Scholastic_Success_With_Vocabulary_Grade_1

Scholastic Success With
Vocabulary

Grade 1
by Danette Randolph

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Cover design by Maria Lilja
Interior illustrations by Carol Tiernon
Interior design by Quack & Company

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Introduction

Developing a rich vocabulary is an important key to learning. Students who have a wide vocabulary and
become independent word learners score higher on achievement tests and are both successful in school
and beyond. Parents and teachers alike will find this book a valuable teaching tool in helping students
become independent word learners. Students will enjoy completing the activities as they encounter a vast
and varied vocabulary including rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, short vowel sounds, rhyming words,
and much more. The activities are both engaging and educational. Take a look at the Table of Contents and
you will feel rewarded knowing you’re providing such a valuable resource for your students. Remember to
praise them for their efforts and successes.

Table of Contents

Day by Day (Days of the week) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Getting Around Town (Directional words) . . . .26
Month by Month (Months of the year) . . . . . . . .5 Easy Economics (Economics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Rhyme Time (Rhyming words) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Ever-Changing Emotions (Emotions) . . . . . . . . .28
Definitely Different (Antonyms) . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Character Counts! (Character traits) . . . . . . . . .29
Simply the Same (Synonyms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Awesome A Words (Short-a sound) . . . . . . . . .30
Same but Different (Homophones) . . . . . . . . . . .9 Excellent E Words (Short-e sound) . . . . . . . . . . .31
A Perfect Pair (Compound words) . . . . . . . . . . .10 Fishy I Words (Short-i sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Perfect Shape (Geometric shapes) . . . . . . . . . . .11 Outrageous O Words (Short-o sound) . . . . . . .33
Mystery Math Words (Math vocabulary) . . . . .12 Fun With Short U Words (Short-u sound) . . . .34
Size It! (Standard measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Hopping Fun (Short vowel sounds) . . . . . . . . . .35
Metric Measurement Maze The Long and Short of It

(Metric measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 (Long/short vowel sounds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
The Four Seasons (Seasons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Hop on Over (Nouns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Weather Watchers (Weather vocabulary) . . . .16 Anchors Away! (Proper nouns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Beautiful Babies (Animal babies) . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Time for Action (Verbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
All Kinds of Animals (Animals) . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Describe That (Adjectives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Inspect the Insects (Insects) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 How Do You Do It? (Adverbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Name That Dinosaur (Dinosaurs) . . . . . . . . . . .20 A Perfect Fit (Contractions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Fanciful Flowers (Flowers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Say It in a Letter (Parts of a letter) . . . . . . . . . .43
Out of This World (Planets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Stretching for Snacks (Analogies) . . . . . . . . . . .44
Sensational Service (Community helpers) . . . .23 Analogy Maze (Analogies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
On the Move (Transportation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Word Relations (Analogies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Making a Map (Parts of a map) . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

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Name Days of the week

Day by Day

Write the names of the missing days on each caterpillar. Then color
each caterpillar using the color code.

Monday = red Wednesday = green Thursday = blue
Sunday = pink Saturday = purple Tuesday = orange
Friday = yellow

________
Sunday ________ Tuesday

Thursday ________ ________ Sunday

Tuesday ________ Thursday ________

________ ________ Sunday ________

How many days are in one week? ______

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Name Months of the year

Month by Month

Read the chart. Write each answer.

January Joe The first month of the year is _______________.
The last month of the year is _______________.

February Tina The month before March is ________________.

March Ben The month between June and August is
April Kara ________________.
May James
June The month after May is ________________.

Hallie When is my birthday?

Sarah ___________________

July Shana Kirk ___________________
August Juan Dan ___________________

September Kirk Kara ___________________
Kate ___________________
October Kate Hallie ___________________
Ben ___________________
Sarah
November

December Dan Shana ___________________

On another sheet of paper, write the abbreviation for each month. 5

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Name Rhyming words

Rhyme Time

Read the words in each row. Cross out the word that does not rhyme.
Write that word on the correct line below.

1. care Cat hair there

2. were cut shut nut

3. skate alike bait late

4. bill thrill will friends

5. not bike spike like

6. play say day were

7. sure fur but her

8. and ball tall call

9. end bend great trend

10. hat that pat they

11. hot dot Bear cot

12. hand still sand band

______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

1 8 11 2

______________ ______________, ______________ ______________

5 37 10

______________ ______________ ______________ ________________ !

6 12 9 4

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of two words that rhyme with cat.

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Name Antonyms

Definitely Different

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

Read the word on each flowerpot. Color the flower with the antonym.

under up bed in
over big hot on down

down little out

cut cool over
boy lady out on
water hot
girl under
cold

rough soft silly tall
neat sad ugly sad big

hard pretty happy

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of the antonym for city. 7

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Name Synonyms

Simply the Same

Synonyms are words with the same or nearly the
same meanings.

Read each word at the top of the box.
Circle every other letter. Write the letters in
order on the line to spell a synonym. The
first one is done for you.

1. begin 2. glad 3. loud

l tm l am om
s a h p ki
v g q
h nq
r p
rs
q d
dt ey m
by

_____s_t_a_r_t______ _______________ _______________

4. little 5. see 6. big

l me a y o ap
s bl t l m er
l lf
w go fg
u
p c
e
ck l

_______________ _______________ _______________

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Name Homophones

Same but Different

Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have
different meanings.

a b c d e g h i k l mn o r s t uwy
☺

Use the code to write each homophone.

1. here ____ ____ ____ ____
☺

2. know ____ ____

3. to ____ ____ ____

4. ate ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

5. cent ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

6. break ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
☺

7. so ____ ____ ____

8. main ____ ____ ____ ____
☺

9. road ____ ____ ____ ____

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Name Animal babies

Beautiful Babies

Cross out every other letter to name the baby animal. Write the name
on the line. The first one has been done for you.

k j i u t g t be s n l v a gmc b

1._______k_it_t_e_n_______ 2.__________________

t ha t dapko r l f e d f u j cwkd l n i k n og

3.__________________ 4.__________________
f ca i wdn ceuxb

5.__________________ 6.__________________

c l ad l n f pd i hgy l i eb t

7.__________________ 8.__________________
coh r i ecqk pbuupapz y

9.__________________ 10.__________________

Find out the name of a baby penguin. ___________________ 17

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Name Animals

All Kinds of Animals

Read each clue. Write the names of the correct animals in the
crossword puzzle.

alligator dolphin penguin bear
pig octopus lion

Across 1. 4.
2.
2. This mammal hibernates in
the winter. 3.

5. This reptile has a long nose 5.
and sharp teeth.

6. This mammal makes an
oink sound.

7. This mammal has a mane.

Down 6.

1. This bird uses its wings to 7.
swim.

3. This mammal lives like a fish.

4. This sea creature has eight
arms.

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of your favorite animal. Write one sentence
about it.

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Name Insects

Inspect the Insects thorax

Use the words in the box to identify the parts of an insect.

leg antenna wing head abdomen

Circle three insects on the leaves.

Did you know that insects have only six legs? That is why a spider is not an 19
insect. Use a reference book to find out another fact about insects.

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Name Dinosaurs

Name That Dinosaur

Write the dinosaur name that goes with each clue.

I am one of the longest dinosaurs.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

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I am the fiercest dinosaur. __ __ __ Trachodon

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 2 Brachiosaurus

3 Tyrannosaurus
rex
I am a spike-tailed dinosaur.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

7

I am a three-horned dinosaur.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

1

I am a duck-billed dinosaur.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

5

Use the letters above to finish the rhyme. Triceratops
Dinosaurs were amazing creatures, I think Stegosaurus
But I’ll never see a real one because they are . . .

!

1234567

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Name Flowers

Fanciful Flowers

Use the words to label the picture. Then use the shape code to
complete the sentence below.

s eed stem fl o wer rai n le a f
roo t s so i l b ug sunligh t

A person who enjoys learning about flowers is a

.

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Name Planets

Out of This World Pluto

Use the grid to identify each planet.

3 Neptune Earth Mars

Neptune

2 Uranus Saturn Venus

1 Mercury Jupiter Pluto Uranus

ABC

The third planet from the sun is _______________. Saturn

(B, 3)

Seven rings circle _______________.

(B, 2)

_______________ is called the “Red Planet.” Mercury Jupiter
Venus
(C, 3)

_______________ is the planet closest to the sun.

(A, 1)

The smallest planet is _______________. Mars

(C, 1)

The only planet tipped on its side is _______________. Earth

(A, 2)

A planet often called a morning or an evening star is _______________.

(C, 2)

_______________ is a giant ball of gas.

(B, 1)

A day lasts only 16 hours on the planet _______________.

(A, 3)

Choose the planet you would most like to visit. On another sheet of paper,
write two reasons why you would like to go there.

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Name Community helpers

Sensational Service

Read each clue. Write the name of each community helper.

1. 2.
I give you a checkup
each year as you grow up. I drive a vehicle that is really cool.
I pick you up each day for school.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5 6

3. 4. I work on your teeth awhile, so
When smoke hits your nose you can have a bright smile.
I’ll come with my hose.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4
2

5. I share a lot for you to learn, 6. I am here to help you look

and in my class we all take turns. for an interesting book.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1 3

Use the letters from above to finish the sentence.
For all you do, we say . . .

___ ___ ___ ___k y ___ ___!

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bus driver doctor dentist
librarian firefighter teacher

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Name Transportation

On the Move

Circle the transportation words. The words go across and down.

airplane s h i pana canoe
ae t dob i train
sailboat i l s va i r helicopter
van l i t akkp
bcanoe l truck
ooe r c f a
apuca r n
t t r ucke
r evhbu s
t rainl s

bus ship car
bike

Complete the chart to identify different kinds of transportation.

air land water

_______________ _______________ _______________

_______________ _______________ _______________

_______________ _______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

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Name Parts of a map

Making a Map

Use the code to fill in the blanks about parts of a map.

a b c e h k l mn o p r s t uwy
☺

1. A map ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is a Tiny Town
picture that stands for a real thing.

2. A list of symbols and what they stand Tiny Road
for is called the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
Little Lane
3. The cardinal directions are
zoo Small Street
school
lake Key

___ ___ ___ ___ ___, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___,

___ ___ ___ ___, and ___ ___ ___ ___. 25
☺

4. The ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
shows the cardinal directions on a map.

A book of maps is called an atlas. Spell atlas using the code above.

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Name Directional words

Getting Around Town

Use the map to complete the crossword puzzle.

Map Key

bank market Elm Street
school Maple Street
library post
office

park

Across Ash Street
3. the first street crossed if
north south east west
walking west from the park
1.
5. the direction to travel from 2. 3.
the market to the bank
4.
6. the direction to travel from 5.
the post office to the school 6. 7.

Down
1. the direction to travel from

the library to the market

2. the first street crossed if
walking east from the bank

4. the direction to travel from
the school to the park

7. the street crossed if walking
north from the library

On another sheet of paper, make a map of an imaginary city just for kids.

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Name Economics

Easy Economics

Unscramble the money words. Write the words.

neynp lradlo mdie
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________

nlkice Word Bank urtaqre
4. ____________ quarter penny 5. ____________
nickel dime dollar

A need is something you must have to live. A want is something you do
not need to live. Color the circles with wants.

bow apple doll clothes robot

toy house TV water flag

ball scooter bat bike CD

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of something you really want but do not need.

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Name Emotions

Ever-Changing Emotions

Begin at the star. Move around the circle and color the spaces with
odd numbers. Then go back to the star. Write the letters above the
spaces you did not color in order on the line below each face.

h em ★ h o
★2 a
31 37 1 27
15 25 50
n y y
u a 17 u
37
7 44 3
9
id 6 i

17

r e 20 f
y 11 41 p
36
24 66
p s b
cr 9 r
22 ★ 23 47 g8 11

w o t a aq 13

5 45 27 78 4
13
y z
1. ______________ b k 17 2. ______________

44 21
27

x 18 n
d5
g
33
60

s b o h a t
★ 14 u
17 r n 41 11 18
5 9 20
12 9

3. ______________ ★ w

5 15

d r d 23 3 p
u u i 33
10
2 11 10
p 19 14

32

e t v t
s 16 1r
15
8 8
f s

9

41 q l f
li e
q r 5 37 25
7 18 6

4. ______________ 5. ______________

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Name Character traits

Character Counts!

Use a word from the box to describe the character trait shown in
each picture.

polite cooperative helpful honest responsible kind

I finished my Sir, I think you
homework all dropped a five
by myself.
dollar bill.

1. __________________________ 2. __________________________

Dad, I’ll We make
take out a good
the trash. team!

3. __________________________ 4. __________________________

Would you Thank you for the
like one of ice cream, Mom.
my cookies?

5. __________________________ 6. __________________________

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Name Short-a sound

Awesome A Words

Complete the crossword puzzle using the words from the Word Bank.
The words all have the short-a sound.

Across Down

2. a grown kitten 1. something worn
on your head
3. used in baseball
2. a taxi
4. another name 3. opposite of white
for sack

6. a baby cow 5. opposite of sad

8. something to eat 7. a boy

8. opposite of happy

Word Bank 1.

bat 2. 3.
bag
black 4. 5.
cab 6. 7.
calf
cat 8.
glad
hat
lad
snack

On another sheet of paper, draw a silly picture using
words with the short-a sound.

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Name Short-e sound

Excellent E Words

Unscramble the short-e words. Use the words to complete each
sentence below.

bew swet neh erd
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

etn enp snet slhle
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

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2. I rhyme with bed. I am the color ____________.
3. I rhyme with Deb. I am a spider’s ____________.
4. I rhyme with test. I am the direction ____________.
5. I rhyme with den. I am a ballpoint ____________.
6. I rhyme with let. I am a butterfly ____________.
7. I rhyme with best. I am a bird’s ____________.
8. I rhyme with ten. I am a chicken or ____________.

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of something else whose name has the
short-e sound.

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Name Short-i sound

Fishy I Words

Read each clue in the fishbowl. Find the fish with the correct answer.
Color both fish the same color to show a match.

1. a big boat
2. to hope for something
3. part of a fish
4. to take a small drink
5. to tell a lie
6. a part of your mouth
7. the top of a pan
8. a small haircut

trim lid
sip fin

ship fib
lip
wish

The whale shark is the largest fish in the ocean. On another sheet of paper, draw a
picture of what you think it looks like.

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Name Short-o sound

Outrageous O Words

Read each word. If it has the short-o sound, color the ball blue. If it
does not have the short-o sound, color the ball green.

stop knot shop clock

dog

fox boy drop
book

hot bow

who road

float

Most sea animals have fins and flippers to help them swim. Find out how an octopus moves
through the water.

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Name Short-u sound

Fun With Short-U Words

Use the clues to connect the dots in the order of the clues.

1. a small insect 2. something squirrels eat
3. part of a hamburger 4. a baby bear
5. opposite of down 6. to cry and complain
7. scissors do this 8. ball of fire in the sky
9. something to wipe feet on 10. a bush
11. a big yellow ______

cute fume

use cut sun rug

up flute
fuss
huge
cub shrub
bus
bun

nuts bug

On another sheet of paper, write a poem about a ride on a bus.

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Name Short vowel sounds

Hopping Fun

Use the picture clues to complete each puzzle with words that have
short vowel sounds. Then use the number code to answer the riddle
below.

net mop sun fish hand pig rug ant pencil frog

1. 3. 4.
6. 7. 7.

8. 5.
2. 9.

What do you give a sick frog? A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ !
1234567829

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Name Long/short vowel sounds

The Long and Short of It

Read each word. If the Hi!
word has a long vowel
sound, color the box Hello!
red. If the word has a
short vowel sound, color
the box yellow. The
colors will help you
answer the riddle.

net ant hand sun rug fish run pig
bus play me mop cub five see stop
fox cut men best cat hop sip pen

hat wish lid smoke tail tent red bun

cut then hop hot up hip web bag

nest hope nut hen bat calf snake fin

black top cake high rain mile west shop

trim bed nap ship fib ten tag man

How can you say hello without words?
You can remember to ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.

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Name Nouns

Hop on Over

A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, or thing.

Follow each frog’s path across the pond to its lily pad.

Color the rocks Color the rocks Color the rocks
that name that name that name
people red. places yellow. things blue.

boy school banana
teacher restaurant envelope

doctor library car desk

lady store box

nurse gas post office toy
station

clerk hospital shirt

vet theater book

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Name Proper nouns

Anchors Away!

A proper noun names a special person, place, or thing. It begins with a capital letter.

Color the proper nouns to connect the boat and anchor.

Dean lady country astronaut

school New York dog team car

boy Jenna sport girl house
street North
friend Street store song bird

Mars John America Elm Grove
Glenn School

motorcycle cat paint man April

planet soda ocean bed

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Name Verbs

Time for Action

A verb is a word that shows action.

Read each word. Color the leaves with action words to
help the monkey get to the bananas.

bee table

dog
bus friend
sun

tree gallop roll

feet

swing

run red skip car
sun

walk

scoot hop jump door

cat insect

Write a verb that goes with each animal.

rabbit ________________ eagle ________________ cat ________________

skunk ________________ snake ________________ bear _______________

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Name Adjectives

Describe That

An adjective is a describing word.

Begin at the star. Follow the directions. Then write the circled letters in
order on the blanks to spell a describing word.

Circle every third letter.

ky s f ks
s r
f ie dr e a
v z i lf
al o wl y o a
r
s zbq m ke n tj h
l g

je u e
uw

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
sun hamster candy

Circle every fourth letter.

rx a r l p
nz
c ls s dg u os
fe mr j
h i c h
u a h
d t u tn i q
n e
a t rd at w e qr
m
bo a
r
lo l

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
rock listener tree

On another sheet of paper, write an adjective to describe each member of your family.

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Name Adverbs

How Do You Do It?

An adverb is a word that tells how, when, or where an action takes place.

Begin at the star. Color the spaces with odd numbers. Then go back to
the star. Write the letters you did not color in order on the line to finish
each sentence.

16 13 4 8 5 17
15
l a 9 s a e 1
c
7 d 3 2g 15
y
17 14 11 p l 4x
5w
zy The boy worked 13 The turtle walked v 3 11
h _________________. f 17 _________________.

te

8 12 19 n
20 10 5
9
ll re y
a l

18 6 1 7 10 1 2
11 13
u1 9 cw 6
o 9 tf l 0 ku
p f o

19 2 18 15

17 f l o m 7

7 e
9
1
xp
x o

The fans cheered u 20
_________________.
2 9 11
6
dj
ly

17 n

5 k1 s 9 1
v d
3 4

h 13

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Name Contractions

A Perfect Fit

A contraction is a word made from two words. One or more letters are left out.
An apostrophe (’) is used in the place of the missing letter or letters.

have am are would is not will

Write the word used to make each contraction.

1. she’ll 2. I’ve 3. we’re

she _______ I _______ we _______

4. they’re 5. could’ve 6. they’ll
they _______ could _______ they _______

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10. aren’t 11. it’s 12. won’t
are _______ it _______ will _______

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Name Parts of a letter

Say It in a Letter

Use the code to write the names of each part of the letter.

abcdeg i l no r s t uy
☺

1. 2. ☺
________________ ____________

3. ☺ May 31, 2003
____________ Dear Aunt Virginia,

I am writing to wish you a
happy birthday! I love you very
much. I’ll be thinking of you.

Your nephew,
Ryan

4. 5.
__________________ ______________

Have someone help you write a thank-you letter on another sheet of paper.

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Name Analogies

Stretching for Snacks

Finish each analogy using the Word Bank. Write the word on the line.

1.
Shut is to open as soft is to _________.

2.
Knee is to leg as elbow is to _________.

3.
Airplane is to pilot as bus is to _________.

4.
Lime is to green as lemon is to _________.

5. Sink is to wash as oven is to _________.

44 Word Bank yellow
bake
hard driver
arm

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Name Analogies

Analogy Maze

Complete each analogy using a word from the
box. Color each word to show the path through
the maze.

1. Knife is to cut as pencil is to ________.

2. Pig is to squeal as dog is to ________.

3. Finger is to hand as toe is to ________.

4. Tall is to short as high is to ________. Meow!
5. Animal is to zoo as clown is to ________.

6. Wing is to bird as fin is to ________.

7. Juice is to drink as steak is to ________.

8. Cat is to meow as lion is to ________.

9. Smile is to foot fish boy fly cook
frown as up
is to ________.

hand write under pet sleep

elbow bark laugh read cut

flower low play arm knee

movie roar circus eat down

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Name Analogies

Word Relations

Write the missing word to complete each analogy. Color the words
below to help the elephant get to the camel.

1. Knife is to cut as broom is to _______________.
2. Early is to late as light is to _______________.
3. Short is to tall as small is to _______________.
4. Question is to answer as empty is to _______________.
5. Quiet is to noisy as hot is to _______________.
6. Shout is to whisper as wide is to _______________.
7. Empty is to full as clean is to _______________.
8. Boat is to water as plane is to _______________.
9. In is to out as happy is to _______________.
10. Elephant is to trunk as camel is to _______________.

Start big drink hump
sweep full
dark

small sad
open

cold knife sky
heavy

dirty

narrow

warm

out

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Answer Key

Page 4 4. yard; 5. yard; 6. foot; Page 20 Page 26
Monday, Wednesday; 7. mile; 8. foot Brachiosaurus,
Friday, Saturday; Tyrannosaurus rex, w
Wednesday, Friday; Friday, Page 14 Stegosaurus, Triceratops, M Elm
Saturday, Monday Trachodon; extinct a ss
m cm p no r t h
Page 21 lu
Page 5 eAs t
January; December; dm cm dm sunlight
February; July; June; m dm km m sh
November, September, rain flower h
December, April, October, km cm stem
June, March, July leaf
bug seed soil Page 27
Page 6 Page 15 1. penny; 2. dollar; 3. dime;
1. Cat; 2. were; 3. alike; 1. spring; 2. winter; 2. fall; roots 4. nickel; 5. quarter; The
4. friends; 5. not; 6. were; 3. summer; 4. spring; following circles should be
7. but; 8. and; 9. great; 5. winter; 6. fall; 7. summer colored: bow, doll, robot,
10. they; 11. Bear; 12. still; toy, TV, flag, ball, scooter,
Cat and Bear were not Page 16 botanist bat, bike, CD
alike, but they were still 2. hail; 3. tornado; 4. rain;
great friends! 5. snow; 6. sunshine Page 22 Page 28
Earth, Saturn, Mars, 1. happy; 2. afraid;
Page 7 Page 17 Mercury, Pluto, Uranus, 3. angry; 4. surprised;
up, big, in; boy, hot, over; 2. lamb; 3. tadpole; Venus, Jupiter, Neptune 5. tired
soft, ugly, sad 4. duckling; 5. fawn; 6. cub;
7. calf; 8. piglet; 9. chick; Page 23 Page 29
Page 8 10. puppy 1. doctor; 2. bus driver; Answers may vary.
3. firefighter; 4. dentist; Possible answers are:
2. happy; 3. noisy; 4. small; Page 18 5. teacher; 6. librarian; 1. responsible; 2. honest;
5. look; 6. large thank you 3. helpful; 4. cooperative;
p 5. kind; 6. polite
Page 9 Page 24
1. hear; 2. no; 3. two; bea r
4. eight; 5. scent; 6. brake; s h i pana
7. sew; 8. mane; 9. rode n Page 30
ae t dob i
Page 10 dg o h
doorbell, football, i l s va i r
sunflower, cupcake, ou c a
beehive, bedtime, l i t akkp
flowerpot, doghouse, a l l i ga t o r ca t ba t
popcorn, toothbrush, bcanoe l
bookshelf pn o al
ooe r c f a
Page 11 h pig bag a
apuca r n
1. triangle; 2. square; l i on u l ca l f
3. diamond; 4. circle; t t r ucke
5. octagon; 6. rectangle; ns snac k a
7. circle, 8. diamond; r evhbu s
9. triangle, 10. octagon; ad d
11. rectangle, 12. square t rainl s
Page 19 d
Page 12 antenna air: airplane, helicopter;
thorax head land: train, van, truck, bus, Page 31
wing leg car, bike; water: canoe, 1. shell; 2. red; 3. web;
ship, sailboat 4. west; 5. pen; 6. net;
abdomen 7. nest; 8. hen
Page 25
1. symbol; 2. map key; Page 32
3. north, south, east, west; 1. ship; 2. wish; 3. fin;
4. compass rose 4. sip; 5. fib; 6. lip;
7. lid; 8. trim

1. add; 2. sum; 3. subtract;
4. difference; 5. solve;
6. equal

Page 13
1. inch; 2. inch; 3. inch;

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Answer Key

Page 33 Page 37 Page 43
1. greeting; 2. date;
b b b b b Color the rocks Color the rocks Color the rocks 3. body; 4. signature;
that name people that name that name 5. closing
stop knot shop clock dog red. places yellow. things blue.
Page 44
b g b b g boy school banana 1. hard; 2. arm; 3. driver;
gboy 4. yellow; 5. bake
fox hot drop bow r y b
book Page 45
g g teacher restaurant envelope
g 1. write; 2. bark; 3. foot;
who float r b 4. low; 5. circus; 6. fish;
road 7. eat; 8. roar; 9. down
doctor desk
ylibrary b

car

rlady ystore b box

r y gas y b toy
station
nurse post office

r yhospital b shirt

clerk

Page 34 r vet y bbook
1. bug; 2. nut; 3. bun; theater
4. cub; 5. up; 6. fuss;
7. cut; 8. sun; 9. rug; foot fish boy fly cook
10. shrub; 11. bus
Page 38 hand write under pet sleep

elbow bark laugh read cut

Dean lady country astronaut

flower low play arm knee

cute fume school New York dog team car

use cut . sun movie roar circus eat down

rug

boy Jenna sport girl house

up flute street North store song bird Page 46
fuss friend Street 1. sweep; 2. dark; 3. big;
huge John America Elm Grove 4. full; 5. cold; 6. narrow;
cub shrub Mars Glenn School 7. dirty; 8. sky 9. sad;
bus 10. hump
bun paint

nuts bug

motorcycle cat man April

planet soda ocean bed

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hn

an t penc i l Page 39

nt START big drink hump
sweep full
bee table dark

d small sad
open
f f dog
pig r bus friend cold knife sky
mo p sun heavy
s g
h tree gallop roll dirty
s
r ug feet narrow

swing warm

out

run red skip car
sun

walk

scoot hop jump door

hoperation n cat insect

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net ant hand sun rug fish run pig Page 40
bus play me mop cub five see stop yellow, furry, sweet; hard,
fox cut men best cat hop sip pen great, short
hat wish lid smoke tail tent red bun
cut then hop hot up hip web bag Page 41
nest hope nut hen bat calf snake fin carefully, slowly, loudly
black top cake high rain mile west shop
trim bed nap ship fib ten tag man Page 42
1. will; 2. have; 3. are;
smile 4. are; 5. have; 6. will;
7. would; 8. am; 9. would;
10. not; 11. is; 12. not

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