1. Mama’s Birthday Present

2. Spelling Words ai
train
tail
rain
mail
afraid

3. Spelling Words ay
way
play
day
may
gray

4. Challenge Words
about
teacher

5. Vocabulary Words
give
surprise
would
enjoy
worry
about

6. Comprehension Skill
Draw Conclusions: sometimes clues in the words and pictures can help a reader figure out something that is not written in a story or article.
Good readers use the words, pictures, and what they know about real life to figure out more about the characters and what happens in a selection.

7. Possessives Model girl’s pen girls’ pens
The apostrophe and s in the word girl’s means that something belongs to the girl. The pen belongs to the girl
girls’ pens
The s and the apostrophe in the word girls’ means that something belongs to the girls. The pens belong the girls. When a word ends with s and mean “ more than one,” the apostrophe comes after the s.

8. Possessives cont.
Tell which word is possessive and whether it tells about one or more than one person or animals.
Examples
Ben’s bat
birds’ cage
Dad’s truck
Nan’s basket
whales’ song