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Table of Contents Vocabulary Expanders Get It Started! * Negative Nancy * Part of the Job * How Thoughtful! * Synonyms are Fun * Antonyms are Cool * What's the Antonym? * Same and Opposite * Word Mystery * Word Sleuth * Double Meanings #1 Double Meanings #2 Tongue Twister Alliteration: "F" Tongue Twister Alliteration: "P" Minerals Match Up * Animal Life Crossword * The Seven Continents Crossword * Plant and Animal Cells Crossword * Word Search: Mealtime *
Certificate of Completion Answer Sheets * Has an Answer Sheet
Get It Started! Complete each word using a prefix from the box. re
means again
pre
means before
mis
means wrong
Kyle is wearing one red sock and one blue sock. They are
mis matched.
I like to go to the movie theater early. I don’t like to miss the Jason won the spelling bee when Georgia The sun
views.
spelled “embarrassing.”
appeared from behind the clouds. Now it is warm again!
Whenever Fiona
behaves, she doesn’t get to have dessert.
My brother isn’t old enough for kindergarten yet, so he will attend
A wave knocked over our sand castle. Now we have to
school.
build it.
My dad painted the living room yellow. My mom thinks it’s too bright. He has to paint the room. Jamal didn’t like his bed by the window, so his brother helped him arrange all of his furniture. You must
heat the oven before you put the cookies in.
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Negative Nancy Complete each word using a prefix from the box. dis
im
in
Nancy always frowns and looks It is She is
un
happy.
clear why Nancy is so negative. considerate and likes to interrupt others.
Her clothes and toys are everywhere! Her room is so Nancy will always
It seems
tidy.
agree with everything you say.
She doesn’t care that it is She
un
polite to talk with your mouth full.
likes all fruits and vegetables. possible to make Nancy happy.
Many people feel
comfortable around her.
Some wonder if Nancy is
capable of smiling.
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Part of the Job Write the correct suffix from the word box to complete the name of each ob. Find the completed words in the word find. er
or
ian
edit or
comed
teach
violin
art
act
conduct
magic
sing
dent
farm
politic
A G N E WC E A GN H E OC L V C I AO E L T I SN G I E S R T MO
U C H E S M A T V G Y N B N A N M
P O I H B I T D K O T X E V D S A
E S EHM M E D I A N B ON D Y S L T O T O P P R F T HO E AMC L R S EO I U OMU T R N I J I M CW L C A L OM I G I S K A A S EON T T D T A I A N GW R Y S R I N
F A NO QA E R SM H A J T GN U S Y C L O D F N E F R S I E E K P
C B R C A T S E T Q Y R Z T N S A
T U P X T D A Y A E V Y O N G L I
I N O D U O Y S G C I N H T E S K
N H L A B E R T O P H A Y F R O E
P E I N E N L T YD T E RGO I N SWB SD E I L D I T OR A J A T F Y E HME L S COV AWR NO Z B E D L E C P A X I RU N F CT S L Z EH E I O PMA G I S Y R EN
ist
GA R I S R Y N R T OR O I K U H SH E GT MB EO E U T F A T H S R A E L T H RWE I SO E G A RM E O A S A MV T M C I A N E R F B
T E H A C O N D U C T O R A R E A
S PO MU X OW I S Y S E P J R A O O T H I T A S D I D E S ON R MT A U I R O S D GT E S A C R I S
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How Thoughtful! Read the sentence. Find the missing word from the sentence in the word box. Add the suffix ful or less to the word to make it correct in the sentence. meaning
care
thought
color
fear
power
pain
use
Kip was on the ground.
with the ish bowl. He accidentally dropped it
Lila’s aunt is extremely for her birthday every year.
. She sends Lila a card and lowers
Yesterday, I helped my father paint the house. I like feeling that I am being . The knight lost his shield. Now he feels ire-breathing dragon. I love the a rainbow.
against the
lowers in the garden. They remind me of
These earrings are very them to me.
to me. My grandmother gave
Cedric is completely when it comes to snakes. He let the zookeeper put one on his shoulders! The shot from the doctor was
. I didn’t feel a thing!
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Synonyms are Fun Find the synonym of the highlighted word from the word box. mistakes
broad
bright
blank
jump
brag
exhausted
careful
dangerous
copied
I left an answer box ( empty )
on my science test.
The football player has very ( wide )
shoulders.
The monkey at the zoo ( imitated )
my actions.
Leah was extremely ( cautious )
while carrying the vase.
I made many spelling ( errors ) Nell likes to ( boast ) I am ( tired )
in my English essay. about being great a tennis player.
from karate class.
To get to the other side, you must ( leap ) My new necklace has a ( shiny ) It’s ( risky )
on rocks. red gemstone.
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Antonyms are Cool Replace each highlighted word with its antonym. 2. I couldn’t stay ( asleep ) 5. The plane will ( leave )
during the movie. at four in the afternoon.
I ate my ice cream the ( slowest )
.
Jessie collected the ( least ) I am ( disappointed ) The leopard is a ( tame )
seashells. we won our irst soccer game. animal.
My dad helped me ( break )
my favorite toy boat.
She is extremely ( reckless )
when she drives.
Sheila doesn’t like to swim in the ( shallow )
end.
This pillow is ( hard )
and luly.
I donated my ( new )
clothes to charity.
Jamie can’t reach the books on the ( low )
shelf.
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What’s the Antonym? Finish the crossword clues by writing the antonym of the highlighted word. Complete the crossword puzzle.
Across 3. It is nice and cozy ( over )
the covers.
4. Kenny thought the math exam was ( hard ) 6. I ( never ) 8. I always ( forget ) 10. Today was the ( worst )
.
brush my teeth before going to bed. my best friend’s birthday. day ever.
11. My mom walks our dogs in the ( evening )
.
Down 1. The bridge is too ( wide ) 2. The bag is too ( light ) 5. It’s ( safe ) 7. The ( poor ) 9. May woke up ( late )
for two cars to cross. for me to carry. to walk alone at night. man lives in a large mansion. for school.
10. The colors of the bird’s feathers are very ( dull )
.
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Same and Opposite Write a synonym and an antonym for each word. Use the words from the word box. laugh
false
diicult
moist
ill
diferent
healthy
full
easy
cowardly
sob
factual
similar
dry
famished
daring
construct
rich
destroy
poor
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
true damp cry alike build hard sick wealthy hungry brave
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Word Mystery Each sentence has context clues to help you figure out the meaning of the highlighted word. Circle the correct meaning of each highlighted word. The long hike up to the top of the mountain was extremely grueling . a. loud
b. tiring
c. easy
The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses. a. easily noticed
b. beautiful
c. sleeping
I was so parched , I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp. a. hungry
b. thirsty
c. sleepy
The delightful aroma of food cooking in the kitchen made my mouth water. a. smell
b. color
c. wealth
The parking lot was so congested , it took half an hour to get out! a. empty
b. hot
a. skilled
b. beginner
c. crowded
c. professional
Pete was envious of his brother’s cool new bicycle.
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Word Sleuth Each sentence has context clues to help you figure out the meaning of the highlighted word. Circle the correct meaning of each highlighted word. I was labbergasted when I found out I won the art contest. a. very angry
b. amazed
c. tired
Ms. Chen admonished her students to complete their homework. a. warned
b. questioned
c. promised
Jason was in a somber mood when he heard the bad news. a. excited
b. sad
c. happy
The man’s large hat and sunglasses concealed his face. a. revealed
b. showed
c. hid
Eating too much junk food may be hazardous to your health. a. dangerous
b. great
c. delightful
The boat sailed gently on the tranquil lake. a. upset
b. calm
c. stormy
Billy descended the stairs into his basement. a. crossed
b. walked up
c. walked down
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Double Meanings 1 All of these words are homographs. Each word has two different meanings. Write a sentence for each meaning. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
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Double Meanings 2 All of these words are homographs. Each word has two different meanings. Write a sentence for each meaning. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
yard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
ruler
leaves
match
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Tongue Twister Alliteration With the Letter F Alliteration is when words start with the same sound. Fill in the blanks with the words below. Use nouns in the blanks that have an “N” under them. Use adjectives in the blanks with “A” under them. Be careful, it can get pretty silly!
Adjectives
Nouns
furry fabulous faithful fancy
frog lower ferret farmer
fast fearless ierce laky fuzzy
ish ly food inger fruit
limsy forgetful friendly fragile
fairy loor furniture ig
The __________________ fox frightened the __________________ A
A
__________________. He fought with the __________________ N
A
__________________ and fell on the _____________________ N
A
____________________. The fox frowned at the _____________ N
A
___________________ and lew away with the ________________! N
N
Now read your story out loud. (And try not to laugh!)
Tongue Twister Alliteration With the Letter P Alliteration is when words start with the same sound. Fill in the blanks with the words below. Use nouns in the blanks that have an “N” under them. Use adjectives in the blanks with “A” under them. Be careful, it can get pretty silly!
Adjectives
Nouns
possessive powerful precious pink
penguin passenger plantation
pathetic peaceful purple puzzling
pencil python piranha pancake
plucky pointless panicky penitent
possum poodle porcupine pickle
The __________________ pig picked on the __________________ A
A
__________________. He pranced by the __________________ N
A
__________________ and prattled with the _____________________ N
A
____________________. The pig persuaded the _____________ N
A
___________________ to party with the ________________ ! N
N
Now read your story out loud. (And try not to laugh!)
Minerals Match Up
You can ind this in jewelry.
imadond
You can ind this in wedding rings.
olgd
You can ind this in a watch.
tzqrua
You can ind this in some forks, knives, and spoons.
vseilr
You can ind this at the end of a pencil.
pihtegar
You can ind this in a penny.
poerpc
Unscramble each word to ind the names of common minerals that come from the earth. Match each mineral with the object on which you can ind them. When you’re done color the pictures.
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Animal Life Complete the crossword puzzle using what you know about the subject. Refer to the word bank if you need help.
Word Bank amphibian extinct endangered omnivore herbivore carnivore nocturnal diurnal habitat
Across
Down
4. Animal that begins life as a water breather and matures into an air breather
1. Animal with a diet of only plant matter
5. Animal that has a diet of only meat
2. Species whose existence are threatened by loss of habitat or low populations
7. Animal that is most active during the night hours
Plant and Animal Cells Complete the crossword puzzle using what you know about the subject. Refer to the word bank if you need help.
Word Bank vacuole mitochondrion cell membrane golgi nucleus nucleolus cell wall lysosome ribosome chloroplast
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Down
4. Stores nutrients and is generally much larger in plant cells than in animals’
1. Directs and controls all the other parts of the cell 2. The covering of the animal cell
6. Processes and packages proteins and lipids in the cell
3. Produces proteins and amino acids
7. Provides the energy for the cell to move
5. Contains chlorophyll
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Word Search Mealtime There are 18 words hidden in the puzzle below. Circle the words as you find them and then cross each one off the list on the bottom of the page.
MILK • PANCAKES • PIZZA • BREAD • EGGS RICE • FRUIT • GRAPES • APPLES
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Answer Sheets Vocabulary Expanders Get It Started! Negative Nancy Part of the Job How Thoughtful! Synonyms are Fun Antonyms are Cool What's the Antonym? Same and Opposite Word Mystery Word Sleuth Minerals Match Up Animal Life Crossword The Seven Continents Crossword Plant and Animal Cells Crossword Word Search: Mealtime
Get It Started! Complete each word using a prefix from the box. re
means again
pre
means before
mis
means wrong
Kyle is wearing one red sock and one blue sock. They are
mis matched.
I like to go to the movie theater early. I don’t like to miss the pre views. Jason won the spelling bee when Georgia mis spelled “embarrassing.” The sun re appeared from behind the clouds. Now it is warm again! Whenever Fiona mis behaves, she doesn’t get to have dessert. My brother isn’t old enough for kindergarten yet, so he will attend pre school.
A wave knocked over our sand castle. Now we have to
re build it.
My dad painted the living room yellow. My mom thinks it’s too bright. He has to re paint the room. Jamal didn’t like his bed by the window, so his brother helped him re arrange all of his furniture. You must pre heat the oven before you put the cookies in.
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Negative Nancy Complete each word using a prefix from the box. dis
im
Nancy always frowns and looks It is She is
in
un
un happy.
un clear why Nancy is so negative. in considerate and likes to interrupt others.
Her clothes and toys are everywhere! Her room is so un tidy. Nancy will always dis agree with everything you say. She doesn’t care that it is im polite to talk with your mouth full. She dis likes all fruits and vegetables. It seems im possible to make Nancy happy. Many people feel
un comfortable around her.
Some wonder if Nancy is
in capable of smiling.
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Part of the Job Write the correct suffix from the word box to complete the name of each ob. Find the completed words in the word find. er
A N W E G H O L C A E T S G E R M
or
ian
ist
edit or
comed ian
teach er
violin ist
art ist
act or
conduct or
magic ian
sing er
dent ist
farm er
politic ian
G E C A N E C V I O L I N I S T O
U C H E S M A T V G Y N B N A N M
P O I H B I T D K O T X E V D S A
E S E H M M E D I A N B O N D Y S L T O T O P P R F T H O E A M C L R S E O I U OM U T R N I J I M CW L C A L OM I G I S K A A S E O N T T D T A I A N GWR Y S R I N
F N Q E S H J G U Y L D N F S E K
A O A R M A T N S C O F E R I E P
C B R C A T S E T Q Y R Z T N S A
T U P X T D A Y A E V Y O N G L I
I N O D U O Y S G C I N H T E S K
N H L A B E R T O P H A Y F R O E
P N T I S D A Y L A Z E I C E P S
E L E N D I J E S W B C R T H M Y
I T R S E T A H C R E P U S E A R
N Y G W I O T M O N D A N L I G E
E D O B L R F E V O L X F Z O I N
G A R S R Y R T O O I K H S H G T M E O E T F A H S R E L T RWE S O E A R M O A S M V T C I A E R F
I N R U E B U T A H I G E A M N B
T E H A C O N D U C T O R A R E A
S P M U OW S Y E P R A O T I T S D D E O N M T U I O S G T S A R I
O X I S J O H A I S R A R D E C S
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How Thoughtful! Read the sentence. Find the missing word from the sentence in the word box. Add the suffix ful or less to the word to make it correct in the sentence. meaning
care
thought
color
fear
power
pain
use
careless Kip was on the ground.
with the fish bowl. He accidentally dropped it
Lila’s aunt is extremely thoughtful for her birthday every year.
. She sends Lila a card and flowers
Yesterday, I helped my father paint the house. I like feeling that I am useful being . powerless
The knight lost his shield. Now he feels fire-breathing dragon. I love the a rainbow.
colorful
These earrings are very them to me.
against the
flowers in the garden. They remind me of
meaningful
to me. My grandmother gave
fearless Cedric is completely when it comes to snakes. He let the zookeeper put one on his shoulders! The shot from the doctor was
painless
. I didn’t feel a thing!
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Synonyms are Fun Find the synonym of the highlighted word from the word box. mistakes
broad
bright
blank
jump
brag
exhausted
careful
dangerous
copied
I left an answer box ( empty )
blank
The football player has very ( wide ) The monkey at the zoo ( imitated ) Leah was extremely ( cautious ) I made many spelling ( errors ) Nell likes to ( boast ) I am ( tired )
exhausted
brag
on my science test. broad
shoulders.
copied
my actions.
careful mistakes
from karate class.
My new necklace has a ( shiny ) dangerous
in my English essay.
about being great a tennis player.
To get to the other side, you must ( leap )
It’s ( risky )
while carrying the vase.
bright
jump
on rocks.
red gemstone.
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Antonyms are Cool Replace each highlighted word with its antonym. awake
2. I couldn’t stay ( asleep ) 5. The plane will ( leave )
arrive
at four in the afternoon. fastest
I ate my ice cream the ( slowest )
most
Jessie collected the ( least ) I am ( disappointed )
during the movie.
happy
seashells.
we won our first soccer game.
wild
The leopard is a ( tame )
.
animal.
My dad helped me ( break )
fix
She is extremely ( reckless )
cautious
my favorite toy boat. when she drives. deep
Sheila doesn’t like to swim in the ( shallow ) This pillow is ( hard )
soft
I donated my ( new )
old
end.
and fluffly. clothes to charity.
Jamie can’t reach the books on the ( low )
high
shelf.
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N A 3 U N D E R R 5 D O 6 A L W A N 7 W G 10 8 9 B R E M E M B E R A R R A 11 L M O R N I R T U L G H H S Y Y T
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E S T N G
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Same and Opposite Write a synonym and an antonym for each word. Use the words from the word box. laugh
false
difficult
moist
ill
different
healthy
full
easy
cowardly
sob
factual
similar
dry
famished
daring
construct
rich
destroy
poor
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
factual
false
moist
dry
sob
laugh
alike
similar
different
build
construct
destroy
hard
difficult
easy
sick
ill
healthy
wealthy
rich
poor
hungry
famished
full
daring
cowardly
true damp cry
brave
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Word Mystery Each sentence has context clues to help you figure out the meaning of the highlighted word. Circle the correct meaning of each highlighted word. The long hike up to the top of the mountain was extremely grueling . a. loud
b. tiring
c. easy
The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses. a. easily noticed
b. beautiful
c. sleeping
I was so parched , I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp. a. hungry
b. thirsty
c. sleepy
The delightful aroma of food cooking in the kitchen made my mouth water. a. smell
b. color
c. wealth
The parking lot was so congested , it took half an hour to get out! a. empty
b. hot
a. skilled
b. beginner
c. crowded
c. professional
Pete was envious of his brother’s cool new bicycle.
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Word Sleuth Each sentence has context clues to help you figure out the meaning of the highlighted word. Circle the correct meaning of each highlighted word. I was flabbergasted when I found out I won the art contest. a. very angry
b. amazed
c. tired
Ms. Chen admonished her students to complete their homework. a. warned
b. questioned
c. promised
Jason was in a somber mood when he heard the bad news. a. excited
b. sad
c. happy
The man’s large hat and sunglasses concealed his face. a. revealed
b. showed
c. hid
Eating too much junk food may be hazardous to your health. a. dangerous
b. great
c. delightful
The boat sailed gently on the tranquil lake. a. upset
b. calm
c. stormy
Billy descended the stairs into his basement. a. crossed
b. walked up
c. walked down
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Answer Sheet Minerals Match Up
Unscramble each word to find the names of common minerals that come from the earth. Match each mineral with the object on which you can find them. When you’re done color the pictures.
You can find this in jewelry.
imadond
d i a m ond
You can find this in wedding rings.
olgd
go l d
You can find this in a watch.
tzqrua
qua r tz
You can find this in some forks, knives, and spoons.
vseilr
s i l ver
You can find this at the end of a pencil.
pihtegar
graph i te
You can find this in a penny.
poerpc
copper
Answer Sheet L
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E
S C I
E N C E
Animal Life Complete the crossword puzzle using what you know about the subject. Refer to the word bank if you need help.
Plant and Animal Cells Complete the crossword puzzle using what you know about the subject. Refer to the word bank if you need help.
Word Bank vacuole mitochondrion cell membrane golgi nucleus nucleolus cell wall lysosome ribosome chloroplast
C R E V I L B L G O M S E M I T O C H O N D R M B N U C L E E R A L Y S N C E L L W A L L
N U C L A C U O L E H U S O L G I O R I O N P O L U S A O S O M E T
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4. Stores nutrients and is generally much larger in plant cells than in animals’
1. Directs and controls all the other parts of the cell
6. Processes and packages proteins and lipids in the cell
3. Produces proteins and amino acids
7. Provides the energy for the cell to move
5. Contains chlorophyll
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