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Building Blocks for Conversations and Reading 4 This work was conceived and designed by personnel, editors and collaborators at Editorial Panamericana, Inc.
Author Juan J. Rodríguez González, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University Curriculum & Instruction and Language & Literacy Linguistic and Technical Revision Catherine A. Toro Full Professor of English University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón
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Table of Contents Unit I
Congratulations! ...................................................
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Unit II
Faces and Faces ....................................................
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Unit III
My Home and Family .............................................
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Unit IV
What Time Is It? ....................................................
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Unit V
I Love Math ...........................................................
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Unit VI
The Jungle ............................................................
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Unit VII
At the Beach .........................................................
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Unit VIII
Communication ....................................................
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Congratulations! Hello, Ana! Happy birthday!
How old is Ana?
Hi, Tom. Thank you! She is eleven years old, and the baby is one year old.
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How many teddy bears are there?
There is one teddy bear.
How many hats are there?
There are twenty-one hats.
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New Words Look and repeat.
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one
3 4 5 6 7 2 two three four five six seven
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nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
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sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
Monday
y a d s r Thu
fifteen
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Tuesday
Friday
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16 Sunday
twenty
thirty
Wednesd a
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ay
Saturd
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
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November
December
Days of the Week Number the days of the week in order. Follow the example. February Monday
Wednesday
Saturday
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M
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W
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F
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Thursday
Tuesday
Friday
Sunday 1
My Activities Answer the following questions.
Example: What do you do on Sunday?
I go to church .
1. What do you do on Friday?___________________________________. 2. What do you do on Saturday? _______________________________. 3. What do you do on Monday? ______________________________.
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Months of the Year Read and answer the following questions.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1. How many days does a week have? _______________________ 2. How many days does a month have? ______________________ 3. How many months does a year have? _____________________ 4. What month has 28 days? _________________________________ 5. What months have 30 days? _______________________________
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Read and answer the following questions.
I am Ana. 11
I am Liz.
I am John.
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I am Peter.
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Who is she?
Who is he?
Who is he?
Who is she?
Who are they?
Is he is John?
Is she Ana?
Example: How old is she? She is twelve years old.
How old is Ana? She is ________ years old.
How old is he? He is ________ years old.
How old is Peter? He is _________ years old.
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Look, read and answer the following questions. John 10
Ana 11
Liz 12
Peter 9
David 8
Taty 7
Example: Is Taty seven years old? Yes, she is seven years old. Is Ana nine years old? No, she is not. She is eleven years old. 1. Is John ten years old? ______________________________________ 2. Is David eight years old? ___________________________________ 3. Is Liz twelve years old? ______________________________________ 4. Is Peter ten years old? ______________________________________ Who is eleven years old? Ana is eleven years old. 1. Who Is twelve years old? ____________________________________ 2. Who is ten years old? _______________________________________ 3. Who is eight years old? _____________________________________ 4. Who is nine years old? ______________________________________ 5. Who is seven years old? _____________________________________
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Look, read and answer the following questions.
I am Ana.
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How old are you? I am eleven years old. When is your birthday? My birthday is in October.
May
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April
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How old is Sergio?
How old is Tom?
When is his birthday?
When is his birthday?
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June
July
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How old is Liz?
How old is Helen?
When is her birthday?
When is her birthday?
March
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How old is Henry?
How old are you?
When is his birthday?
I am _________ years old.
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By Groups Look at the picture and answer the questions.
Example: How many teddy bears are there?
How many presents are there?
There is one teddy bear.
There are three presents.
How many rabbits are there?
How many hats are there?
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How many balls are there?
How many balloons are there?
Reading
A Home for the Puppy
One day a little Dalmatian puppy sat across the street from a school. The puppy was watching the children play. He wanted to play with them, but he was afraid. He was lost and didn’t have a home.
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So he followed two boys home from school. He stayed at the front yard and waited for the boys to come out. He followed the boys to the park and played with them.
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One day the Dalmation puppy saw that the house was on fire. The puppy was afraid. He barked and barked, but no one listened. So he decided to run to the fire station. He ran and barked all the way there.
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The puppy barked at the firefighters. They seemed to understand, so they jumped on their trucks and left. They followed the puppy home. The house was on fire. The firefighters put the fire out. They saw the puppy barking in the front yard. “Look, that’s the little puppy who came barking to the station, ” Firefighter Pedro said.
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He picked up the puppy in his arms and took him to the house. “Hello boys, does this little puppy live here?” “He followed us from school and we have adopted him,” said one boy. “ Well,” said Firefighter Pedro, “he is a hero. He barked at us and we understood there was danger. We followed him here and he has saved your lives.” “Thanks!” said the boys.
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The boys were very happy. The Dalmation had saved their lives. The boys named the dog Spanky. They played with the Dalmation all afternoon. The boys had fun with the dog.
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Organize the events in the order they happened.
_____ The boys named the puppy Spanky. _____ The puppy wanted to play with the boys but he was afraid. _____ The firefighters knocked on the door and asked the boys if the puppy belonged to them. _____ The puppy ran to the fire station and barked and barked. _____ The puppy saw the house on fire.
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Reading What does congratulations mean? It is an expression of joy in the success or good fortune of another.
When do we congratulate others?
We congratulate others when they achieve something important and we feel proud about them. We also congratulate others when doing something good.
We congratulate each other when we graduate.
Maybe your older brother has just gotten his driver’s license. We can congratulate him for that. Now he can drive a car by himself and take you to school.
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We congratulate others when they win first place in a competition and become champions.
We congratulate others, especially parents, on the arrival of a new baby.
We congratulate others when they get married and have a big wedding celebration.
We congratulate others when it is their birthday. Happy Birthday!
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Practice Can you think of other reasons to congratulate people? Make a drawing and write a few sentences about it.
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Writing We all do things we should be proud of and we feel we should be congratulated. What are some things you have done that you are proud of and deserve to be congratulated? Make a list.
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Reading Poetry
Congratulations MOM! I love you mom. You took care of me when I was little. You took care of me when I was sick. You taught me how to read, write, and color. You taught me how to get dressed. You taught me how to brush my teeth and wash my hands. You taught me to be kind, polite, and respect others. You taught me to tell the truth and be honest. You took me to school on my first day. You helped me with my homework. You always cheered me up. In two years I will graduate from the sixth grade. Mom I love you! You have taught me well.
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Writing an Acrostic
Write an acostric poem using the word MOTHER. Think about words that you can use related to your mother.
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Practice Adjectives
What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives: The cat-shaped balloon floated in the air. Mr. Lugo painted the kitchen walls with fresh paint. The little airplane flew up in the dark sky. The yellow flowers were pretty. Many books have the same number of pages. The brown monkey played a music box. The classroom was filled with large, brown boxes of books. Write four adjectives that describe the car. 1. ____________________________ 2. ____________________________ 3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________ Write a sentence using an adjective. ___________________________________________________________
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Adjectives in Sentences
Remember that adjectives are words that modify characteristics of nouns. Draw a circle around the adjective that modifies the underlined noun in each sentence below. Example: The small red shiny ladybug walked on the green leaf. 1. Four kittens are playing in the green grass. 2. Where is the green bicycle? 3. Samuel has a blue racing car. 4. The black puppy was playing with a small red ball. 5. Do you know the lady in the yellow raincoat? 6. I have seven marking pens for school. 7. The house I bought is clean, big, and old. 8. Two ugly witches made a magic potion. 9. That is the biggest stuffed teddy bear in the store. 10. Give me the orange plastic bowl, please. Describe each of the following cars with an adjective.
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Simple Two Word Alphabetical Order
Rewrite each word pair in alphabetical order. The first one is done for you. 1. black cat, brown dog, big head
Example: big head, black cat, brown dog
2. smart boy, straight look, sight word ______________________________________________ 3. hot potato, hot sun, horror book ______________________________________________ 4. light tea, lip gloss, little fish ______________________________________________ 5. purple pen, pink flamingo, plain paper ______________________________________________ 6. messy room, million dollars, milk carton ______________________________________________ 7. travel jet, train track, tape dispenser ______________________________________________ 8. red bike, real money, round planet ______________________________________________ 9. fire drill, flag pole, flight attendant ______________________________________________
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Story Sequence
In the story below, pay attention to the order of events. There are many signal words that can indicate the order of events. Read the following and then order the events with numbers 1-5 based on the sequence of events that took place.
Ricki Wins Third Place
Ricki is a great swimmer. He has been swimming and practicing since he was seven years old. He is eleven and wants to swim in the Olympics.
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Ricki always eats a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs before preparing for the intense practice. He always has an energy bar right after his warm up routine.
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When he prepares for practice, the first thing that he does is to stretch his muscles and warm-up by running after stretching. Then, he does several push-ups, usually ten.
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Ricki swims very well. Last week, he got third place in the 250 meter butterfly stroke. His friends congratulated him and told him that next time he was going to get first place.
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Place the events in order by using 1-5.
_____ Ricki ate an energy bar. _____ Ricki did pushups. _____ Ricki won third place in the swimming event. _____ Ricki ate a bowl of meatballs and spaghetti. _____ Ricki stretched his muscles.
Capitalization Circle all the letters that should be CAPITALIZED.
1. after the trip on friday, we went to bed early. 2. my favorite song is by Ricardo montaner. 3. my cousin Johnny won first prize in the swimming competition. 4. dr. rodrĂguez told me i needed to read more about the author. 5. we’re studying the atlantic and pacific oceans in history. 6. my small dog Sinya barks every time she sees something strange.
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7. my favorite day of the week is saturday because I can sleep a little more. 8. roaches and rats scare my sister mary when she sees them. 9. last winter my best friend angel went ice skating to new york. 10. my father bought a new house in san juan. 11. there are many different kinds of birds in puerto rico. 12. guppies are one of the smallest fish in the world. 13. canada is quite different from mexico. 14. isaac, a tropical storm, did not hit the coast of puerto rico. 15. the moon looks like a banana in the sky. 16. i think my brother, gabriel, is going camping this weekend. 17. the caribbean sea is one of the world’s prettiest body of water. 18. this summer we are going to argentina. 19. my english teacher, mr. rivera, is teaching us the verbs. 20. uncle david is buying a car this saturday.
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Punctuation Fill in all the missing punctuation marks.
1. Julio was late for work on his first day _____ 2. Federico jumped in the pool and yelled, “The water is freezing _____ ” 3. “Would you please get me the umbrella _____ ” my brother asked my mom _____ 4. Do you think motorcycles can run as fast as Corvettes _____ 5. “That’s not right _____ ” my teacher yelled at me when I spoke to Angie _____ 6. “Mom, I’m home _____ ” my brother yelled when he got home _____ 7. “When can I get a new car _____ ” I asked my dad _____ 8. My cat likes to eat cat biscuits every day _____ 9. If you are coming to my party, what are you bringing _____ 10. My mom saw a gorilla and screamed, “Help _____ ”
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Main Idea Read the paragraph and underline the main idea.
1. The green frog sat on a rock in the pond. He was not moving. He was in between the green leaves, which made it hard for anyone to see him. A bug flew near him and he zipped out his tongue and ate it up. Then the green frog did not move again waiting for the next bug to fly by. The main idea in this paragraph is: a. Frogs are green. b. Frogs eat bugs. c. Frogs do not move. d. Frogs live in ponds. 2. Lucas kicked the ball with his right foot. His soccer team partner pushed it slowly on the grassy ground. He kicked the ball back to Lucas and Lucas kicked it so hard that the ball flew into the air. Up, up, up, it went. Then down, down, down, and straight into the goal basket. “Yes!” Lucas yelled. “Nothing’s better than the feeling of making a goal!” The main idea in this passage is: a. Lucas kicks a soccer ball. b. Lucas can kick. c. Lucas likes to play soccer. d. Lucas makes a goal.
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Reading Comprehension Read the following paragraph and answer the questions. You can go back and reread to find the correct answers.
Alonso’s team, Spain, was one goal short of winning the FIFA’s finals last year. The team felt bad losing. When the new season came, the team got excited all over again. They were sure they could bring home the World Cup this time. They practiced very hard for long hours and many days. Their hard work paid off when the team won the FIFA World Cup. Alonso scored the winning goal that granted them the championship! 1. What sport does Alonso play and what team does he represent?
a. Soccer, FIFA b. Soccer, Spain c. Football, FIFA d. Footbal, Spain
2. How did Alonso’s team feel when the new season started?
a. angry b. sad c. excited d. tired
3. Alonso’s team won the FIFA World Cup. How did they do it?
a. They got new players. b. They got a new coach. c. They played at a new place. d. They practiced very hard.
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