring Space
Name
Subjects
Write four sentences about the planets or space travel.
Use words from the box or words of your own.
Circle the subject in each sentence.
sun
rocket ship
astronauts
Mars
moon
shuttle
Earth
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Jupiter
Home Activity Your child learned how to use the subjects of sentences in writing. Have your child write two
sentences about astronauts and underline the subjects of the sentences.
Conventions Subjects
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Exploring Space
Name
Subjects
Underline the subject in each sentence.
1. The planets are far away.
2. The sun is a ball of gas.
3. Astronauts wear space suits.
Write a subject to complete each sentence.
Use a subject from the box.
An astronaut
Spaceships
4.
are faster than airplanes.
5.
looks like a face.
6.
walks on the moon.
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The moon
Home Activity Your child reviewed the subjects of sentences. Give your child a phrase such as A cat or
The door and have your child use it as the subject of a sentence.
DVD•18 Conventions Subjects
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Exploring Space
Name
Read the story. Answer the questions.
Today our class will take its first field trip. We won’t go far. We
will get to the moon at noon. We will eat lunch. Then we will play a
game of Space Catch. A trip into space will be a lot of fun!
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1. Write a sentence from the paragraph that tells the main idea.
2. Write a detail from the paragraph that tells more about the
main idea.
3. Write a title for the story.
4. Write a sentence about what you would do in space.
Home Activity Your child described the main idea and supporting details of a story. Gather materials about
outer space and encourage your child to select one planet to read about. Then look for two interesting facts
about the planet.
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
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