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1 WordStudy Vocabulary ballpark ballroom baseball daylight eyeball flashlight Start1 UNIT 1 Reproducible Tools, Activities, & Home Connections basketball bedroom Name Parent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the box that contains one of the smaller words within the compound word. Name Date bedside Compound Words Directions: Select a compound word from the word box below. Write the correct compound words in the blanks to complete each sentence so it makes sense. Hint: Cross off each compound word as you use it. bedspread backyard bookshelf softball housework paperback flashlight ballpark headphones clubhouse headache 1. When you finish reading, put the on the in the library. bedtime 2. The fitted so tightly on my head that they gave me a. football lighthouse moonlight sunlight waterbed Word Cards (BLM 3) 3. The big game was going to be held in the downtown. Pattern Sorts Date Word Bank moonlight bedtime piggyback housetop ballroom daylight clubhouse sometime basketball downtown anyplace backpack everywhere anyone everybody bed ball light back down house 4. Our was so dirty that we all had to do a lot of Name to clean it up. Date 5. When Dad heard a noise in the, he grabbed a and went out to have a look. any some every A scrapbook is a book of blank pages that you fill with photos, Making Compound Words artwork, and notes. It helps you remember special times in your life. Your Directions: Match each word in the first column of the box with a scrapbook word in the can second be column about many of things a trip, a holiday, a pet, your family. It the box to make a compound word. Write the compound words on the blanks. can be about your sports team, or a play or concert you were in, or your play walk 6. class at school. Making a Scrapbook side mate 7. You can tape or glue anything small and flat onto a page in your class ground 8. scrapbook. For example, you Take-Home could tape Activity a ticket (BLM from 6) a basketball or a football game in your scrapbook. You could place these next to a photo of any top 9. yourself watching the game, or playing in the game. You might also tape a newspaper article about the game on the same page. Maybe you wrote house body 10. a poem about the game or the sport. You could put the poem in, too. Classroom Activity (BLM 7) Together, all of these things will help you remember what it was like to be at that game. Whatever you put in a scrapbook, it has to be something that can last a long time. For example, if you get a haircut, you can put a lock of your hair into a plastic bag and tape it inside your scrapbook. However, if you want to remember a big snowstorm, obviously you cannot paste a snowflake into your scrapbook! Instead, you could glue in a picture of a snowflake or a photo of yourself and your friends playing in the snow. You could also cut a snowflake out of paper. Then you could use that cutout to decorate your page about the snowstorm. A scrapbook holds things that are important to you. It is a special book that helps you to remember people, places, and events. Reading Passage (BLM 9) B e n c h m a r k E d u c a t i o n C o m p a n y

2 Compound Words Compound words are words made up of two or more smaller words. Knowing the meaning of the smaller words can often help you figure out the meaning of the compound word. Combining words to make compound words: I had a lot of work to do at my house, and I did all the housework by myself. The game was down the hill, so we all ran downhill to join in. My mother said it was time for bed, so I guess it must be bedtime. Uncle Tomás bought us a new ball and Dad put up a basket, so now we can play basketball. Anchor Chart (BLM 1)

3 bed ball light back down house any some thing Category Cards (BLM 2)

4 ballpark daylight ballroom eyeball baseball flashlight basketball football bedroom lighthouse bedside moonlight bedspread sunlight bedtime waterbed Word Cards (BLM 3)

5 background download backpack downstairs backward downtown backyard housetop clubhouse housework countdown paperback doghouse piggyback downhill touchdown Word Cards (BLM 4)

6 anybody everything anyplace everywhere anything somebody anytime someone anywhere someplace everybody something everyday sometime everyone somewhere Word Cards (BLM 5)

7 Name Date Pattern Sorts Parent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the box that contains one of the smaller words within the compound word. Word Bank moonlight bedtime piggyback housetop ballroom daylight clubhouse sometime basketball downtown anyplace backpack everywhere anyone everybody bed ball light back down house any some every Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)

8 Name Date Compound Words Directions: Read the sentences and choose the correct compound words from the word box below to fill in the blanks. Hint: Cross off each compound word as you use it. backyard bookshelf softball housework paperback flashlight ballpark headphones clubhouse headache 1. When you finish reading, put the on the in the library. 2. The fitted so tightly on my head that they gave me a. 3. The big game was going to be held in the downtown. 4. Our was so dirty that we all had to do a lot of to clean it up. 5. When Dad heard a noise in the, he grabbed a and went out to have a look. Making Compound Words Directions: Match each word in the first column of the box with a word in the second column of the box to make a compound word. Write the compound words on the blanks. play walk 6. side mate 7. class ground 8. any top 9. house body 10. Classroom Activity (BLM 7)

9 Name Date Compound Words Parent Directions: Have your child read the sentences and choose the correct compound words from the word box below to fill in the blanks. There will be two words left over. anybody bedspread something moonlight download everybody downstairs 1. I put my new on my bed in my bedroom. 2. In the, everything around me was easy to see. 3. It took forever to the new program on our computer. 4. was wrong with my bike, but I couldn t fix it. 5. At first I didn t know a single person at my new school, but today I know. Making Compound Words Parent Directions: Have your child match each word in the first column of the box with a word in the second column of the box to make compound words. Write the compound words on the blanks. through back 6. book where 7. paper out 8. head case 9. every first 10. Take-Home Activity (BLM 8)

10 Name Date Making a Scrapbook A scrapbook is a book of blank pages that you fill with photos, artwork, and notes. It helps you remember special times in your life. Your scrapbook can be about many things a trip, a holiday, a pet, your family. It can be about your sports team, or a play or concert you were in, or your class at school. You can tape or glue anything small and flat onto a page in your scrapbook. For example, you could tape a ticket from a basketball or a football game in your scrapbook. You could place these next to a photo of yourself watching the game, or playing in the game. You might also tape a newspaper article about the game on the same page. Maybe you wrote a poem about the game or the sport. You could put the poem in, too. Together, all of these things will help you remember what it was like to be at that game. Whatever you put in a scrapbook, it has to be something that can last a long time. For example, if you get a haircut, you can put a lock of your hair into a plastic bag and tape it inside your scrapbook. However, if you want to remember a big snowstorm, obviously you cannot paste a snowflake into your scrapbook! Instead, you could glue in a picture of a snowflake or a photo of yourself and your friends playing in the snow. You could also cut a snowflake out of paper. Then you could use that cutout to decorate your page about the snowstorm. A scrapbook holds things that are important to you. It is a special book that helps you to remember people, places, and events. Reading Passage (BLM 9)

11 Name Date Spelling Dictation Review Words New Words Sentence Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

12 Name Date Spelling Peer Check Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words. First Try Second Try (if needed) Correct Spelling Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)

Introducing a Writer s Life MATERIALS: Chart paper, markers, one daybook per child, pen or pencil per child, sample daybooks

Karen Haag, www.liketowrite.com, for teacher s use in the classroom 1 Introducing a Writer s Life MATERIALS: Chart paper, markers, one daybook per child, pen or pencil per child, sample daybooks CONNECTION: