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Barn Gossip – Word Treasures

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Animal/Character Names:

  • Animals: Shelley/Spider, Haley/Horse, Belle/Dog, Kelly/Cat, Cow, Goat, Hen, Chicks, Mice, Mother Mouse
  • People: Farmer John, Joe the handyman

Contractions:

  • Didn’t, I’m, It’s, Let’s

Expressions ~ Idioms ~ Sayings:

  • Spread like wildfire

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)
  • Cattle
    Male – Bull
    Female – Cow
    Baby – Calf
    Group – Herd
  • Dog
    Male – Dog
    Female – Bitch
    Baby – Pup, Puppy, Whelp
    Group – Gang, Legion, Kennel, Pack (wild), Litter (young)
  • Goat
    Male – Buck, Billy
    Female – Doe, Nanny
    Baby – Kid, Billy
    Group – Herd, Mob, Tribe, Trip
  • Horse
    Male – Sire, Stallion, Stud
    Female – Dam, Mare
    Baby – Colt, Filly, Filt, Foal, Yearling
    Group – Harras, Herd, Pair, Team, Stud, Field, Mob, Troop
  • Mouse
    Male – Buck
    Female – Doe
    Baby – Pup, Pinkie, Kitten
    Goup – Horde, Mischief
  • Spider
    Male – Male
    Female – Female
    Baby – Spiderling
    Group – Cluster, Clutter, Venom

Sight Words:

  • Pre-primer
    a, and, away, big, can, come, down, for, go, here, I, in, is, it, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, said, see, the, to, we, yellow, you
  • Primer
    all, am, are, at, be, but, came, did, do, eat, get, good, have, he, into, like, no, now, on, out, saw, say, she, so, that, there, they, this, too, under, was, went, what, will, with, yes
  • First Grade
    after, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, going, had, has, her, his, how, know, let, live, may, of, once, open, over, some, take, them, then, think, walk, were, when
  • Second Grade
    around, been, cold, don’t, first, made, many, right, sit, their, us, very, why, work, would
  • Third Grade
    about, draw, light, much, start, today
  • Nouns
    back, boy, cat, cow, day, door, farm, farmer, ground, home, horse, house, morning, mother, paper, picture, thing, time, tree, watch, wind

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The news spread like wildfire. All the animals talked at once.

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