Super-Fun Reading & Writing Skill Builders

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Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from
this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in
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Cover design by Mo Bing Chan
Cover illustration by Lori Osiecki
Interior design by Ellen Matlach Hassell for Boultinghouse & Boultinghouse, Inc.
Interior illustrations by Teresa Anderko, Heidi Chang, and Manuel Rivera
ISBN: 0-439-06065-6
Copyright © 1998 by Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Contents
Appetite for April Fools. . . . . . . . . 31
My Summer Vacation . . . . . . . . . . 32
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mechanics and Usage . . . . . . . . 6 Attack of the Massive Melon! . . . . 33
Vocabulary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Grammar Cop and the case
of the missing capital letters . . . . . . 6 Be a Word Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CAPITALIZATION PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
Grammar Cop and the It’s Greek to Me!WORD ROOTS . . . . . . 35
Apology of Goldilocks . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tasty Word Treats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
POSSESSIVES
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
Grammar Cop and the Case
What’s an Eye Hat?. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
of the Big Bad Wolf. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
COMPOUND WORDS
ITS VERSUS IT’S
A Ram Sang (Anagrams) . . . . . . . 38
Grammar Cop and the
VOCABULARY/SPELLING
Education of Snow White . . . . . . . . 9
YOUR, YOU’RE Riddle Recipe S Y N O N Y M S . . . . . . . . . 39
Hink Pink Riddle Recipe . . . . . . . . 40
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a Super Silly Circus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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A Funny Fairy Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 A Crayon Is Born. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vote for Us!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Kids in the Goldfields . . . . . . . . . . 56
Goofy Game Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jackie Robinson: American Hero . . . 58
Hollyweird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 E. B. White: The Author
Who Spun Charlotte’s Web . . . . . . 60
Seasoned Greetings. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading Response. . . . . . . . . . 62
Nothing to Sneeze At!. . . . . . . . . . 24
Happy New You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Secret Soldier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
OUTLINING/ORGANIZING IDEAS
Goose on the Loose. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pack Your Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Downhill Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
THINK WHILE READING
Oh, My Aching Heart!. . . . . . . . . . 28
What Do You Think?. . . . . . . . . . . 65
Jungle Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PREDICTING/SUMMARIZING
Two at the Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Build a Story Pyramid. . . . . . . . . . 66
Introduction
Make learning fun and kids will eat it up!
That’s what we’ve done in Super-Fun Reading and Writing
Skill Builders. The grammar, usage, mechanics, vocabulary,
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Use these instant, irresistible activities anytime of the day—
from morning jump-starts to end-of-the day treats! Turn to
them to teach essential rules of grammar, extend mini-lessons,
enhance learning centers, or simply provide practice for kids
struggling with a particular skill.
No matter how you decide to use them, we guarantee that even
your choosiest students will enjoy—and benefit from—these
tasty morsels!
—the editors
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Mechanics
and Usage:
Name
Capitalization
Grammar Cop
and the case of the missing
capital letters
The person who wrote this letter didn’t really
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miss you so much! • First letter
Always capitalize the first
Best wishes,
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Your not really so wicked stepmother
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Possessives
Grammar Cop
and the Apology of Goldilocks
Goldilocks feels guilty about messing up the home of
the three bears. She wants to make it up to them. But
she doesn’t understand the laws of possessive words.
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person. (Example: Those are
pay for it.) Please let me know if you can come.
the clowns’ wigs.)
Love,
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Goldilocks
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simply want to show that
there is more than one of
something. (Example: There
P.S. I’ll be serving some of my
are lots of clowns in town.
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Its Versus It’s
Grammar Cop
and the Case of
the Big Bad Wolf
The wolf from “Little Red Riding Hood” is trying to tell
his side of the story. But he doesn’t really understand
the difference between its and it’s. Can you help
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of “it.” The word its shows
crumbs flew behind me. I ran all the way
that “it” owns something.
home.
(Example: The squirrel
Little Red Riding Hood was so mad about her
dropped its acorn.)
cookie. She started telling everyone that I had tried
to eat her up. all lies. You have to believe me.
So the next time someone tells you the story of
“Little Red Riding Hood,” tell my side of the story.
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Name
Your, You’re
Grammar Cop
and the Education
of Snow White
Snow White has left the seven dwarfs’ cottage. She
wants to explain her disappearance, but she doesn’t
really understand the difference between your and
you’re. Can you help Grammar Cop fill in the blanks?
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That was it. “Snow,” I said, “say good-bye to
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dwarfs. going back to school.” Whenever you write you’re,
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I hope I haven’t hurt feelings. I
substitute you are for
appreciate kindness. all very
you’re. If the sentence
generous. But for now, on own. makes sense, you’ve made
the right choice. (Example:
friend, I always tell people that
you’re my best friend.)
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Usage: Their,
Name
They’re, and There
Grammar Cop
and the Case of the Worried Elf
Santa’s head elf is worried. But he doesn’t know the
difference among their, they’re, and there. Can you
help him? Fill in the right word in the blanks.
Directions: The word their, they’re, or there belongs in
each of the boxes. Choose the correct word and write it
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There is a place. It is the
ready for the big day. We need to make them
opposite of here.
responsible for cleaning up all of garbage. (Example: Australia is far
away. I wonder if I’ll ever
Most of all, we must make them understand that
go there.) There is also a
Santa’s elves! Let’s hope they get the
pronoun used to introduce
message. a sentence. (Example:
There is someone at the
Very sincerely
door.)
Rocko, your head elf
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