1. Turtle’s Race with Beaver
…A Folk Tale
A folk tale in a story that has been told over and over again from one generation to another. The characters often act in ways that people and animals do NOT act in real life, which makes it similar to a fantasy (NOT REALISTIC) story. What makes this story a folk take?

2. Listen to the story to decide what makes it a folktale… AND fantasy!

3. What makes this story fantasy?
The animals talk and animals do not talk in real life.
The animals in this story plan a race, but animals don’t plan races in real life.
Animals do not come up with plans in real life like the one Turtle came up with in this story to win the race.
Try to find some other ways this story is FANTASY.

4. Write a paragraph telling me the sequence of events from the story
Write a paragraph telling me the sequence of events from the story! Bring it into school to earn 3 tickets!!

5. er words: ir words: ur words:
Our Phonics Pattern of the Week is Bossy R… AGAIN! When Bossy R comes after a vowel, it is so bossy and doesn’t let the vowel say its sound at all! When Bossy R follows e, i, or u, we just hear that “RRRR” sound, so you’ll have to REALLY practice your words to know how to spell them this week!!
Sort your words according to whether they are er, ir, or ur words. You will earn a ticket for doing this!
er words:
ir words:
ur words:

6. Our Phonics Pattern of the Week is Bossy R… AGAIN
Our Phonics Pattern of the Week is Bossy R… AGAIN! When Bossy R comes after a vowel, it is so bossy and doesn’t let the vowel say its sound at all! When Bossy R follows e, i, or u, we just hear that “RRRR” sound, so you’ll have to REALLY practice your words to know how to spell them this week!!
Sort your words according to whether they are er, ir, or ur words. You will earn a ticket for doing this!
er words:
her, person, serve, hamburger, perfect, over
ir words:
dirt, skirt, birth, first
ur words:
nurse, turn, curb, curl, purse, turtle

7. Dictionary Skills… Look up any of the following words in the dictionary. Illustrate your definition. You will receive 1 ticket for each colorfully-illustrated definition!
coax conflict inhabit
ramp resolve startle
vacation