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TuesdayWednesday

Letters Sounds Words

Write the missing letter.

w b s x s n c t

p g b x c p r t

Write the number sentence.

1. There are 5 white rabbits,

2 brown rabbits, and 3 black

rabbits. How many rabbits are

there in all?

=

3. I see 4 rabbits. 5 more

rabbits come. How many

rabbits are there in all?

=

2. 10 rabbits hop. 4 rabbits sit.

How many more rabbits hop

than sit?

=

4. I had 8 rabbits. 2 rabbits

ran away. How many

rabbits do I have now?

=

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An idiom is a phrase that means something different from what its individual words

seem to mean. Idioms are often funny or colorful expressions.Idiom: Who let the cat out of the bag?What it means: “Who told the secret or ruined the surprise?”What it does not mean: “Who allowed a captured cat to escape?”

A. Write the letter of each underlined idiom’s meaning. 1. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. 2. I’ll be at the party with bells on. 3. It rubs me the wrong way when you callme “kiddo.”

4. In restaurants, my little cousin islike a bull in a china shop. 5. A little birdie told me that you’re madat me. Is that true?

6. When my mom lost her job, she wasdown in the dumps. 7. Pablo is a night owl, so he often staysup late reading.

8. When everyone yelled “Surprise!” you couldhave knocked me over with a feather.

a. irritates me

b. a person whose name I won’t mention

c. very likely to break things or cause a mess

d. exaggerate so as to make a slight matter seem like a big deal

e. a person who likes to stayup late

f. feeling sad and depressed g. I was extremely surprised and shocked.

h. in a happy mood and ready to celebrate B. Write a sentence using an idiom from Activity A.

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The sound of long a is spelled many ways:

a ai ay eigh ey ea

Fill in the missing letter or letters to make the spelling words for this week.

1. p ment 7. th

2. ob 8. str ght

3. f vorite 9. expl n

4. cl m 10. surv

5. d br k 11. st tion

6. sl 12. r dio

Imagine that your pet could talk. Write about what it might say.

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Mind Jigglers

At the Ice-Cream Store

A. Write a sentence using the words ice cream, paid, hot fudge, and baseball.

B. Use the phone keypad to decode the ice-cream � avors.

Remember, numbers 2 through 9 can represent one of

three or four different letters. Example: 243779 = CHERRY

8264552

282253 486

76259 7623

7872923779

246265283 2447

C. Jim owns an ice-cream store. Use the clues

to � nd out how many ice-cream cones he sold

last week.

• He sold more than 300 but fewer than 350.

• The last digit is an odd number.

• The second digit is 3 less than the last digit.

• The sum of the first 2 digits equals the

last digit.

• The sum of all digits is 14.

Jim has sold ice-cream cones.

DEF

3ABC

21MNO

6JKL

5GHI

4WXYZ

9TUV

8PQRS

7

#0* D. Everybody is talking about Jim’s

new ice-cream � avor, Chocolate

Dream. Each day, his sales for

this � avor have tripled! How many

scoops did Jim sell each day?

Monday: 1 scoop

Tuesday: scoops

Wednesday: scoops

Thursday: scoops

Friday: scoops

Saturday: scoops!

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Write the spelling words in the boxes.

her tell for nine we green

Write the missing spelling words in the sentences.

1. Jan took little sister to the park.

2. I will be years old on Sunday.

3. Is your jacket or yellow?

4. When can go to the ballgame?

Write these letters using your best handwriting.

V W X Y Z i k l t x y zV W X Y Z i k l t x y zV W X Y Z i k l t x y zV W X Y Z i k l t x y zV W X Y Z i k l t x y z

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Tuesday

Letters Sounds WordsWrite the missing letters for the long vowel sounds.

f ve v se k te r ke

b ne c be sn ke r be

Count by 10s. Then connect the dots. Start at 10.

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Math Time

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