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WE ARE SPECIAL
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Aa Bb
Cc
Dd Ee Ff Gg
Hh
Ii
Jj Kk Ll Mm
Rr Ss Tt Uu
Vv
Ww Xx Yy ZzNn
Oo Pp Qq
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Listen and Read
The Alphabet
Words to Know
I can
Name
Start Smart
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At Home:
Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk
about what you and your child see.
Illustrator credits: Cvr: Luciana Navarro Powell. 3: (l) Liz Conrad; (r) Jim Kelly. 4: Nathan Jarvis. 7: Bernard Adnet.
8: Nathan Jarvis. 11: Lyuba Bogan. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 15: Karen Strommer Brooks. 16: Karen Strommer Brooks.
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Pre-Decodable Readers
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Name
Respond to the Big Book: Animals in the Park: An ABC Book
Name the animal characters. Then draw another animal from the story.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each animal and
the animal he or she drew.
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I.
I.
I.
High-Frequency Word: I
Read the sentence: I run.
Read the sentence: I read.
Read the sentence: I eat.
At Home:
Ask your child to read the
sentences aloud.
run
read
eat
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At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
Letter Recognition: Aa - Dd
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
Name
A
a
C
b
Dd
B
c
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
Letter Recognition: Ee - Hh
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
E
e
G
f
Hh
F
g
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
6
Start Smart: We Are Special • Week 1
Name
Respond to the Big Book: Hands Can
Tell what action the children in the pictures are doing with their hands.
Draw a picture that shows another action you can do with your hands.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you about
each picture using action words.
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I can .
I can .
I can .
High-Frequency Word: can
Read the sentence: I can run.
Read the sentence: I can read.
Read the sentence: I can eat.
At Home:
Ask your child to read the
sentences aloud.
run
read
eat
8
Start Smart: We Are Special • Week 2
Name
Letter Recognition: Ii - Nn
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
I
i
j
Mm
J
Kk
Ll
N
n
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
Letter Recognition: Oo - Rr
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
O
o
Q
Pp
q
rR
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
10
Start Smart: We Are Special • Week 2
Name
Respond to the Big Book: Jazz Baby
Talk about what you see the characters doing. Color the piano red. Color
the drums yellow. Color the horn blue.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and
name each musical instrument.
Start Smart: We Are Special • Week 3
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High-Frequency Words: I, can
Read the sentence: I can eat.
Read the sentence: I can brush.
Read the sentence: I can sleep.
At Home:
Ask your child to read the
sentences aloud.
I can .
I can .
I can .
eat
brush
sleep
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Name
At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
Letter Recognition: Ss - Xx
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
S
s
v
Tt
V
Xx
Ww
U
u
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Letter Recognition: Yy - Zz
Name each letter. Draw a line to connect the capital and lowercase forms
of the same letter.
At Home:
Ask your child to identify each pair
of letters.
yY
Yy
Zz
Z
z
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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I can
sleep
.
I can
eat
.
High-Frequency Words: I, can
Point to the title page first. Then, read the
book aloud to a partner.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
Name
I Can!
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Start Smart: We Are Special • Week 3
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I can
brush
. I can
read
.
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