Unit 9 ⢠AMAZING CREATURES
Unit 9 • AMAZING CREATURES
CONSUMABLE
Gg Xx Vv Vv Gg Ww Ww Xx Write Gg, Ww, Xx, and Vv.
Gg Ww Xx
Vv A
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ISBN-13: 978-0-02-206195-1 ISBN-10: 0-02-206195-9
Visit our Web site at www.macmillanmh.com
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At Home: Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk about the theme: Amazing Creatures. Illustrator credits: Cvr: Marisol Sarrazin. 5: Laurence Cleyet-Merle. 7: Wallace Keller. 8: Wallace Keller. 9: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 10: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 11: Nathan Jarvis. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 15: Brian Fujimori. 16: Brian Fujimori. 17: Ron Berg. 18: Ron Berg. 19: Dana Regan. 20: Dana Regan. 21: Nathan Jarvis. 22: Nathan Jarvis. 25: Paul Harvey. 27: Kristin Sorra. 28: Kristin Sorra. 29: Annie Lunsford. 30: Annie Lunsford. 31: Nathan Jarvis. 32: Nathan Jarvis. Photo Credits: All Photographs by Macmillan/McGraw Hill (MMH) except as noted below: 3: (tl) Jules Frazier/Getty Images, (tcl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (tr) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images (bl) Comstock/Punchstock; (br) Burke/ Triolo Productions. 4: (t) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (tl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (cl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (cr) C Squared Studios/Getty Images (bl) Gunnar Smollannsky/Photonica. 9: Photodisc/Getty Images. 13: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tcl) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures; (br) Getty Images. 14 : (t, bl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tr) photolink/Getty Images; (cr) Digital Vision Direct. 17: (l) NHPA /Linda Pitkin; (r) Leszczynski, Zigmund/Animals Animals. 18: (l) Jeff Hunter/Getty Images, (r) Georgette Douwma/Naturepl.com. 19: Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures. 23: (tcl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (tr) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (br) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (bl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (bcl) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures. 24: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tlw), (br,) photodisc/Getty Images; (trg) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (tr) Corbis; (cr) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (bl) Karl Weatherly/Getty Images. 29: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tr) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures
Unit 9 • Week 1
Name
Letters to Know
Listen and Read !!!
Ww
Gg
!!
By Edana Eckart
!
Big Book
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
she
he
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
3
1.
2.
3.
Gg g oat ame ate
Phonics: /g/g Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /g/ sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
irl ift us At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
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Gg Mm
Name
Vocabulary: Classify and Categorize Beetles Think about the selection Beetles. Cut out the pictures. Sort the animals into groups of beetles and not beetles. Name the animals in each group.
At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
5
mouse
dog
ladybug
penguin
water beetle
frog
firefly ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Goliath beetle
Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Beetles Use the pictures on the back to help you identify the animal name. Sort them into groups of insects and not insects.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them.
Name
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
He Said, She Said
We can play. High-Frequency Words: she, he Point to the title page first. Then, read the book aloud to a partner.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
He said, “I am big”. 1
She said, “I am little”. 2
What can we do? 3
Ww Mm
Name
1.
Ww
w
2.
3.
Phonics: /w/w Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the /w/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
9
wig web bug 1.
wig
wig
2.
web 3.
Phonics: Blending w, g Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Write the word. Then circle the picture that goes with the word.
10
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
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bug At Home: Ask your child to blend the letter sounds to read each word.
Name
1.
2.
3.
Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Look at the pictures in each row. Draw an X on the animal that does not belong. Tell why it does not belong.
At Home: Ask your child to tell you which animal does not belong and why.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
11
1.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
2.
Phonics: /g/g, /w/w Say the name of each picture. Then write the letter that stands for the sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Repeat the names aloud.
12
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9 • Week 2
Name
Letters to Know
Xx
Listen and Read
Vv
NORBERT
WU
Big Book
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
has
look
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
13
1.
2.
3.
14
Xx fo x 6 si bo Phonics: /ks/x Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /ks/ sound you hear at the end of each word. Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word. Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
mi o a At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its ending letter and sound.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Xx
big
little
Name
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Fish Faces Think about the selection Fish Faces. Look at each picture. Read each label. Cut out the labels and glue them below the correct fish. Tell how the fish are the same and different.
At Home: Ask your child to read the label that tells about each fish. Talk about how the fish are the same and different.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
15
mad
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
sad Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Fish Faces Think about the selection Fish Faces. Look at each picture. Read each label. Cut out the labels and glue them below the correct fish. Tell how the fish are the same and different.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to read the label that tells about each fish. Talk about how the fish are the same and different.
Name
It has
. spots
High-Frequency Words: has, look Read the book aloud to a partner. Pick a sentence. Count the words in the sentence.
4
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Look!
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
Look at this
fish
. 1
It has big 2
eyes
.
Look at this
fish
. 3
Name
1.
Vv
Vv v
2.
3.
Phonics: /v/v Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name begins with the same sound as van. Write the letter.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture on the page that begins with the same sound as van.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
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vet van mix 1.
She is a vet . 2.
This is a
.
He can
.
Phonics: Blending x, v Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Read the sentence. Write the word that completes the sentence. Read the sentence again.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to read the sentences aloud.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Name
1.
2.
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Look at each animal. Circle the two that are the same. Tell why they are the same.
At Home: Ask your child to point to the animals that are different and tell you why they are not the same.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
21
1.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
2.
Phonics: /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Write the letter x if its name ends with the /ks/ sound. Write the letter v if its name begins with the /v/ sound.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture. Then have your child name each letter he or she wrote.
Unit 9 • Week 3
Name
Letters to Know
Gg
Listen and Read If the dinosaurs came back
Ww
by Bernard Most
Xx
Read-Aloud Trade Book
Vv
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
she
he
has
look
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
23
Gg 1.
Gg g
Ww
Ww
2.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Phonics: /g/g, /w/w Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the sound. Repeat the names aloud.
24
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Name
1.
2.
Comprehension: Fantasy and Reality Listen to the following directions. Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows something that could have really happened. Draw a line under the picture if it could not have happened.
At Home: Ask your child to use the story to tell about the things dinosaurs could and could not have really done.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
25
1.
2.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Vocabulary: Opposites 1. Circle the animal that is thin. Draw a line under the animals that are fat. 2. Circle the animal that is short. Draw a line under the animals that are tall. 3. Circle the animal that is big. Draw a line under the animals that are small.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
At Home: Ask your child to name the opposites.
Rex
Rex has a
towel
High-Frequency Words: she, he, has, look Read the book aloud to a partner. Pick a sentence. Count the words in the sentence.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
. Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Name
Look at Rex! 1
He can 2
swim
.
She is wet! 3
Name
Xx
1.
2.
Xx
x
Vv
6
Vv v
3.
Phonics: /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning or end of each picture name. Write the letter x if you hear the /ks/ sound. Write the letter v if you hear the /v/ sound.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its ending or beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
29
1.
wig web
wig
2.
six mix 3.
Phonics: Blending g, w, x, v Look at each picture. Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say each word. Circle the word that goes with the picture. Write the word.
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
vet van At Home: Ask your child to read each word aloud.
Name
1.
2.
3.
Comprehension: Fantasy and Reality Listen to the following directions. Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows something that might really happen. Draw a line under the picture that is make-believe.
At Home: Ask your child to tell you why each picture is real or make-believe.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
31
Name
1.
6 At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning or ending letter and sound.
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Phonics: /g/g, /w/w, /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Then write the letter that stands for the sound you hear at the beginning or end of the word. Repeat the names aloud.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
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CONSUMABLE
Gg Xx Vv Vv Gg Ww Ww Xx Write Gg, Ww, Xx, and Vv.
Gg Ww Xx
Vv A
Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10121. Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Printed in the United States of America
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-206195-1 ISBN-10: 0-02-206195-9
Visit our Web site at www.macmillanmh.com
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MER 13 12 11 10 9
At Home: Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk about the theme: Amazing Creatures. Illustrator credits: Cvr: Marisol Sarrazin. 5: Laurence Cleyet-Merle. 7: Wallace Keller. 8: Wallace Keller. 9: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 10: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 11: Nathan Jarvis. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 15: Brian Fujimori. 16: Brian Fujimori. 17: Ron Berg. 18: Ron Berg. 19: Dana Regan. 20: Dana Regan. 21: Nathan Jarvis. 22: Nathan Jarvis. 25: Paul Harvey. 27: Kristin Sorra. 28: Kristin Sorra. 29: Annie Lunsford. 30: Annie Lunsford. 31: Nathan Jarvis. 32: Nathan Jarvis. Photo Credits: All Photographs by Macmillan/McGraw Hill (MMH) except as noted below: 3: (tl) Jules Frazier/Getty Images, (tcl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (tr) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images (bl) Comstock/Punchstock; (br) Burke/ Triolo Productions. 4: (t) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (tl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (cl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (cr) C Squared Studios/Getty Images (bl) Gunnar Smollannsky/Photonica. 9: Photodisc/Getty Images. 13: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tcl) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures; (br) Getty Images. 14 : (t, bl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tr) photolink/Getty Images; (cr) Digital Vision Direct. 17: (l) NHPA /Linda Pitkin; (r) Leszczynski, Zigmund/Animals Animals. 18: (l) Jeff Hunter/Getty Images, (r) Georgette Douwma/Naturepl.com. 19: Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures. 23: (tcl) Photodisc/Getty Images; (tr) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (br) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (bl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (bcl) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures. 24: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tlw), (br,) photodisc/Getty Images; (trg) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (tr) Corbis; (cr) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (bl) Karl Weatherly/Getty Images. 29: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tr) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures
Unit 9 • Week 1
Name
Letters to Know
Listen and Read !!!
Ww
Gg
!!
By Edana Eckart
!
Big Book
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
she
he
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
3
1.
2.
3.
Gg g oat ame ate
Phonics: /g/g Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /g/ sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
irl ift us At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Gg Mm
Name
Vocabulary: Classify and Categorize Beetles Think about the selection Beetles. Cut out the pictures. Sort the animals into groups of beetles and not beetles. Name the animals in each group.
At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
5
mouse
dog
ladybug
penguin
water beetle
frog
firefly ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Goliath beetle
Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Beetles Use the pictures on the back to help you identify the animal name. Sort them into groups of insects and not insects.
6
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them.
Name
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
He Said, She Said
We can play. High-Frequency Words: she, he Point to the title page first. Then, read the book aloud to a partner.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
He said, “I am big”. 1
She said, “I am little”. 2
What can we do? 3
Ww Mm
Name
1.
Ww
w
2.
3.
Phonics: /w/w Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the /w/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
9
wig web bug 1.
wig
wig
2.
web 3.
Phonics: Blending w, g Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Write the word. Then circle the picture that goes with the word.
10
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
bug At Home: Ask your child to blend the letter sounds to read each word.
Name
1.
2.
3.
Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Look at the pictures in each row. Draw an X on the animal that does not belong. Tell why it does not belong.
At Home: Ask your child to tell you which animal does not belong and why.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
11
1.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
2.
Phonics: /g/g, /w/w Say the name of each picture. Then write the letter that stands for the sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Repeat the names aloud.
12
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9 • Week 2
Name
Letters to Know
Xx
Listen and Read
Vv
NORBERT
WU
Big Book
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
has
look
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
13
1.
2.
3.
14
Xx fo x 6 si bo Phonics: /ks/x Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /ks/ sound you hear at the end of each word. Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word. Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
mi o a At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its ending letter and sound.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Xx
big
little
Name
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Fish Faces Think about the selection Fish Faces. Look at each picture. Read each label. Cut out the labels and glue them below the correct fish. Tell how the fish are the same and different.
At Home: Ask your child to read the label that tells about each fish. Talk about how the fish are the same and different.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
15
mad
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
sad Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Fish Faces Think about the selection Fish Faces. Look at each picture. Read each label. Cut out the labels and glue them below the correct fish. Tell how the fish are the same and different.
16
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to read the label that tells about each fish. Talk about how the fish are the same and different.
Name
It has
. spots
High-Frequency Words: has, look Read the book aloud to a partner. Pick a sentence. Count the words in the sentence.
4
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Look!
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
Look at this
fish
. 1
It has big 2
eyes
.
Look at this
fish
. 3
Name
1.
Vv
Vv v
2.
3.
Phonics: /v/v Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name begins with the same sound as van. Write the letter.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture on the page that begins with the same sound as van.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
19
vet van mix 1.
She is a vet . 2.
This is a
.
He can
.
Phonics: Blending x, v Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Read the sentence. Write the word that completes the sentence. Read the sentence again.
20
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to read the sentences aloud.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Name
1.
2.
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Look at each animal. Circle the two that are the same. Tell why they are the same.
At Home: Ask your child to point to the animals that are different and tell you why they are not the same.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
21
1.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
2.
Phonics: /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Write the letter x if its name ends with the /ks/ sound. Write the letter v if its name begins with the /v/ sound.
22
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture. Then have your child name each letter he or she wrote.
Unit 9 • Week 3
Name
Letters to Know
Gg
Listen and Read If the dinosaurs came back
Ww
by Bernard Most
Xx
Read-Aloud Trade Book
Vv
Decodable Reader
Words to Know
she
he
has
look
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
23
Gg 1.
Gg g
Ww
Ww
2.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Phonics: /g/g, /w/w Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the sound. Repeat the names aloud.
24
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound.
Name
1.
2.
Comprehension: Fantasy and Reality Listen to the following directions. Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows something that could have really happened. Draw a line under the picture if it could not have happened.
At Home: Ask your child to use the story to tell about the things dinosaurs could and could not have really done.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
25
1.
2.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3.
Vocabulary: Opposites 1. Circle the animal that is thin. Draw a line under the animals that are fat. 2. Circle the animal that is short. Draw a line under the animals that are tall. 3. Circle the animal that is big. Draw a line under the animals that are small.
26
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
At Home: Ask your child to name the opposites.
Rex
Rex has a
towel
High-Frequency Words: she, he, has, look Read the book aloud to a partner. Pick a sentence. Count the words in the sentence.
4
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
. Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Name
Look at Rex! 1
He can 2
swim
.
She is wet! 3
Name
Xx
1.
2.
Xx
x
Vv
6
Vv v
3.
Phonics: /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the beginning or end of each picture name. Write the letter x if you hear the /ks/ sound. Write the letter v if you hear the /v/ sound.
At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its ending or beginning letter and sound.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
29
1.
wig web
wig
2.
six mix 3.
Phonics: Blending g, w, x, v Look at each picture. Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say each word. Circle the word that goes with the picture. Write the word.
30
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
vet van At Home: Ask your child to read each word aloud.
Name
1.
2.
3.
Comprehension: Fantasy and Reality Listen to the following directions. Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows something that might really happen. Draw a line under the picture that is make-believe.
At Home: Ask your child to tell you why each picture is real or make-believe.
Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3
31
Name
1.
6 At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning or ending letter and sound.
.)*% &"/
Phonics: /g/g, /w/w, /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture. Then write the letter that stands for the sound you hear at the beginning or end of the word. Repeat the names aloud.
©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
2.
32
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