After school reading activities gr2

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After School Reading Activities, Gr. 2

About This Book
After School Reading Activities focuses on
building word skills, vocabulary, and reading
comprehension through activities that are
enjoyable as well as educational. Intended to
stimulate interest in reading with approachable,
often hands-on exercises, this book is a unique
tool to use as extension, enrichment, take-home
projects, or as part of your classroom curriculum.
The age-appropriate and grade-appropriate
materials support national reading standards.
Each activity focuses on an integral word or
reading skill, or on pertinent vocabulary. The
tasks will stimulate students’ creativity while
providing practice with important reading skills.
This book also features a set of flash cards
that present high-interest vocabulary and
definitions. They are sure to become an
often-used part of your program. Use them
in groups or as an individual drill.

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After School
Reading Activities
• Cross-Curricular
Activities
• High-Interest
Vocabulary
Flash Cards
• Reading
Comprehension
Experiences

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After School
Reading Activities
Grade 2

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Editors: Mary Rose Hassinger, Angella Phebus

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Table of Contents
General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–5
Beginning Sounds Book
(beginning consonant sounds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Ending Sounds Book (ending consonant sounds) . . . .7
Quiet, Please! (silent letters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Wrap It Up (silent letters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Scooting Along (consonant blends) . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
It’s a Zoo (consonant digraphs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Chew on This (short a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Snappy Tongue Twisters (short a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Game Time (long a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Amazing Tongue Twisters (long a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Examine the Eggs (short e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Number, Please (short e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Seeing the Sea Life (long e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
The Long e Beast (long e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Pillow Fight (short i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
It’s a Dilly (short i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Wind It Up (long i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Hiding Behind Long i (long i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Rocketing Off (short o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
The Short o Doctor (short o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Flying High (long o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Loading Cargo (long o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Marshmallow Magic (short u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Submerging Subs (short u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
A Huge Cube (long u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
You Can Do It (long u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Through the Woods (long and short vowels) . . . . . .32
What a Band! (short vowel word families) . . . . . . . .33
Word Family Flash Cards (word families) . . . . .34–36
Buried Treasure (oi and oy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Clowning Around (ou and ow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Untangle the Threads (vowel digraph—ea) . . . . . . .39
At Dawn (vowel digraph—aw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
At the Zoo (vowel digraph—oo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Santa’s S.O.S. (soft and hard c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Foot by Foot (soft and hard g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Search and Circle (r-controlled vowels) . . . . . . . . . .44
Creature Feature Art (r-controlled vowels) . . . . . . . .45
Tell Me Why (y as a vowel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Down in the Dumps-y (y as a vowel) . . . . . . . . . . . .47
From the Ground Up (plant vocabulary) . . . . . . . . .48

When I Grow Up (career vocabulary) . . . . . . . . . . .49
Classy Animals (classes of animals) . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Months of the Year (months) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Daily Riddle (days of the week) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
All in the Family (family vocabulary) . . . . . . . . . . . .53
What’s in Space? (outer space vocabulary) . . . . . . .54

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What a Ride! (outer space vocabulary) . . . . . . . . . .55
Land and Water (landforms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Landform Riddles (landforms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
The Daily News (newspaper vocabulary) . . . . . . . . .58
For Good Measure (measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Technology Tools (computer vocabulary) . . . . . . . . .60
The Lineup (ordinal numbers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
All Around Town (community vocabulary) . . . . . . . .62
Menu Mixing (food vocabulary/classifying) . . . . . .63
Describing Autumn (seasonal vocabulary) . . . . . . . .64
Spring Has Sprung (seasonal vocabulary) . . . . . . . .65
Warm Up to Winter (seasonal vocabulary) . . . . . . .66
Two for One (compound words) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
The American Alphabet (country names) . . . . . . . . .68
Health Helpers (nutrition vocabulary) . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Transportation Magic Square (transportation) . . . . .70
Make It a Magic Square (dinosaur vocabulary) . . .71

Body Works (human body) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Name That Bone (human body) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Loosey Goosey (bird names/rhyming) . . . . . . . . . . .74
A-maze-ing (vocabulary game) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Dictionary Digging (general vocabulary) . . . . . . . . .76
Play With Words (vocabulary game) . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Soup’s On (ABC order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
ABC Potion (ABC order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
All-Time Favorite (classifying) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Let’s Play (following directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Movie Match (main idea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Give Me a Title (main idea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
A Letter From Camp (context clues) . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
The Birthday (character analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
A Toy Story (story details) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
What Happened? (cause and effect) . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Who-o-o-o-o’s Afraid? (predicting outcomes) . . . . .88
Quiet Reflections (story comprehension) . . . . . . . . . .89
It’s a Fact (fact and opinion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
What’s a Moropus? (summarizing) . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Where in the World? (compare and contrast) . .92–93
I Can Do It (analyzing plot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94–95
It’s Cold Outside (inferencing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96–97
Tim Teddy’s Morning (sequencing) . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Swimmers (alike and different) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
North America (map skills) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Encyclopedias (research skills) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
The Teddy Bear (critical thinking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Flash Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103–122
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123–128

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General Introduction
The After School Reading Activities series provides a unique collection of reproducible
activities specifically designed for practicing of key reading skills in a less formal format.
Exercises provide a variety of learning experiences that inspire creativity while
encouraging reading comprehension and writing practice. After School Reading Activities
features worksheets as well as hands-on activities that present opportunities for students
with different learning styles to benefit from the contents. The activities are designed for
individuals, pairs of students, or small groups to use.
Standards Mastery

Although this series is meant to provide practice in a nonthreatening format, activities support
many of the NCTE/IRA standards. Experience with several genres of writing (including
fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) is included within each skill area. Activities demand that
students use a variety of strategies in order to complete the work. Examples of strategies are
using prior knowledge, using word identification strategies, and using graphics. Students are
asked to evaluate and synthesize information and then to communicate it in a variety of
ways, from writing brief sentences to filling in a story map to creating pictures to participating
in group activities.
Organization

The book is arranged in skill areas as follows:
Word Skills

Arranged in a progressive, sequential format

Letter/sound recognition, digraphs, blends, and more
Vocabulary Development

High-interest and high-frequency words, including reproducible
pages to make flash cards
Cross curricular (science, social studies, and math)
Reading Comprehension

One - and two-page articles
Story elements, inferencing, following directions, and more
Use

As you prepare to make this series a part of your child’s activity schedule,
have the following items on hand:

✓ crayons
✓ markers
✓ construction
paper
✓ tagboard

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✓ stapler
✓ brads
✓ hole punch

✓ pencils
✓ scissors

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✓ library books
✓ reference
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Structure

Plan to use the reproducible pages in centers, for independent practice, or with small groups
of students. Photocopy the pages of flash cards, and devote time to having the students
make the flash cards for future use. Reproduce the selected pages to provide a variety of
activities designed to ensure increased achievement for students while they are having fun.
Extension Activities

The format of many of the activities make them ideal for adapting the type of exercise to
other materials. Some ideas are as follows:
Choose a popular poem or a
familiar passage from a story,
and have students circle a given
letter sound. Take the
opportunity to expose students
to various types of print, such as

newspapers, magazines, and
brochures. Focus on the letter
sounds being taught in class,
and progress on to the more
difficult digraphs, blends, and
later word endings and word
families.

Have students write or
dictate their own word
riddles using vocabulary
from a lesson they are
currently studying. Students
should progress from using
pictures and drawings in
the riddles to using words
and sentences.

The sets of flash cards have many uses:
The flash cards are printed back-to-back so they can be removed from the book, colored,
laminated, and reused. They can also be reproduced so each student has his or her own set.
Use the cards to increase meaning vocabulary in the theme they are based upon. The words
can be used in a self-checking quiz situation, or partners can quiz each other. Have students
reveal either the word or the definition and then give the other side. Students should be able
to master the words either way.
The sets of flash cards can be used individually or together. One way is to have students
choose two cards from each theme and use them in an oral story. Another way is to sort the
words by category or theme, by syllables, or by beginning sounds.
The word family cards can be used in a variety of ways. These can be sorted by long and
short vowel sounds and used to help generate lists of rhyming words for poetry writing or

word family spelling lists.
The flash cards can also be used as the required vocabulary for shape books in certain
themes. Use the theme-based cards as well as the word family cards for this project.

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Beginning Consonant Sounds

Beginning Sounds Book
Write a Beginning Sounds Poem Book. Write a poem for each beginning consonant sound.
Use the form below. Decorate the pages. Cut apart. Staple together and share with a friend.
The beginning letter sound B is done for you.

Bob’s Bike
Bob bought a bike,
A beautiful bike,
With big baskets on both sides.
They hold baseballs and bats,
Books, boxes, and bags.
Now Bob has no room for rides!

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Ending Consonant Sounds

Ending Sounds Book
Write an Ending Sounds Poem Book. Write a poem for each ending consonant sound. Use
the form below. Decorate the pages. Cut apart. Staple together and share with a friend. The
ending letter sound B is done for you.

It’s a Job
Want a job?
Scrub the tub.
Dust the cobweb.
Plant the shrub.
Grab an old bib;
Wipe out the crib.
Rub each knob.
That’s your job!

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Silent Letters

Quiet, Please!
Add the silent letter to each group of words. Then use the words to complete the sentences.
Add a silent b.
num___

bom___

lim___

1. That large tree __________________ is about to snap!
2. A __________________ blew up the old, empty building.
3. My fingers are so cold that they feel __________________.

Add a silent w.
___ren

___rench

___reck

4. Dad uses a __________________ to fix the pipe.
5. Be careful and don’t __________________ my new toy.
6. The little __________________ flew to her babies in the nest.

Add a silent k.
___not

___nock

___nife

7. __________________ on the door before you enter.
8. The __________________ is very sharp.
9. He had a __________________ in his new shoelace.

Add a silent t.
di___ch

pa___ch

fe___ch

10. The dog will __________________ this stick.
11. My pants have a __________________ on one knee.
12. Let’s dig a deep __________________ in the sand.

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Silent Letters

Wrap It Up
The letters wr together make the sound of r. The w is silent. Write wr on each line to complete
the words in the Word Bank.
Word Bank

___ench

___eck

___ong

___ap

___inkle

___ing

___ite

___ote

___ist

___en

Read or listen to each sentence. Write the missing word on the line. Use the Word Bank
to help you.
1.

A little __________________ made a nest in our tree.

2.

Use this paper to __________________ the gift.

3.

Jed hurt his __________________ when he fell off his bike.

4.

We went the __________________ way, and now we are lost.

5.

Amy will __________________ a thank-you note to Grandma.

6.

After the water fight, David had to __________________ out his wet shirt.

7.

I will fold your blouse so it does not __________________ .

8.

Mom __________________ a list before she went to the store.

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Consonant Blends

Scooting Along
Say the name of each picture. On the line, write the blend sw, st, sp, or sc to complete
each word.

___ing

___arf

___amp

___ider

___ar

___apler

___oon

___onge

___ooter

___itch

Read or listen to the riddle poem. Write the answers on the lines. Use the words above.
1. I pay for the mail.
2. Down sidewalks I sail.
3. I pull seams very tight.
4. I twinkle from the heights.
5. I keep you warm in cold weather.
6. I put papers together.
7. You pump and I soar.
8. I wipe up spills and more.
9. I stir soup, thick or thin.
10. A web I will spin!
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Consonant Digraphs

It’s a Zoo
Read or listen to the clues. Use the grid to write the names of the animals.

1

2

3

4

5

A

l

b

i

h

e

B

p

u

m

r

k

C

d

w

f

a

v

D

t

o

y

z

s

E

q

c

n

j

g

D5

A4

C4

B4

B5

E2

A4

A3

B3

B1

C4

C2

A4

A3

B1

B1

A5

D1

A4

A3

E2

B5

A5

E3

C2

A4

C4

A1

A5

D5

A4

A5

A5

B1

E2

A4

A3

B1

B3

C2

A4

A3

D1

A4

A5

A5

D1

E2

A4

B2

A2

1. full sets of teeth
2. monkeys around

E3

D4

B2

E3

B5

A5

D1

C4

A3

C4

A4

A5

A5

3. swift dog
4. bird

E2
5. spouts off
6. chews cud

7. ground squirrel
8. What a deer!

A1

9. Clock me!

E2
10. freshwater fish

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Short a

Chew on This
Word Bank

flag

lamb

candy

tracks

match

grass

hand

trap

mask

lamp

cast

sand

Write each word below its picture.

I

A

O

E

P

D

T

Y

U

N

H

R

Solve the riddle using the letters in the boxes above.
What is the “left” side of an apple?

match candy

flag

cast

hand

mask

match

lamb

‘
trap

lamp

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trap

grass

match
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hand

match

sand

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Snappy Tongue Twisters
Read the tongue twisters below. Circle the vowels that say the short a sound.
• Albert Allen’s alert alligator always walked alone along an alley.
• Ashley asked Ashton to assist her with assorted assignments.
• Amazon ants are amazingly ambitious.
• Andrew Anderson analyzed the anatomy of the antelope.
• An anxious anteater anticipated another antsy ant.
Now write your own tongue twister. Be sure to use as many words with the short a sound
as you can.

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Long a

Game Time
Use the Word Bank to complete the puzzle.
Word Bank

Across

2. We ____ masks to wear in the parade.
4. Hurry or we will be ____ .

take

ate

name

same

make

lake

page

made

game

late

6. Please turn to ____ 46 in the book.
9. Did Nate ____ the note back to school?
10. Do you know how to ____ a paper airplane?
1

Down
2

1. His ____ is Wayne.
3. We like to fish in the ____.

3

5. The twins are wearing the ____ shirts.

5

4

7. We watched the baseball ____ on TV.

8. They ____ dinner at six.
7

6

8
9

10

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Long a

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Amazing Tongue Twisters
Read or listen to the tongue twisters below. Circle the vowels that say the long a sound.
•

Amos amazed Amy with his many ailments.

•

The ape was able to take April’s apron.

•

The amiable ape ate angel food cake.

•

Having an ace lit up Amos’s face.

•

The maid made awesome angel food cake.

•

Amy ate apricots in haste.

Now write your own tongue twister. Be sure to use as many words with the long a sound as
you can.

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Short e

Examine the Eggs
Write each word below its picture.
Word Bank

well

nest

sled

desk

cent

fetch

jelly

tent

belt

chest

bell

shell

G

Y

T

A

L

N

O

S

E

D

R

N

Solve the riddle using the letters in the boxes above.
What kind of eggs would a striped and polka-dotted rooster lay?

belt

nest

jelly

sled

.

chest

nest

nest

fetch

well

cent

bell

desk

sled

chest

‘
shell

nest

belt

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sled

tent

tent

bell

bell

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Short e

Number, Please
Use the letters on the telephone buttons to make the words that match the clues. You may use
the same letter more than once in a word. Use the Word Bank.
Word Bank

net

jet

bed

den

ten

hen

bell

belt

well

web

pen

wet

Clues
1. You sleep in it.
2. It rings.
3. You wear this around your waist.
4. It is another name for an airplane.
5. A spider spins this.
6. It is used to catch a fish or a butterfly.
7. It is the number that is one more than nine.
8. It is the opposite of sick.
9. It is like a cage.
10. It is the opposite of dry.
11. It is a farm animal that lays eggs.
12. This is the name of a fox’s home.
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Long e

Seeing the Sea Life

Read each clue. Write the correct word on each line from the box below. Then trace a path
from the seaman to the seal in the same order as your answers.
1. Another word for ocean.
2. Opposite of messy.
3. Flashlights throw a __________________ of light.
4. You sit on this.
5. You use books to do this.
6. Something you can eat.
7. You use your mouth to do this.
8. A group of players.
9. Opposite of kind.
10. Ladders do this against the side of a house.

Word Bank

sea

tea

eat

team

cream

neat

seat

meat

dream

mean

beam

beat

read

lean

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Long e

The Long e Beast
Use the Word Bank below to help complete the crossword puzzle.

1

Across
3. a dairy food
4. 2 + 1 = ____
6. a noise made by a pig
7. an animal that gives wool
2

Down
1. a good-manners word
2. a grain that flour is made from
5. to stretch to get something
6. comes from boiling water

3

5

4

6

7

Word Bank

people

deep

leaving

wheat

beast

sheep

steam

teeth

knees

cheese

cleaning

reach

three

please

squeal

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Short i

Pillow Fight
Use the letters on the pillows to make words that match the clues below. You may use the same
letter more than once in a word. Write the words on the lines.

b

p
l

s

g
i

c

Clues

k
1. You do this to a soccer ball.

x

2. If you do not feel well, you are this.
3. This is a fat farm animal that has a curly tail and says oink.

t

4. A clock makes this sound.
5. These form the outside part of your mouth.

f

6. A fish uses these to swim.
7. You do this to flowers to put them in a vase.

n

8. You use a chair to do this.
9. It is a light red color.
10. This number is one less than seven.
11. A shirt must do this to be the right size.
12. A baby wears this when eating.

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Name ________________ Date ___________

Short i

It’s a Dilly
Use the Word Bank. Write the missing word in the boxes.
Word Bank

fix

sit

tin

hit

hill

still

win

fit

will

bill

1. The cat stood ____ as the dog walked by him.

2. Do the new shoes ____ you?

3. My sister helped me ____ the broken toy.

4. When____ we go on our trip?

5. Willy wants his friend to ____ the contest.

6. We walked the trail to the top of the ____ .

7. Maggie swung the bat and ____ the ball into the field.

8. Some cans are made of ____ .

9. Mom paid the ____ .

10. My friend and I want to ____ next to each other.
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Name ________________ Date ___________

Long i

Wind It Up
Look at the words in the Word Bank. Underline in orange the long i words that end with silent
e. Circle the other long i words in blue.
Word Bank

Read each sentence. Use the words from the Word Bank above
to fill in the boxes.
1. The ball bounced on the other ____

kind
mile
wind
mind
side

find
bike
fine
line
time

6. Always ____ your parents.

of the fence.

2. It is almost ____ to go to school.

7. Bill can’t ____ his other shoe.

3. We have to walk one ____ to the

8. It is a ____ day for a picnic in the park.

swimming pool.

9. Misha’s toy car races along the floor

4. The men painted a ____ down the middle

if you ____ it up.

of the road.

10. Everyone should be ____ to pets.

5. Do you ride your ____ to school?

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Name ________________ Date ___________

Long i

Hiding Behind Long i
Use the Word Bank below to help complete the crossword puzzle.
1

Across
2

2. making a car go
3. a short time
4. having stripes

3

7. more dry
Down
1. electricity in the sky
4. a happy face

5

4

5. extinct, huge reptile
6. fastened with string

6

7

Word Bank

shine

hiding

write

right

striped

tied

driving

drier

dinosaur

lightning

kites

smile

slide

awhile

quiet

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Name ________________ Date ___________

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Rocketing Off
Read each sentence. Circle the misspelled word. Write the word
correctly on the line.
1. The little rabbit likes to hip in the garden.

________________________________

2. The fex ran behind a big rock.

________________________________

3. We have a lat of cakes for the bake sale.

________________________________

4. Bob gat the box of rice out of the cupboard.

________________________________

5. The lizard likes to lie on top of the warm reck.

________________________________

6. Please put the gift in that bux.

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7. There is a hole in the toe of my seck.

________________________________

8. Her jib is to stack the boxes where they belong.

________________________________

9. A balloon will pup if it is poked with a pin.

________________________________

10. We like to eat corn on the cab.

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Write the words you corrected in alphabetical order.

1.

________________________________

6.

________________________________

2.

________________________________

7.

________________________________

3.

________________________________

8.

________________________________

4.

________________________________

9.

________________________________

5.

________________________________

10.

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