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Monday = red
Wednesday = green
Thursday = blue
Sunday = pink
Friday = yellow
Saturday = purple
Tuesday = orange
Day by Day
Write the names of the missing days on each caterpillar. Then color
each caterpillar using the color code.
How many days are in one week? ______
Sunday
________
Tuesday
________
Thursday
________
Sunday
________
Tuesday
________
Thursday
________
________
________
Sunday
________
Name
Days of the week

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Monday, Wednesday;
Friday, Saturday;
Wednesday, Friday; Friday,
Saturday, Monday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Months of the year
Month by Month
Read the chart. Write each answer.
On another sheet of paper, write the abbreviation for each month.
The first month of the year is _______________.
The last month of the year is _______________.
The month before March is ________________.
The month between June and August is
________________.
The month after May is ________________.

When is my birthday?
Sarah ___________________
Kirk ___________________
Dan ___________________
Kara ___________________
Kate ___________________
Hallie ___________________
Ben ___________________
Shana ___________________
Dan
Sarah
Kate
Kirk
Shana
Juan
Hallie
Kara
James
Ben
Tina
Joe
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January; December;
February; July; June;
November, September,
December, April, October,
June, March, July
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Rhyming words
Rhyme Time
Read the words in each row. Cross out the word that does not rhyme.
Write that word on the correct line below.
On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of two words that rhyme with cat.
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ________________
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1. care Cat hair there
2. were cut shut nut
3. skate alike bait late
4. bill thrill will friends
5. not bike spike like
6. play say day were
7. sure fur but her
8. and ball tall call
9. end bend great trend
10. hat that pat they
11. hot dot Bear cot
12. hand still sand band
,
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1. Cat; 2. were; 3. alike;
4. friends; 5. not; 6. were;
7. but; 8. and; 9. great;
10. they; 11. Bear; 12. still;
Cat and Bear were not
alike, but they were still
great friends!
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Antonyms
Definitely Different
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
Read the word on each flowerpot. Color the flower with the antonym.
On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of the antonym for city.
down
under
up
over
big
bed
hot
down
in
on
out
little
girl
boy
cut
lady

water
cool
hot
on
over
out
under
cold
hard
rough
soft
neat
sad
silly
ugly
big
tall
sad
happy
pretty
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up, big, in; boy, hot, over;
soft, ugly, sad
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Synonyms
Read each word at the top of the box.
Circle every other letter. Write the letters in
order on the line to spell a synonym. The

first one is done for you.
begin glad loud
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________ _______________
little see big
Synonyms are words with the same or nearly the
same meanings.
Simply the Same
h
t
q
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m
a
d
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s
w
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g
k
p
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m
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p
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h
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b
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1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
start
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2. happy; 3. noisy; 4. small;
5. look; 6. large
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Homophones
Same but Different
Use the code to write each homophone.
a
☺
b

c


d

e

g

h

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k
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1. here ____ ____ ____ ____
2. know ____ ____
3. to ____ ____ ____
4. ate ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
5. cent ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
6. break ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
7. so ____ ____ ____
8. main ____ ____ ____ ____
9. road ____ ____ ____ ____
 ☺


  

 ☺ 

☺ 

Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have
different meanings.
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1. hear; 2. no; 3. two;
4. eight; 5. scent; 6. brake;
7. sew; 8. mane; 9. rode
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Compound words

A Perfect Pair
Draw a line to connect the boxes to make compound words.
Write the compound word.
Compound words are two words joined together to make a new word.
door
foot
sun
cup
bee
bed
flower
dog
pop
tooth
book
hive
flower
time
bell
brush
ball
shelf
cake
corn
pot
house
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________

___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
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doorbell, football,
sunflower, cupcake,
beehive, bedtime,
flowerpot, doghouse,
popcorn, toothbrush,
bookshelf
What shape is a . . .
pizza? _______________ baseball infield? ______________
tent? _______________ stop sign? _______________
present? _____________ window? _______________
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Geometric shapes
Perfect Shape
Unscramble the shape words. Write the words on the lines.
Find eight things in your home that are shaped like a rectangle. Name them.
catoogn
_____________
usqaer
__________
amiondd

__________
rlccie
___________
tarnielg
___________
cteagrlen
_______________
diamond
square
octagon
triangle
rectangle
circle
1.
7.
9.
11.
8.
10.
12.
5.
6.
4.
3.
2.
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1. triangle; 2. square;
3. diamond; 4. circle;
5. octagon; 6. rectangle;

7. circle, 8. diamond;
9. triangle, 10. octagon;
11. rectangle, 12. square
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Math vocabulary
Mystery Math Words
Use the code to identify the math words.
1
a
2
d
3
s
4
b
5
r
6
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7
f
8
m
9
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10
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v
19
p
20
z
2
+ 3
5
3
+7
10
5
– 3
2
10
–7
3

On another sheet of paper, use the code to write math problems to
spell the word estimate.
2 + 3 = 5
______
(8 – 6)
______
(15 – 4)
______
(10 – 3)
______
(3 + 4)
______
(8 + 4)
______
(2 + 3)
______
(15 – 3)
______
(10 + 5)
______
(8 + 2)
______
(11 + 1)
______
(9 – 6)
______
(3 + 3)
______
(7 – 3)
______

(12 – 3)
______
(10 – 5)
______
(9 – 8)
______
(3 +7)
______
(6 + 3)
______
(1 + 2)
______
(4 + 2)
______
(12 – 4)
______
(1 – 0)
______
(4 – 2)
______
(1 + 1)
______
(8 – 5)
______
(7 + 6)
______
(8 + 8)
______
(10 + 8)
______

(7 + 5)
______
(10 + 2)
______
(7 + 7)
______
(10 – 4)
______
(8 – 7)
______
(9 + 7)
6.
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
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1. add; 2. sum; 3. subtract;
4. difference; 5. solve;
6. equal
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Standard measurement
Find out how many inches tall you are.
12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
5,280 feet = 1 mile
Size It!

Write the best unit of measure for each picture.
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
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1. inch; 2. inch; 3. inch;
4. yard; 5. yard; 6. foot;
7. mile; 8. foot
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Metric measurement
Metric Measurement Maze
Follow the maze to the best unit of measure for each picture.
Circle the unit of measurement that is largest.
meter centimeter kilometer decimeter
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10 12 13 14 15
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10 centimeters (cm) = 1 decimeter (dm)
10 decimeters (dm) = 1 meter (m)
1,000 meters (m) = 1 kilometer (km)
centimeters
dm
m
km

cm
km
dm
cm
dm
cm
m
m
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dm
m
km
cm
km
dm
cm
dm
cm
m
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Seasons
The Four Seasons
Circle the season that goes with each sentence.
1. Birds make nests for babies.
2. Children build snowmen.
3. Leaves turn, red, orange, and yellow.
4. Children go swimming outside.

5. Flowers begin to bloom.
6. Some animals hibernate.
7. Trees start losing leaves.
8. Insects fly through the air.
Did you notice a pattern in the answers?
Draw the pattern in the squares.
fall
spring
winter
summer
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1. spring; 2. winter; 2. fall;
3. summer; 4. spring;
5. winter; 6. fall; 7. summer