SKILLS INCLUDED:

• R Controlled Vowels / Bossy R

• Consonant Digraphs
• Silent E / Magic e
• Syllables
• Rhyming Words
• Real / Nonsense Words
• ABC Order
• Contractions
• Compound Words
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Antonyms
• Synonyms
• Editing
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CUT & SPELL

Directions:
Cut & Glue. BOSSY R
Spell each word using the monsters below.
1

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n f k r o a

e
c r f r d
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DIGRAPHS SOUND BOXES

Fill in the sound boxes for each picture. Every SOUND gets a box.
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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DIRECTIONS:
Write the word that goes with
the picture. Change one letter
to make the new word. Color
the pictures as directed.
GREAT! You Made It!!

___ ___ ___ ___

Change 1 letter to make…

___ ___ ___ ___ Let’s

Change 1 letter to make…

Sort
___ ___ ___ ___
Change 1 letter to make… Word Families
Sort the Words from the
Word Ladder
___ ___ ___ ___ Color Pictures Red
-ake
Color Pictures Blue
-ape
Change 1 letter to make…

S
___ ___ ___ ___ t
Change 1 letter to make… a
r Color Picture Green Color Picture Pink

t -ave -ane

w ___ ___ ___

___
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SYLLABLES
Color how many syllables. Write the words. Use a dot to separate the syllables.

A 1 2 3
B 1 2 3

apple rabbit
____________
ap ple ____________
C 1 2 3
D 1 2 3

royal boat

____________ ____________
E 1 2 3
F 1 2 3

baby circus

____________ ____________
G 1 2 3
H 1 2 3

microscope kite
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____________ ____________
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RHYME TIME
Directions: Write two words that rhyme with the given word.

lap sit rat

1.__________ 1.__________ 1.__________

2._________ 2._________ 2._________

dog rid wall

1.__________ 1.__________ 1.__________

2._________ 2._________ 2._________

set tan
1.__________ 1.__________

2._________ 2._________

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REAL
WORDS
Add a vowel to create a
a, e, i, o, u REAL word.

c __ t h __ t c __ b l __ p

b __ g p __ p r __ b l __ t

m __ p s __ t v __ t w __ b

b __ t d __ g s __ b g __ m
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NONSENSE
WORDS
Add a vowel to create a
NONSENSE word. a, e, i, o, u

b __ p c __ n p __ n s __ d

r __ b c __ t r __ t w __ b

v __ t s __ b c __ b g __ m

d __ g m __ t l __ t m __ p
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ABC
ORDER
Write each set of words in alphabetical order.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 2 3
hand bump junk land
bump hand tank
fast dump cast

4 5 6
list lump wind
tank nest ramp
silk band sink

7 8 9
bank honk lost
jump best send
pond fist help
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Date ___________________

CONTRACTIONS
Write the two words
who’s that make up each
contraction.

she’s _______ ________ aren't

______ _______ _______ ______

can’t

wasn’t _______ ______ won’t

______ ______ ______ ______

isn't

they’ll ______ ______ he’s

______ ______ ______ ______

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COMPOUND WORDS
READ, CUT & GLUE
Cut out each sentence. Glue the sentences below the correct picture.
1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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The toothpaste is
The flashlight is in The baseball is by the The strawberry is
under the
the flowerpot. bookshelf. beside the popcorn.
skateboard.

The airplane is on the The ladybug is on the The dragonfly is The rainbow is above
backpack. bathtub. above the cupcake. the raincoat.
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NOUN TEST
Noun: A person, place, thing or animal

Test the word.

Nouns Is it a…. Not
Nouns
PERSON THING

PLACE ANIMAL

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Cut and Glue.
Sort the words.

toys puppy throw walk look

Mrs.
flowers rain nice fast
Sims
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COMMON or PROPER
Color the COMMON NOUNS red. Color the PROPER NOUNS blue.

Miss Lee tree Simon

kitten Dr. Ming puppy

St. Paul book

Street phone

music

Fido
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Word Bank:

PRONOUNS she they

Take the Place of Nouns it he
Write the pronoun for each picture.

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Name _____________________ Date ________________

ADJECTIVES
Describe each noun.
Adjective Bank – Or use your own.

hot mean cute red good soft

yellow blue round sweet huge sour

dog toy ring pen

friendly

lake coal cup

ant cake lemon

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DESCRIBE IT!
Use ADJECTIVES to describe the popcorn.

_____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________

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Name _____________________ Date ________________

VERB TEST
Verb: A word that shows an action.

Test the word.

I can ___________. Not
Verbs Verbs
Cut and Glue. Sort the words.

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sit think draw today blue

grow girl book water chase

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USING ADVERBS
1 2 3

juggling snoring pouring

skillfully loudly carefully
Write a sentence about each picture. Use the verb and adverb.

1. //////////////////////////

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2.//////////////////////////

//////////////////////////
3.//////////////////////////

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HOMOPHONES
The flour is red.
The hair is pink. Directions:
The flower is brown. Name each
The pear is blue. picture then
The hare is orange. color it as
The pair is green. directed.

__________________ __________________ ___________________

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___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Name _____________________ Date ________________

NOUN OR VERB
Verb: Shows action.
Noun: A person, place,
It’s something
thing or animal.
you can do.

Nouns Verbs

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Cut and Glue.
Sort the words.

paper school brag walk desk

pizza giggle sprint write zoo

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LET’S SORT
nouns verbs

Directions:
Cut and glue.
jump
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Sort the nouns

and verbs

beetle
feed
snail

plant
sing

puddle
umbrella
flowers

bite
jump
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PREPOSITIONS
Directions:
Write the correct in around behind over
preposition in front through under above
for each.

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////////////////////////////////////
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////////////////////////////////////
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ANTONYMS
Directions:
Write the words for each
set of antonyms.

night hot day

sweet asleep light
heavy sour
________ ________
awake cold

________ ________ ________ ________

________ ________ ________ ________

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S YN ONY M S
Draw a line to match the synonyms for each.

fly sprint fast quick

funny glide laugh pretty

fast

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run amusing beautiful giggle

smart boast
strange simple

loud noisy
easy
gigantic

fast
brag clever
huge odd
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Let’s Edit

© Carrie Lutz
Rewrite the sentences using correct capital letters and punctuation.

1. ronnie and rex had fun at the circus (3)

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2. sylus will start football in may (3)
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3. i lost my glove at shelton field (4)
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4. we rode the train to tyler on friday (4)
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ANSWER KEYS
 Answer Key

CUT & SPELL

Directions:
Cut & Glue. BOSSY R
Spell each word using the monsters below.
1

© Carrie Lutz
 Answer Key

DIGRAPHS SOUND BOXES

Fill in the sound boxes for each picture. Every SOUND gets a box.
1. 2. 3.

sh i p th or n th r o ne

4. 5. 6.

wh a le ch e s t ch i ck

7. 8. 9. Carrie Lutz©2016

ch ai r wh i s k sh ar k
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DIRECTIONS:
Write the word that goes with
the picture. Change one letter
to make the new word. Color
the pictures as directed.
GREAT! You Made It!!

c ___
___ n ___
a ___ e
Change 1 letter to make…

c ___
___ a ___
v ___
e
Change 1 letter to make…
Let’s
c ___
a ___
p ___
e
Sort
___
Change 1 letter to make… Word Families
Sort the Words from the
Word Ladder
c ___
___ a ___
k ___
e Color Pictures Red
-ake
Color Pictures Blue
-ave
Change 1 letter to make…
wake wave
w ___
___ a ___
k ___
e S
t cake cave
Change 1 letter to make…
a
r Color Picture Green Color Picture Pink
t -ape -ane
a ___
w ___
___ v ___
e cape cane
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SYLLABLES
Color how many syllables. Write the words. Use a dot to separate the syllables.

A 1 2 3
B 1 2 3

apple rabbit
____________
ap ple ____________
rab bit
C 1 2 3
D 1 2 3

royal boat

roy al
____________ boat
____________
E 1 2 3
F 1 2 3

baby circus

ba by
____________ cir cus
____________
G 1 2 3
H 1 2 3

microscope kite
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mi cro scope
____________ kite
____________
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RHYME TIME
Directions: Write two words that rhyme.

lap sit rat

map
1.__________ bit
1.__________ cat
1.__________

tap
2._________ hit
2._________ bat
2._________

dog rid wall

hog
1.__________ bid
1.__________ tall
1.__________

log
2._________ did
2._________ ball
2._________

set tan

bet
1.__________ man
1.__________

let
2._________ van
2._________

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Suggestions

REAL
WORDS
Add a vowel to create a
a, e, i, o, u REAL word.

u t
c __ at
h __ o b
c __ a p
l __

i g
b __ u p
p __ i b
r __ i t
l __

op
m __ e t
s __ e t
v __ e b
w __

a t
b __ o g
d __ o b
s __ u m
g __
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NONSENSE
WORDS
Add a vowel to create a
NONSENSE word. a, e, i, o, u

u p
b __ e n
c __ o n
p __ ed
s __

a b
r __ i t
c __ e t
r __ i b
w __

o t
v __ e b
s __ e b
c __ a m
g __

ag
d __ ot
m __ u t
l __ i p
m __
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 Answer Key

ABC
ORDER
Write each set of words in alphabetical order.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
1 2 3
hand bump junk dump land cast
bump fast hand hand tank land
fast hand dump junk cast tank

4 5 6
list list lump band wind ramp
tank silk nest lump ramp silk
silk tank band nest sink wind

7 8 9
bank bank honk best lost help
jump jump best fist send lost
pond pond fist honk help send
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 Answer Key

CONTRACTIONS
Write the two words
who’s that make up each
contraction.

she’s is
who ________
_______ aren't

she
______ is
_______ are
_______ not
______
can’t

wasn’t can
_______ not
______ won’t

not
was ______
______ will
______ not
______
isn't

is
______ not
______
they’ll he’s

will
they ______
______ he
______ is
______
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COMPOUND WORDS
READ, CUT & GLUE
Cut out each sentence. Glue the sentences below the correct picture.
1. 2. 3. 4.

The dragonfly is above the The strawberry is beside The airplane is on the The baseball is by the
cupcake. the popcorn. backpack. bookshelf.

5. 6. 7. 8.

The flashlight is in the The rainbow is above the The toothpaste is under The ladybug is on the © Carrie Lutz
flowerpot. raincoat. the skateboard. bathtub.
 Answer Key

NOUN TEST
Noun: A person, place, thing or animal

Test the word.

Nouns Is it a…. Not
Nouns
PERSON THING

PLACE ANIMAL

toys puppy throw walk

flowers rain look nice

© Carrie Lutz
Cut and Glue.
Mrs. Sims fast
Sort the words.
 Answer Key

COMMON or PROPER
Color the COMMON NOUNS red. Color the PROPER NOUNS blue.

Miss Lee tree Simon

kitten Dr. Ming puppy

St. Paul book

Street phone

music

Fido
© Carrie Lutz
 Answer Key
Word Bank:

PRONOUNS she they

Take the Place of Nouns it he
Write the pronoun for each picture.

they it he

she it / they he

she it they
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 Answer Suggestions

ADJECTIVES
Describe each noun.
Adjective Bank – Or use your own.

hot mean cute red good soft

yellow blue round sweet huge sour

dog toy ring pen

friendly red pretty blue

lake coal cup

beautiful black cute

ant cake lemon

tiny good huge sour

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 Answer Key

DESCRIBE IT!
Use ADJECTIVES to describe the popcorn.

crunchy
_____________________ hot
_____________________

buttery
_____________________ yellow
_____________________

delicious
_____________________ salty
_____________________

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 Answer Key

VERB TEST
Verb: A word that shows an action.

Test the word.

I can ___________. Not
Verbs Verbs
Cut and Glue. Sort the words.

sit think today blue

draw grow girl book

chase water © Carrie Lutz

sit think draw today blue

grow girl book water chase

 Answer Key

USING ADVERBS
1 2 3

juggling snoring pouring

skillfully loudly carefully
Write a sentence about each picture. Use the verb and adverb.

1. //////////////////////////
Bip is juggling skillfully for his mom.
//////////////////////////
2.//////////////////////////
Juan is snoring loudly in his bed.
//////////////////////////
3.//////////////////////////
Lane is pouring the juice carefully.
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 Answer Key

HOMOPHONES
The flour is red.
The hair is pink. Directions:
The flower is brown. Name each
The pear is blue. picture then
The hare is orange. color it as
The pair is green. directed.

flower
__________________ pear
__________________ flour
___________________

©Carrie Lutz

hare
___________________ pair
___________________ hair
___________________
 Answer Key

NOUN OR VERB
Verb: Shows action.
Noun: A person, place,
It’s something
thing or animal.
you can do.

Nouns Verbs

paper school brag walk

desk pizza giggle sprint

© Carrie Lutz
zoo
Cut and Glue. write
Sort the words.
 Answer Key

LET’S SORT
nouns verbs
beetle

feed
snail

sing
umbrella

puddle

bite
plant

Directions:
flowers

Cut and glue.

jump
© Carrie Lutz

Sort the nouns

and verbs
 Answer Key

PREPOSITIONS
Directions:
Write the correct in around behind over
preposition in front through under above
for each.

under in
////////////////////////

through behind above

////////////////////////////////////
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in front around over

////////////////////////////////////
 Answer Key

ANTONYMS
Directions:
Write the words for each
set of antonyms.

night hot day

sweet asleep light

hot cold heavy sour

________ ________
awake cold

sweet
________ sour
________ awake
________ asleep
________

day
________ night
________ light
________ heavy
________
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 Answer Key

S YN ONY M S
Draw a line to match the synonyms for each.

fly sprint fast quick

funny glide laugh pretty

fast

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run amusing beautiful giggle

smart boast
strange simple

loud noisy
easy
gigantic

fast
brag clever
huge odd
 Answer Key

Let’s Edit

© Carrie Lutz
Rewrite the sentences using correct capital letters and punctuation.

1. ronnie and rex had fun at the circus (3)

/////////////////////////////
Ronnie and Rex had fun at the circus.
/////////////////////////////
2. sylus will start football in may (3)
/////////////////////////////
Sylus will start football in May.
/////////////////////////////
3. i lost my glove at shelton field (4)
/////////////////////////////
I lost my glove at Shelton Field.
/////////////////////////////
4. we rode the train to tyler on friday (4)
/////////////////////////////
We rode the train to Tyler on Friday.
/////////////////////////////
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