Name Date Extend 1 What Is a Sentence? Write Good Sentences! Read each group of words. Use the words to write complete sentences about the picture. 1. Pig and Frog McGraw-Hill School Division 2. dig and dig 3. have fun McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, pages 3–4 At Home: Talk to a family member. Explain what a sentence is, and what is not a sentence. Critical Thinking 1 Name Date Extend 2 Word Order What Is the Order? Each group of words is out of order. Put the words in order and rewrite them as a sentence. 1. Dad eggs gets. . 2. gets a pan Pig. . . 4. helps Dad. . 2 At Home: Ask a family member to say a sentence with the words out of order. Retell the sentence by putting the words in order. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, pages 5–6 McGraw-Hill School Division 3. big The pan is. Name Date Extend 3 Statements Picture Match Read the statements in the box. Write each statement next to the animal that it tells about. I hop on logs. I cluck and give eggs. I nap on a rug. I am red with spots. 1. 2. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. 4. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, pages 7–8 At Home: Use statements to tell riddle clues about animals. Have family members guess the names of the animals. Critical Thinking 3 Name Date Extend 4 Writing Statements Read It! Write It! Read the statements. Write each statement correctly. 1. spot likes to dig 2. he digs and digs McGraw-Hill School Division 3. then he stops 4. he looks sad 4 At Home: Have family members give statements. Tell how to capitalize each statement. Tell where you would put the period. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, page 9 Name Date Extend 5 Mixed Review McGraw-Hill School Division Secret Word Read the statements. Circle the letter next to each correct statement. The letters spell a word from top to bottom. Write that word to finish the last sentence. b 1. The drum is red. a 2. the top will spin. h 3. I see a pen i 4. The dog is tan. x 5. Like the cat I. g 6. The doll has a hat. 7. The box is McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, page 10 . At Home: Retell one of your favorite stories to family members. Use statements to retell it. Critical Thinking 5 Name Date Extend 6 Questions Make It a Question Change each group of words from a statement to a question. Use all the words in each group. Remember to begin each question with a capital letter and end it with a question mark. 1. This is a duck. 2. The duck can swim. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. A frog is on the log. 4. The frog will jump in. 6 At Home: Talk to a family member. Explain how a question is the same as a statement. Tell how it is different. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, pages 11–12 Name Date Extend 7 Exclamations Solve the Riddle! Use the shape code to help you decode each exclamation. Remember to begin each exclamation with a capital letter and end it with an exclamation mark. a at big hat him is it look so what 1. McGraw-Hill School Division 2. 3. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, pages 13–14 At Home: Use shapes to make your own code for an exclamation. Have a family member decode the exclamation. Critical Thinking 7 Name Date Extend 8 Sentence End Punctuation What Will They Say? Write what the characters in these cartoons say to each other. Use statements, questions, and exclamations. Be sure to end each sentence with the correct punctuation mark. 2. 3. 4. McGraw-Hill School Division 1. 8 At Home: With a family member, act out scenes between the two characters. Use statements, questions, and exclamations as you speak. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, page 15 Name Date Extend 9 Mixed Review Make a Sentence! Look at the picture. Use each group of words to write a question or an exclamation about the picture. Remember, a question asks something. An exclamation shows strong feeling. 1. look that cat 2. will cat nap McGraw-Hill School Division 3. cat so big 4. can cat run McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, page 16 At Home: Tell a family member a story about a big tiger. Use questions and exclamations in your story. Critical Thinking 9 Name Date Extend 10 Common Error: Incomplete Sentences Is It a Sentence? Write yes if the group of words is a sentence. If the group of words is not a sentence, add some words. Write the new sentence on the lines. 1. Hen and Duck. 2. Duck wants. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. Pig sees Hen and Duck. 4. Pig has. 10 At Home: With a family member, tell a sentence or two about what happens next. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, page 17 Name Date Extend 11 Study Skill: Parts of a Book Be the Illustrator! Read the book’s title and the author’s name. Draw a picture for the cover. Then add your name as the illustrator. by Nan Shum McGraw-Hill School Division illustrated by by Val Wells illustrated by McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Study Skills, pages 23–24 At Home: Ask someone to read a book with you. Before you begin, tell what parts of a book you see on the cover. Critical Thinking 11 Name Date Extend 12 Vocabulary: Question Words 12 1. looks at a book? 2. is the duck? 3. is in the box? At Home: Create another sentence. Quiz someone by asking if the question word who, what, or where best fits your sentence. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill School Division Question Word Quiz What question word fits in each sentence? Write who, what, or where on the lines. Then finish the picture to answer the question. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Vocabulary, pages 25–26 Name Date Extend 13 Composition: Sentence Order McGraw-Hill School Division Be a Writer! Think of two things you did this morning. Draw pictures about what you did. Write a sentence under each picture. Be sure to put your ideas in order. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 1, Composition, pages 27–28 At Home: Cut the pictures apart and see if a family member can put them in order. Tell about your pictures. Critical Thinking 13 Name Date Extend 14 Nouns Puzzle Fun Unscramble each noun and write it correctly on the lines. Use the nouns to fill in each crossword puzzle. Puzzle 1 1 1. ugb 2 2. snu Puzzle 2 1 1. irlg 2 2. llih Puzzle 3 1 McGraw-Hill School Division 1. olg 2 2. frgo McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 57–58 At Home: Make your own two-word crossword puzzle and have a friend solve it. Critical Thinking 14 Name Date Extend 15 More About Nouns Fox’s Den Help the fox get to its den. Color each stepping stone with a noun in a different color. noun that names a person = red red noun that names a thing = blue blue noun that names a place = green green girl school boy park friend man 15 rock At Home: With a family member, put different nouns in the spaces. Then play the new game. Critical Thinking hill McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 59–60 McGraw-Hill School Division duck Name Date Extend 16 People Who Am I? Color the spaces that have special names of people. Then make up a name to finish the sentence. Write the name. vet Jack girl cook Ana woman Jim Beth Ken Jan child Lin clown Ed Emma Jill man McGraw-Hill School Division boy Greg Hello! My name is McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 61–62 . At Home: Create names for other people whose jobs you think are interesting. Critical Thinking 16 Name Date Extend 17 Days of the Week What’s Cooking? Read the clues. Complete each sentence with the correct day of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 17 1. Ron cooks on . 2. Jill cooks on . 3. Stan cooks on . At Home: In the first clue, ask someone to change the word Thursday to another day of the week. Then tell how to complete each sentence. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 63–64 McGraw-Hill School Division Clues Kim always cooks on Thursday. Ron cooks on the day before Kim. Jill cooks on the day after Kim. Stan cooks on the day after Jill. Name Date Extend 18 Months of the Year Dot to Dot Show the order of the months. Connect the dots. Start with January. Then complete the rhyme. January December November February October March September April August May McGraw-Hill School Division June July All year I see How the leaves look on the McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 65–66 At Home: Tell how this tree might look during your birthday month, and at other times during the year. Critical Thinking . 18 Name Date Extend 19 Capitalization Dear Diary Write a special noun or the word I to complete each sentence. Today is . This month is . saw my friend at school. My friend’s name is . My teacher’s name is . 19 At Home: Add another line to the diary entry. Tell about something you did today. Then sign your name. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, page 67 McGraw-Hill School Division Today Name Date Extend 20 Mixed Review McGraw-Hill School Division You are a news reporter. Write a noun to complete each sentence in your news report. 1. Hello, my name is . 2. Today is . 3. A Pet Show was held at the . 4. The winner’s name is . 5. The winner’s pet is a . Congratulations to the winner! McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, page 68 At Home: Pretend you are the winner. Tell about your Pet Show experience. Use different kinds of nouns in your sentences. Critical Thinking 20 Name Date Extend 21 Plural Nouns: -s Cloud Clues Count the hidden pictures. Then finish each sentence with a noun from the box. Remember to add an s to the nouns that name more than one. 21 bee cat frog 1. I see one . 2. I see two . 3. I see three . 4. I see four . At Home: Look at clouds with someone. Talk about what shapes you see. Use words that name more than one in your conversation. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 69–70 McGraw-Hill School Division ball Name Date Extend 22 Plural Nouns: -es Draw a circle around each noun that names more than one. Write the noun in the boxes. Write one letter in each box. 1. dishes glass 2. benches school 3. letter lunches 4. whale brushes 5. grass dresses McGraw-Hill School Division 6. buses bush 6 5 4 The letters in dark boxes spell a word. Write the word to finish the sentence. 3 2 1 0 The word is McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 71–72 . At Home: With a family member, measure a dish with a ruler to see how many inches wide it is. Critical Thinking 22 Name Date Extend 23 More Plural Nouns: Irregular Two Lost Geese Help the geese get to the pond. Show them which path to follow. Color each space with a noun that names more than one. geese men feet mouse foot children mice women goose child McGraw-Hill School Division teeth 23 At Home: With a family member, make a game like this. Draw two mice. Help the mice get to their cheese. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, pages 73–74 Name Date Extend 24 Abbreviations A Picture Album Draw a picture in each frame. You might want to draw a person you know. Write each person’s title and name. a woman McGraw-Hill School Division a man a doctor McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, page 75 At Home: With a family member, cut apart the pictures and the names. Then mix them up and play a matching game. Critical Thinking 24 Name Date Extend 25 Mixed Review What Do You See? Color the spaces that have nouns that name more than one. Then write a noun to finish the sentence. goose foot frog bug geese mice fox mouse bees foxes frogs ducks tooth teeth ants bugs duck McGraw-Hill School Division ant feet I see two 25 At Home: Make up animal riddles. Give your family clues about animals and see if someone can guess the answers. Critical Thinking . McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, page 76 Name Date Extend 26 Common Error: Plural Nouns -s, -es Picture These! Which group of words correctly tells about the picture? Draw a circle around the answer. 1. two benches two benchs 2. six bee six bees 3. three brushes three brushs 4. two box McGraw-Hill School Division two boxes 5. six inchs six inches McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, page 77 At Home: With a family member, take turns making up sentences using the words you circled. Critical Thinking 26 Name Date Extend 27 Study Skill: Diagram Make a Diagram Finish this diagram of a lion. Use words from the box to label four parts. Then draw lines from each label to its matching part. leg tail eye foot 1. ear back 2. 3. 27 McGraw-Hill School Division Lion 4. At Home: Draw and label a diagram of a house cat. Compare your diagram to the one on this page. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Study Skills, pages 83–84 Name Date Extend 28 Vocabulary: Nouns Word Search Write boy, girl, or school to match the picture. Then circle the word in the puzzle below. Hint: Some words are hidden more than once! 1. Pat is a . 2. The hits the ball. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. That is my . S C H O O L B Z D T F G O B O Y J I Y G I R L R C V E O O L McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Vocabulary, pages 85–86 At Home: Scramble the words boy, girl, and school. Ask someone to unscramble the words. Critical Thinking 28 Name Date Extend 29 Composition: Details h This is a box. g This is a big box. o The box was in the hall. j The box was in there. a We can make something. o We can make a house. d We will have fun. p We will do it. You did 29 work. At Home: Tell someone what you would do with a big box. Then write a sentence about it. Use details in your sentence. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill School Division Find the Word Read each pair of sentences. Draw a circle around the letter next to the sentence that gives details. The letters spell a word from top to bottom. Write that word to finish the last sentence. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 2, Composition, pages 87–88 Name Date Extend 30 Verbs A Verb Puzzle Draw a line under the verb in each clue. Write the verb in the puzzle. Write one letter in each box. 1. We keep our masks in a box. 2. We need the masks for a skit. 3. Jess and I dash to the box. 4. We see six masks. 5. Jess gets her mask. 6. We take the masks out of the box. 1 2 3 McGraw-Hill School Division 5 4 6 McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 119–120 At Home: Talk with someone about how to put on a skit. Tell what you need to do. Critical Thinking 30 Name Date Extend 31 Present Tense Verbs A Mystery Picture Color the picture to find something to share at a picnic. Use a red crayon to color verbs that tell about one. Use a green crayon to color verbs that tell about more than one. We eat. Ed reads. Jan looks. Jo helps. We play. Dad stands. Mom runs. Al sits. We talk. McGraw-Hill School Division We jump. We walk. The boys wave. Tell a friend what the “mystery picture” is. 31 At Home: Ask a family member to say a verb. Use the verb in a sentence that tells about one person or thing. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 121–122 Name Date Extend 32 Past Tense Verbs Who Did What? Finish each sentence to tell what job each child did in the skit. Make your sentences tell about the past. Vic Jen Rob Jill McGraw-Hill School Division Jobs in the Skit splash in the pond buzz all around fill a nest with eggs jump from tree to tree Vic . Jen . Rob . Jill . McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 123–124 At Home: Tell a family member about something new you learned in school today. Critical Thinking 32 Name Date Extend 33 Subject/Verb Agreement 1. Six of us _____ on a skit. H puts I put 2. Jon _____ the moon. A plays B play 3. Sue _____ in a rocket. L ride M rides 4. The rocket _____ off. A blasts B blast 5. Tim and Deb _____ the rocket go. R see S sees 6. The flames _____ them. O shake P shakes 7. Pat _____ Tim and Deb. B help C helps 8. Sue _____ out. J look K looks 9. Jon, Tim, and Deb _____. E wave F waves T speeds U speed 10. The rocket _____ away. Now write each letter you circled on a line below. I __ 1 33 __ 2 __ 3 __ 4 __ 5 At Home: Tell a family member what you know about rockets. Critical Thinking __ 6 __ 7 __ 8 __ 9 __ 10 McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, page 125 McGraw-Hill School Division What Am I? Draw a circle around the letter next to the correct verb for each sentence. Name Date Extend 34 Mixed Review McGraw-Hill School Division An Interview Pretend that your best friend is the star of a TV show, and a reporter talks with you. Tell about your friend. Complete each sentence. 1. Last week we . 2. Yesterday we . 3. Now my friend . 4. My friend’s dad . 5. Our pals . McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, page 126 At Home: Ask a family member to pretend to be a reporter and interview you about something you like to do. Critical Thinking 34 Name Date Extend 35 Using Is and Are Lost and Found Find Hector’s things. Draw a circle around the words that finish each sentence correctly. Then draw a circle around the matching picture. 1. Hector’s socks is in a box. are on the bed. 2. His mask is on a book. are in a basket. 3. Hector’s hat is in a bag. are on a lamp. 4. Hector’s cape is on a chest. 5. Hector’s books McGraw-Hill School Division are on the rug. is on the desk. are in a backpack. 35 At Home: Play a game. Someone names an item in the room. You say a sentence telling where it is. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 127–128 Name Date Extend 36 Contractions: Is, Are On with the Show! The children are getting ready for a skit. Not everything is ready yet. Write is, are, isn’t, or aren’t on the lines to complete each sentence. Use the picture to decide which word to use. 1. The spots on the dog. 2. The nest in the tree. 3. Two eggs in a nest. 4. The rabbits 5. The duck in the cage. in the pond. McGraw-Hill School Division Now, draw the things that are missing from the picture. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 129–130 At Home: Tell a family member something that is your favorite and something that isn’t your favorite. Critical Thinking 36 Name Date Extend 37 Using Was and Were A Fun Skit Write was or were to complete each sentence. Then color the picture to match each sentence. 1. Dan a bug. red 2. Ann and Pam 3. Sam ducks. the dog. green. 5. The ducks in a pond. brown green blue McGraw-Hill School Division 4. Sam’s dish yellow 37 At Home: Tell someone a story about the picture. Use was and were in your sentences. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 131–132 Name Date Extend 38 Contractions: Was, Were McGraw-Hill School Division A Contraction Riddle Draw a circle around the letter beside the contraction that correctly completes each sentence. 1. Max _____ on the bus. A wasn’t B weren’t 2. Two children _____ in class. V wasn’t W weren’t 3. The skit _____ all set. A wasn’t B weren’t 4. The masks _____ fixed. S wasn’t T weren’t 5. Al and Jan _____ happy. B wasn’t C weren’t 6. Their song _____ good yet. H wasn’t I weren’t 7. Al _____ sick any more. D wasn’t E weren’t 8. Miss Chan _____ upset. O wasn’t P weren’t 9. The problems _____ too bad. F wasn’t G weren’t On the lines, copy the letters you circled to answer this riddle: What goes “tick-tock, woof”? ___ 1 ___ 2 McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, pages 133–134 ___ 3 ___ 4 ___ 5 ___ 6 ___ 7 ___ 8 At Home: Tell a family member about things that were and weren’t good about today. Critical Thinking ___ 9 38 Name Date Extend 39 Apostrophes Contraction Concentration 39 To play: Mix up the cards. Put them face down. Turn over two cards. Match the contractions with the two words that make them. is not isn’t are not aren’t was not wasn’t were not weren’t is not isn’t are not aren’t was not wasn’t were not weren’t At Home: Play the game with a family member. Use each contraction in a sentence. Critical Thinking _U T G1 McGraw-Hill School Division Cut out the cards. Play with a partner. Take turns. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, page 135 Name Date Extend 40 Mixed Review Mixed-Up Pets The children are having a pet show at school. The pets are mixed up. Draw lines to connect the sentences to the correct pets. 1. Lani’s pet isn’t a dog. It isn’t in a cage. Which pet is Lani’s? 2. Tom’s pets are together. They aren’t on the wheel now. Which pets are Tom’s? 3. Jim’s pet is red and green. It isn’t in a tree now. McGraw-Hill School Division Which pet is Jim’s? 4. My pet was on my lap. My pet is spotted. Which pet is my pet? McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, page 136 At Home: Tell someone why you think people use contractions when they talk. Critical Thinking 40 Name Date Extend 41 Common Error: Subject/Verb Agreement Play Dodge Ball Tell about the game. Finish each sentence with a verb from the box. Make sure the verb agrees with the naming part of the sentence. 2. Tim 3. I up the ball. clap claps the ball to Meg. miss misses out of the way. 4. The ball pick picks jump jumps me. toss tosses 5. The children 41 At Home: Talk with someone about a game. Tell what each player does. Critical Thinking and yell! McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, page 137 McGraw-Hill School Division 1. Tim Name Date Extend 42 Study Skill: Chart All Mixed Up Finish this chart. Cut out the information below the chart and paste it where it belongs. McGraw-Hill School Division Pig Cow can moo has straight tail has curly tail has short legs has long legs can squeal McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Study Skills, pages 143–144 At Home: Work with someone to add more information to the chart. Critical Thinking 42 Name Date Extend 43 Vocabulary: Verbs Riddle Me Solve the riddles. Write jump, run, or play in the boxes. Write one letter in each box. 1. If you go fast, you 2. If you go up, you . . 3. What can you do with a ball? What can you do after you play, jump, and run? 43 At Home: Think of another riddle using run, jump, or play. Ask a friend to solve your riddle. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Vocabulary, pages 145–146 McGraw-Hill School Division The letters in the dark boxes spell a word. Write the word on the line to solve this riddle. Name Date Extend 44 Composition: Logical Order/Sequence Show the Sequence Draw pictures about making a cheese sandwich. Show what you do first, next, and last. First McGraw-Hill School Division Next Last McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 3, Composition, pages 147–148 At Home: Tell someone how you make the sandwich. Then tell what happens next. Use complete sentences. Critical Thinking 44 Name Date Extend 45 Irregular Verbs: Has, Have Picture Match-Up Write has or have to complete each sentence. Finish the picture to make it match the sentences. 1. The big butterfly 2. Its wings yellow wings. black dots. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. The little butterflies blue wings. 4. The bushes 5. One bush McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 183–184 green leaves. red flowers. At Home: Use sentences with has or have to tell about something. Ask someone to guess what it is. Critical Thinking 45 Name Date Extend 46 Contractions: Has, Have Contraction Action! Rewrite each sentence. Replace the verb has or have with the contraction hasn’t or haven’t to make the sentence tell about the picture. 1. Pig has cut the grass. 2. Cat has fixed the tire. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. They have been awake. 46 At Home: Take turns thinking of other chores these two characters probably haven’t done. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 185–186 Name Date Extend 47 Irregular Verbs: Go, Went It’s Happening Now! Rewrite these sentences. Make each one tell what is happening now. 1. We went up a hill. 2. Our car went slowly. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. We went down the hill. 4. Our car went fast. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 187–188 At Home: Continue to tell the story about the ride in the car. Your story should tell what is happening now. Critical Thinking 47 Name Date Extend 48 Letter Punctuation Make a Better Letter! Add commas where they are needed in the letter. March 24 2001 Dear First Graders First Grade will be in the School Show. I want you all to think about things we could do. Please tell me your ideas. Your teacher McGraw-Hill School Division Miss Brock 48 At Home: Write an answer to the note from Miss Brock. Tell your idea for the show. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, page 189 Name Date Extend 49 Mixed Review Cross It Out! To complete each sentence mark an X on the verb that is not correct. 1. Sometimes we (go, goes) out for dinner. 2. Then we all (have, has) our favorite food. 3. I (have, has) a three cheese pocket! 4. Mom and Dad (have, has) pizza. McGraw-Hill School Division 5. We (haven’t, hasn’t) gone out lately. 6. But I still (have, has) pocket sandwiches! McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, page 190 At Home: Talk about foods with your family. Tell what you think each person’s favorite food is. Critical Thinking 49 Name Date Extend 50 Irregular Verbs: Do, Did Now Do It Rewrite these sentences to make them tell what is happening now. 1. Deb did a tumble. 2. Kate and Ed did sit-ups. 3. Rick did three hops. McGraw-Hill School Division 4. Pam did a long jump. 5. Everyone did something! 50 At Home: Watch people on TV playing sports. Talk about how they learned to be strong and play their sport well. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 191–192 Name Date Extend 51 Contractions: Do, Did Make It Opposite Write don’t to make each sentence mean the opposite. Then write a sentence to answer the question “Why?” 1. Sometimes we walk to school. 2. Sometimes we get a ride. have school every day. 4. We have school today. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. We McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 193–194 At Home: Say a sentence to someone. See if that person can use don’t or didn’t to make it mean the opposite. Critical Thinking 51 Name Date Extend 52 Irregular Verbs: See, Saw Be a Puzzle Star! Write see, sees, or saw to complete each sentence. Then write the word to complete the puzzle. Down 1. Tonight Kate a bright star. 3. Ken stars last night. Across 2. Emma a thin moon tonight. 4. She a big moon last week. 1 s s e e s e a s a w 3 McGraw-Hill School Division 2 4 52 At Home: Look at the sky tonight with someone. Describe what you see. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 195–196 Name Date Extend 53 Irregular Verbs: Say, Said It’s Show Time! To complete each sentence, write says or said in the boxes. Write one letter in each box. 1. Last week Deb _____, “Let’s do a show!” 2. Then, Nan _____, “I can sing.” 3. Then, Tad _____, “I will do a trick.” 4. Now Ms. Dix _____ that we are ready. The letters in the dark boxes make a word. Write it to finish the sentence. to the show! McGraw-Hill School Division Let’s invite our moms and McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, pages 197–198 At Home: Watch TV without the sound. Tell what you think the people are saying. Critical Thinking 53 Name Date Extend 54 Book Titles McGraw-Hill School Division Look at the picture on each book cover. Choose the title that matches the picture. Write the title correctly on the cover. good dog! kids in the kitchen the truck got stuck 54 At Home: Choose one of the book titles and tell someone what you think the book is about. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, page 199 Name Date Extend 55 Mixed Review Riddle Time! Find the mistake in each sentence. Circle it. Then write the word that should have been used. 1. What do the elephant say to the fly? 2. It say, “Pick on someone your own size!” 3. What do cows did for fun? 4. They go to saw “moo”vies. McGraw-Hill School Division 5. Why does hummingbirds hum? 6. They didn’t know any of the words. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, page 200 At Home: Make up your own silly riddle. Share your riddle with someone in your family. Critical Thinking 55 Name Date Extend 56 Common Error: Irregular Past Tense Verbs Happy Hippo Make each sentence tell about the past. Choose a verb from the box that is the past tense form of the verb in ( ). Write the correct verb on the lines. 1. Mom 56 said saw went , “Let’s go to the park!” (say) 2. We to an animal park. (go) 3. We a big hippo. (see) 4. We not see all of it. (do) 5. We just the top! (see) At Home: What did they see next at the animal park? Draw a picture and tell someone a story about it. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Irregular Verbs, page 201 McGraw-Hill School Division did Name Date Extend 57 Study Skill: Maps McGraw-Hill School Division Make a Map Finish this map. Add names of streets and other places. You might add houses, shops, a school, and a library. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Study Skills, page 207 At Home: With a family member, make a map of your home or school or neighborhood. Critical Thinking 57 Name Date Extend 58 Vocabulary: Antonyms Frog Hop Find the antonyms and match each frog to its lily pad. There will be extra lily pads. nice big out in small sad cold hot soft fast wet hard out small pretty old in 58 At Home: Make up a story using the antonyms big, small, in, out, hard, and soft. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Vocabulary, pages 209–210 McGraw-Hill School Division big Name Date Extend 59 Composition: Paragraphs Pam’s Paragraph Help Pam finish her paragraph. Choose the sentence in the box that tells about playing a game. Write it on the lines. I jog with my mom. I win the game. My mom and I play checkers. Mom uses the red checkers. I McGraw-Hill School Division use the black checkers. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 4, Composition, pages 211–212 At Home: With a family member, create a paragraph for the sentence in the box that you did not choose. Critical Thinking 59 Name Date Extend 60 Adjectives Find a Hidden Word Draw a circle around each adjective. Write the adjective in the boxes. Write one letter in each box. 1. fast drum 2. funny bells 3. boys tall 4. girls happy 5. pink book 6. songs McGraw-Hill School Division playful Find the word in the dark boxes. Write the word to finish the sentence. 7. We sang a McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 253–254 tune! At Home: Pick an adjective. Act it out or give clues. See if the other person can guess the word. Critical Thinking 60 Name Date Extend 61 Words About Senses Show and Tell Choose two adjectives from the long box. Draw a picture of something those adjectives tell about. Write the adjectives under the picture. soft warm hard cool hot spicy bright sweet 1. dark salty McGraw-Hill School Division 2. 61 At Home: With a family member, use the words you didn’t write to describe things at home. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 255–256 Name Date Extend 62 Words About Weather A Weather Report! Write a word from the box to complete each sentence about the weather. cloudy 1. Yesterday it was . foggy rainy 2. Today it is . snowy sunny 3. I think it will be tonight. 4. Maybe it will be tomorrow. windy McGraw-Hill School Division Draw the clothes that Ted should wear tomorrow. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 257–258 At Home: Watch a weather report on television. Talk about what the weather may be like for the next day or two. Critical Thinking 62 Name Date Extend 63 Color Words Hidden Pictures Find the hidden pictures. Follow the chart to color the spaces. Write a color word to finish each sentence. red • green blue yellow + + + + + + + + + + + 1. The robot is _____. 3. The ship is _____. 2. The moon is _____. 4. The dog is _____. 63 At Home: Ask a family member to say a color word. Use the word to tell about something you like to eat, play with, or wear. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 259–260 McGraw-Hill School Division + Name Date Extend 64 Review Sentence Punctuation All About Ants Look at the picture. Use the words to write a statement or a question or an exclamation. 1. hard workers 2. ants eat McGraw-Hill School Division 3. feet dig 4. look for food McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, page 261 At Home: Tell about a favorite animal. Use statements, questions, and exclamations. Critical Thinking 64 Name Date Extend 65 Mixed Review Categories Write each adjective in the correct list. The word you do not use will answer the riddle below. windy blue cloudy hard tall loud chair green sweet 2. Weather Words 3. How Things Look and Feel 4. How Things Smell and Sound McGraw-Hill School Division 1. Color Words What has four legs but cannot walk? 65 At Home: Play a riddle game. Pick an object. Give clues about its color, sound, smell, taste, or feel. Then ask, “What is it?” Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, page 262 Name Date Extend 66 Words About Feelings How Do They Feel? Draw a circle around each adjective. Write the adjective in the boxes. Write one letter in each box. 1. say sad 2. cook cold 3. happy hands 4. bark hard 5. cheerful children 6. glad McGraw-Hill School Division give The letters in the dark boxes spell a word. Write that word to finish the sentence. The word is McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 263–264 . At Home: Talk about what makes you feel a certain way, and how somethings feel to the touch. Critical Thinking 66 Name Date Extend 67 Words That Tell How Many 67 1. ball or balls 3. bat or bats 2. button or buttons 4. pencil or pencils At Home: Add something to the picture. Ask someone to find what you drew and tell how many. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 265–266 McGraw-Hill School Division One or More? Draw a circle around all the hidden balls in the picture. Write a number word to tell how many. Do the same for the buttons, bats, and pencils. Use the number words one, two, three, and four. Name Date Extend 68 Adjectives That Compare Animal Comparisons Look at the pictures in the boxes. Write the correct animal’s name and er or est to complete each sentence. McGraw-Hill School Division giraffe turtle mouse 1. The is the tall of all. 2. The the turtle. is small 3. The the lion. is slow 4. The of all. has the loud McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, pages 267–268 lion than than At Home: Tell someone a new sentence about each animal using adjectives that compare. Critical Thinking roar 68 Name Date Extend 69 Commas Get Well Soon! Pretend a friend has a bad cold. Write a get-well letter. Remember to write commas in the date, greeting, and closing of the letter. (Write the date.) McGraw-Hill School Division Dear (Who is the letter for?) (Write the closing.) (Write your name.) 69 At Home: Talk about what dates of the year you like best, and why. List those dates by writing the month, day, and year. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, page 269 Name Date Extend 70 Mixed Review Animal Riddle Draw a circle around one animal. Write a riddle about that animal. Use the adjectives in the box to finish the riddle sentences. Ask a friend to guess the riddle. cold small smaller shortest 1. It has McGraw-Hill School Division 2. It is hot four longest taller two dry legs. than a cat. 3. It is happy living in a place. 4. It has just about the ever seen! tail I have McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, page 270 At Home: Add one more clue to your riddle. See if a family member can guess the animal. Critical Thinking 70 Name Date Extend 71 Common Error: Adjectives That Compare What’s Missing? Fill in each missing word in the rhyme. Write the correct form of an adjective that compares. Then draw the missing parts of the picture to make the clown match the rhyme. I put on a wig. I add this and that. And then I put on The world’s hat! I don’t like to brag. I don’t like to boast. But I’d say my smile Is than most! The 71 McGraw-Hill School Division Look at my feet. My feet aren’t small. In fact they might be of all! At Home: With a family member, create new verses from the rhyme using adjectives that compare. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, page 271 Name Date Extend 72 Study Skill: Dictionary What Word Comes Next? Add the last word to this dictionary page. Use the guide words to help figure out what word is missing. Write the word and meaning. Then draw a picture. kangaroo/kitten kangaroo A kangaroo is an animal with long back legs for jumping. A key is something used to open and close locks. McGraw-Hill School Division key McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Study Skills, pages 277–278 At Home: With a family member, create a sample sentence for each word on this dictionary page. Critical Thinking 72 Name Date Extend 73 Vocabulary: Synonyms Crossword Puzzle Pick a word from the box to complete each clue. Write each word in the crossword puzzle. happy glad Clues fast quick street road Across 1. ___ means the same as fast. 1 3. ___ means the same as glad. 4. ___ means the same as road. 2 3 6. ___ means the same as happy. 4 Down 5 McGraw-Hill School Division 2. ___ means the same as quick. 5. ___ means the same as street. 6 73 At Home: With a family member, make up a two-word crossword puzzle for another pair of synonyms. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Vocabulary, pages 279–280 Name Date Extend 74 Composition: Beginning, Middle, End Zim’s Trip Read the sentences that start the story. Write sentences to finish the story. Tell what happens in the middle and at the end. Zim wants to go to the moon. Zim McGraw-Hill School Division steps inside his special moon rocket. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 5, Composition, pages 281–282 At Home: Create a story with someone. Be sure it has a good beginning, middle, and end. Critical Thinking 74 Name Date Extend 75 Sentences Review Play Time Look at the picture. Use the words to write a statement, a question, or an exclamation. 1. boys 2. make a house 3. play together McGraw-Hill School Division 4. show us 5. this block McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 323–324 At Home: With a family member, add another statement, question, or exclamation. Critical Thinking 75 Name Date Extend 76 Naming Part of a Sentence Sentence Detective Read the clues. Then tell what each child does. Write a naming part to finish each sentence. 76 1. plays in the sand. 2. watches a mouse. 3. sits in a rocking chair. 4. uses some paint. At Home: A family member says the action part of a sentence. You tell the naming part. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 325–326 McGraw-Hill School Division Clues Four children are in a class. Each child does something different. Jon likes animals best. Ann fills things up. One boy sees Sue with a book. Sue does not like to draw. Name Date Extend 77 Action Part of Sentence Twisters A tongue twister is a sentence with words that begin with the same sound. The action parts of the tongue twisters below are mixed up. Finish each tongue twister with the correct action part. 1. Six sharp sharks watched the waves on the water. 2. Wendy found fun. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. Four fast fish swam by a ship. 1. Six sharp sharks . 2. Wendy . 3. Four fast fish . Write your own tongue twister. Draw a circle around the action part. 4. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 327–328 At Home: With a family member, make up another tongue twister. Name the action part of your tongue twister. Critical Thinking 77 Name Date Extend 78 Sentence Combining (Compound Subjects) Winning Combinations Circle the naming part for each sentence. Then combine the sentences using and. Pat Hal Sal Mr. Yin Pete Mrs. Lin 1. Hal played soccer. Sal played soccer. 2. Mrs. Lin coached. Mr. Yin coached. 3. 78 cheered. At Home: With a family member, create new sentences about the team. Use compound subjects. Critical Thinking cheered. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, page 329 McGraw-Hill School Division Now write the naming parts and the combined sentence. Name Date Extend 79 Mixed Review Mixed-Up Sentences Write each sentence correctly. Write a . or a ? or a ! at the end of each sentence. Then draw a circle around the animal the sentences tell about. 1. can you find this animal 2. it is brown 3. it has a white tail McGraw-Hill School Division 4. this animal has soft fur 5. look how far it hops McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, page 330 At Home: Look at a book with a family member. Point out a statement, a question, and an exclamation. Critical Thinking 79 Name Date Extend 80 Pronouns: He, She, It A TV Riddle Write the pronoun that takes the place of each noun. Write one letter in each space. You will not write in all the spaces. 1. my dad 2. your pet 3. your sister Now write the letters from the circles to answer the riddle. What does a snake say when it doesn’t like a TV show? Answer: It says 80 At Home: Tell a family member why it is important to use he, she, and it correctly in sentences. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 331–332 McGraw-Hill School Division 4. his mom Name Date Extend 81 Pronouns: They It and They Match-Up Draw a line from the sentence to the picture the sentence tells about. 1. They like to ride outside. 2. They get in. 3. It kicks a lot. McGraw-Hill School Division 4. It has four wheels. 5. They kick for fun. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 333–334 At Home: Tell a family member some people or things that the pronoun they can stand for. Critical Thinking 81 Name Date Extend 82 Pronouns: I, Me What Am I? Write I or me to finish each sentence. Draw a circle to answer each riddle. am good to eat. 2. You eat 82 for snack. 3. grow on trees. 4. am fun to do. 5. You use or outside. inside 6. You take my box to play. out of At Home: Tell a family member how you solved each of the riddles on this page. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill School Division 1. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 335–336 Name Date Extend 83 Pronouns: We, Us Turn Around Pronouns Rewrite each sentence. Replace each underlined pronoun with a noun and a pronoun. 1. We toss balls into buckets. 2. The man gave us prizes. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. We like the duck game best. 4. Play ring toss with us. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 337–338 At Home: Tell a family member what is wrong with this sentence: Us won the game. Critical Thinking 83 Name Date Extend 84 Sentence Combining (Compound Predicates) A Mixed-Up Talent Show Choose one naming part and two action parts to make up each sentence about the talent show. Use and to combine the action parts. Naming Parts Emma The boys Jill Jake The children Action Parts plays a song clap tell jokes acts it out dances sings tells a story watch fall down bows 1. 2. McGraw-Hill School Division 3. 4. 5. 84 At Home: Tell someone two actions you did and combine them in one sentence. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, page 339 Name Date Extend 85 Mixed Review A Perfect Score Write five sentences. Get 10 points if a sentence has one pronoun. Get 20 points if it has two pronouns. Try to get 100 points in all. I He me She We It us They “My Score” 1. “My Score” 2. “My Score” 3. “My Score” 4. McGraw-Hill School Division “My Score” 5. “My Total Score” McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, page 340 At Home: Tell someone the nouns that the pronouns might stand for in your sentences. Critical Thinking 85 Name Date Extend 86 Common Error: Pronouns Secret Message Find the sentences that use I and me correctly. Write the circled words from those sentences. Use the words you wrote to write the message. 1. Mom and I play ball. 2. Dad and I make lunch. 3. Sue and me read books. 4. Al and I ride our bikes. McGraw-Hill School Division 5. My dogs run with me. The message is: 86 At Home: Talk with someone about things you do with other people. Use I and me correctly. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, page 341 Name Date Extend 87 Study Skill: Encyclopedia Where Would You Look? Which encyclopedia volumes might have facts about these animals? Match each animal name to the volume. Draw a picture of the animal and write its name. elephant tiger dinosaur D 4 E McGraw-Hill School Division 5 T McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More About Sentences, pages 347–348 At Home: With a family member, name one fact you might find about each animal in the encyclopedia. Critical Thinking 87 Name Date Extend 88 Vocabulary: Homonyms I Can’t See the Sea! Kate wants to see the blue sea, but the wind blew away her glasses. Help Kate find her glasses by drawing a line from each word to its homonym, creating a path to Kate’s glasses. The first one is done for you. plain/blew blew/plain sea/plain see/sea blue/see see/plane plane/blew plain/sea blue/sea see blew/plane 88 At Home: Ask a family member to help you think of some other homonyms. Here are some clues to get you started: by, hear, two. Critical Thinking McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Vocabulary, pages 349–350 McGraw-Hill School Division see Name Date Extend 89 Composition: Main Idea and Supporting Details Elaborate on Elephants Read the main idea sentence. Finish the paragraph. Choose sentences that tell more about the main idea. Write them on the lines. They have huge bodies. They have big floppy ears. Elephant is a big word. They have big feet. McGraw-Hill School Division Elephants are very big animals. McGraw-Hill Language Arts Grade 1, Unit 6, Composition, pages 351–352 At Home: With a family member, write a paragraph about another animal. Start with a main idea sentence. Critical Thinking 89
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