UNIT
24
Comparatives
Reproducible Tools, Activities,
and Home Connections
Frieze Card
Day
1
Letter Cards
Word Lists
Day
2
High-Frequency
Word Cards
Word Lists
Reading Passage 1
Word Lists
Reading Passages
1&2
High-Frequency
Word Cards
Word Lists
Reading Passages
1&3
Spelling Peer Check
Day
3
Take-Home Activity
Day
4
High-Frequency
Word Cards
Day
5
Letter Cards
B
E N C H M A R K
ISBN # 978-1-4108-5965-5
High-Frequency
Word Cards
Reading Passage 1
E
Student
Word Cards
D U C A T I O N
C
O M P A N Y
t w a
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Unit 24 BLM 1 Letter Cards
e e i o o u
r s t t
h l m n n p r
b c d d f g g
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________
Word Lists
Word Lists
Day One
Day Two
slower
fastest
lesser
busiest
wider
softest
sicker
soonest
safer
cleanest
fairer
lightest
funnier
happiest
smoother
healthiest
Day Three
Day Four
faster
kindest
fresher
earlier
straighter
widest
meaner
slowest
larger
oldest
cutest
smallest
warmer
prettiest
higher
bumpiest
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Unit 24 BLM 2
“Look, Dad,” said the boy, as they walked
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by the animal cages. “Isn’t that the cleverest tail?”
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“Those people think my tail is the best,” said Squirrel,
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and made his tail fluffier.
____ 32
“You are the silliest animal,”
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said Monkey. “They were talking
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about me. My tail is handier.”
____ 48
He wrapped his tail around a
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branch and swung to the ground.
____ 60
“You are both funnier than fools,” cried Peacock.
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“Mine is the prettiest and the tallest!”
____ 75
“Not so fa-s-s-s-t!” hissed Anaconda. “They meant
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me. My tail is the longest and the strongest.” She
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slithered closer. “Want to s-s-s-ee?”
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“No!” cried the animals.
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“I thought not.” Anaconda smiled her trickiest smile.
____ 109
“My tail is the cleverest of all.”
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Unit 24 BLM 3
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Reading Passage 1
The Cleverest Tail
Deserts
Reading Passage 2
A desert can be one of the hottest places
on earth. Or it can be one of the coldest. Deserts get
fewer than ten inches of rain per year. Deserts are the
driest places on earth.
Desert plants often have smaller leaves than plants that
live in other places. Some desert plants have leaves that
look like needles. They are pricklier than most plants.
Many animals in the hot deserts sleep during the day.
They may look as though they are lazier than other
animals. But they are wiser. The desert is cooler at
night. It is easier for the animals to hunt when it is cool.
Deserts are the hardest places to live.
Only plants and animals that can
survive in the driest of places
live in deserts.
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Unit 24 BLM 4
Kelly looked at the puppy. “This is the saddest day of
my life,” she said.
“Come on,” said James. “You know we can’t keep him,
even if he is the cutest puppy in the world.”
Kelly followed James up the wide steps of the largest
house on the street. The puppy wriggled deeper into her
arms. James knocked his loudest knock. A boy and his
mom opened the door. They smiled the brightest smiles.
“You found our lost
puppy!” said the boy.
Quicker than a wink
the puppy was in the
boy’s arms. It gave him
the wettest puppy kisses.
“This is the happiest day
of all,” Kelly said.
Unit 24 BLM 5
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Reading Passage 3
The Luckiest Puppy
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________
Spelling Peer Check
Spelling Peer Check
First Try
Second Try
(if needed)
Correct Spelling
1. ________
1. ________
1. ________
2. ________
2. ________
2. ________
3. ________
3. ________
3. ________
4. ________
4. ________
4. ________
5. ________
5. ________
5. ________
6. ________
6. ________
6. ________
7. ________
7. ________
7. ________
8. ________
8. ________
8. ________
9. ________
9. ________
9. ________
Teacher Directions: Have student pairs cut the list from the rest of the page. One student reads from the list
while the other spells the words in the column.
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Unit 24 BLM 6
both
look
talk
around
those
they
thought
are
walk
said
want
made
people
his
Unit 24 BLM 7 High-Frequency Word Cards
think
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animal
Unit 24 BLM 8 Student Word Cards
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fluffier
grumpier
handier
tidiest
shiniest
loudest
pret tiest
meanest
busier
nearest
happiest
oldest
naughtiest
thickest
angrier
tallest
sickest
tamer
lower
cuter
smaller
purest
larger
biggest
safest
hottest
nicer
sadder
closer
madder
Unit 24 BLM 9 Student Word Cards
rudest
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shortest
Unit 24 BLM 10 Comparatives Frieze Card
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Comparatives
1. A dog is big, a horse is ____________, but an
elephant is ____________ of all.
2. A car is loud, a truck is ____________, but an
airplane is ____________ of all.
3. The gate is high, the house is ____________,
but the tree is ____________ of all.
4. A boy is small, a cat is ____________, but the
snail is _______ of all.
5. A bike is fast, a car is ____________, but a rocket
is ____________ of all.
6. The sidewalk is wide, the street is ____________,
but the bridge is ____________ of all.
Parent Directions: Have your child fill in the blanks with the correct comparative words.
Unit 24 BLM 11
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Take-Home Activity
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________