Activities Coloring Pages Word Puzzles Word Treasures Return to the Story
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Animal/Character Names:
- Animals: Cougars/Ben, Glen, Mother Cougar; Guard Dog
Contractions:
- Didn’t, Don’t, Hadn’t, I’ll, It’s, Let’s, Wasn’t
Expressions ~ Idioms ~ Sayings:
- Better safe than sorry; Lucky to get out alive; What a racket
Natural Science: Animal Group Names
- Cat
Male – Tom, Tomcat, Gib, Gib-Cat
Female – Puss, Queen, Tabby
Baby – Kit, Kitten, Kitty, Puss, Pussy
Group – Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Cluster, Colony, Glorying, Destruction (wild cats)
Sight Words:
- Pre-primer
a, and, away, can, come, down, find, for, go, here, I, in, is, it, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, the, to, two, up, we, where, you - Primer
all, are, at, be, brown, but, did, do, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, on, out, pretty, she, so, that, there, they, want, was, went, what, will, with - First Grade
an, ask, by, could, every, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, of, over, some, then, think, were, when - Second Grade
always, best, don’t, fast, many, right, sit, tell, their, us, very, why, would, write - Third Grade
about, better, fall, if, long, much, never, only, try - Nouns
back, bear, boy, brother, cat, corn, dog, farmer, fish, home, morning, mother, night, snow, thing, time, tree, watch, water, way, wind, wood
“The brothers were best friends. Ben always longed for adventure but it wasn’t in Glen’s nature.”
Activities Coloring Pages Word Puzzles Word Treasures Return to the Story
Ben would never admit to Glen that it was better to be safe than sorry.