Homework Packet For:
Let’s Go to the
Moon
Due by: ________
You may turn in your packet earlier if it is completed, but it must be
turned in no later than the due date written above!
Let’s Go to the Moon
Decodable Words
Phonics Skill: Long O (CVCe)
Long U (CVCe)
Phonics Rules:
The ‘e’ makes the ‘o’ say its name.
The ‘e’ makes the ‘u’ say its name.
Directions: Practice reading each word. If the word is unknown,
use phonics rules to sound it out. Parents please sign the bottom of
this page when assignment has been completed.
cube
cute
home
use
cub
huge
hope
tube
hop
phone
hole
clop
tub
duck
Duke
Parent Signature: _____________
Sentences to practice reading. Find all the words that
follow this week’s phonics rules and color them yellow.
(The phonics rules are listed on the Decodable Words
page).
1.
Duke let June ride the mule.
2. June rode the mule home.
3. This dog dug a huge hole.
4. I hope you will play a tune on the flute.
5. Pull the rope on the globe.
6. Meg wrote the joke on the note.
Vocabulary Words
think because bring carry
before show light around
Directions: Read each sentence. Find the vocabulary word
and color it yellow.
1. What do you think space is like?
2. Spaceships can bring astronauts to space.
3. Astronauts practice flying before their trip.
4. Astronauts like to jump because it is fun!
5. Pictures show us what the Moon is like.
6. People feel very light floating in space.
7. Astronauts carry tools to work with.
8. You can see clouds all around Earth.
Spelling
so hole joke bone go no poke stove home rope
Directions: Find the 10 regular spelling words, circle
them.
o
r
c
e
d
s
a
o
b
e
g
d
k
o
t y
p h
i
s
j g
d o
v p
m y
g d
o n
h k
y t
t e
r
s
w m
o
t
e
s
s
f
h
c
e
s
u
h
t
s
t
p
f
h
o
l
e
e
j
f
a
x
o
f
n
o
v
s
x
v
n
s
g
h
j
e
v
a
h
k
d
x
q
a
v
o
o
o
l
g
e
d
p
e
l
k
t
c
n
f
d
m
g
l
r
s
c
n
j
o
k
e
g
s
f
e
g
j
g
c
r
d
k
f
g
e
r
o
p
e
l
o
p
e
Handwriting
Directions: Practice printing each word on the line.
Print it as many times as you can.
Remember to finger space between each word, and use the lines.
so‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
hole‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
joke‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
bone‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
go‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
no‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
poke‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
stove‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
home‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
rope‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Asking Questions
A question asks something. We ask questions to learn. A question
begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark (?).
Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the sentences that are
questions.
1.
What is an astronaut?
2.
Do they wear space suits?
3.
I want to be an astronaut.
4.
How long does it take to get to the moon?
5.
Does the moon have water?
6.
Would you like to go to the moon?
7.
We can take pictures.
8.
It sounds like fun!
Suffixes –y and -ful
A suffix is one or more letters attached to the end of a root word
that change the word’s meaning.
Directions: Read each sentence. Look at the word that is underlined.
Decide if you should add –y or –ful to the root word to complete each
sentence.
* Remember, the suffixes –y and –ful mean “full of”.
1. If someone has a lot of fear they are __________________.
2. Pat likes to help Dad. Pat is _______________.
3. Someone who needs some sleep is _______________.
4. If something has lots of dirt on it, it is _______________.
5. If something has lots of dust, it is _______________.
6. If you give something lots of thought, you are __________.