Pract 1
Pract 1
Pract 1
What Is a Sentence?
REMEMBER THE RULES
A sentence is a group of words.
A sentence tells a complete thought.
Sentence Not a Sentence
Dad has a van. has a van
At Home: Tell another statement about Pig and McGraw-Hill Language Arts
Hen. Explain where you would put the period in Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences,
4 the statement. page 9 5
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A sentence tells a complete thought.
Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
A statement tells something.
A statement ends with a period.
They shop for hats.
At Home: Tell a story about a zoo animal. Use McGraw-Hill Language Arts
statements, questions, and exclamations in Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences,
8 your story. page 15 5
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A statement tells something.
A question asks something.
An exclamation shows strong feeling.
All sentences end with an end mark. . ? !
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Pretend you are a bus driver and a family
Grade 1, Unit 1, Sentences, member is a passenger on your bus. Use questions
5 page 16 and exclamations as you speak to your passenger. 9
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Question words are words that can help you ask questions.
who what where
3. do they see?
4. is the cat?
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1. I go to the pond.
I see a frog.
1. I have a dog.
Nouns
REMEMBER THE RULES
A noun names a person, place, or thing.
The girl sees a bug.
noun noun
2. Where is my dog?
People
REMEMBER THE RULES
Nouns for special names begin
with a capital letter.
His name is Dan Bell.
1.
miss mendez
2. liz sand
3. tim frost
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4. chad moss
5. nan beck
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Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, At Home: Talk about how to write your name
5 pages 6162 and the names of people you know. 16
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1. tuesday Tuesday
2. Friday friday
4. thursday Thursday
5. Monday monday
At Home: Tell what day of the week is not McGraw-Hill Language Arts
mentioned on this page. Talk about what Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns,
17 you like to do on each day of the week. pages 6364 5
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february
1. march
january
2. may
july
3. december
april
october
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4.
august
5. november
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: With a family member, say the names
Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, of all the months of the year. Talk about what
5 pages 6566 you like to do each month. 18
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Capitalization
REMEMBER THE RULES
Special names begin with a capital letter.
The word I is capitalized.
1. It is october.
2. On saturday we rake.
5. He and i wave.
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
Nouns name people, places,
and things.
Special nouns that name people,
days, and months begin with a
capital letter.
Plural Nouns: -s
REMEMBER THE RULES
You can add s to make some nouns
name more than one.
The boys ride bikes.
boy + s bike + s
1. duck
2. girl
3. cat
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4. tree
5. frog
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At Home: Talk with someone about the pictures. Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns,
21 Use the words you wrote in your conversation. pages 6970 5
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Write the noun from the box that goes with each picture.
1.
2.
3.
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4.
5.
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Grade 1, Unit 2, Nouns, At Home: Use the words you wrote to tell
5 pages 7172 a sentence about each picture. 22
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mouse
2. mice
child
3. children
foot
4. feet
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woman
5. women
Abbreviations
REMEMBER THE RULES
Titles of people can be abbreviated, or shortened.
Begin each abbreviation with a capital letter.
End each abbreviation with a period.
Dr. Tang checks Mr. Bins cat.
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
You can add s or es to make some nouns name
more than one.
Some nouns that name more than one do not end in
s or es.
cups
2. We get three . cup
dishes
3. We get three . dish
lunch
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lunchboxes
5. Lets use our ! lunchbox
legs
Vocabulary: Nouns
1.
2.
3.
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4.
5.
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Tell a family member about your favorite
Grade 1, Unit 2, Vocabulary, thing about school and a girl and boy in your class.
5 pages 8586 Use school, girl, and boy in your sentences. 28
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Composition: Details
Dear Gram,
I can swim. I do the dog paddle.
Love,
Kris
2. We go __________.
there to the park
3. We see __________.
a bug something
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4. We like to __________.
do things swim
Features of a Description
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Play a guessing game with a family member.
Grade 1, Unit 2, Description, You say clues to describe something you can see.
5 page 94 Have the family member guess what it is. 29a
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Prewrite: A Description
Verbs
REMEMBER THE RULES
A verb is a word that shows action.
We make masks.
The word make is a verb. It tells what
someone is doing.
bake + s
bring
2. Jim the snacks to brings
his class skit.
taste
3. The snacks good. tastes
tell
4. Jim about the snacks. tells
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thank
5. Mrs. Wing Jim for thanks
the snacks.
help + ed
wants
1. I a new plane. wanted
hunted
2. Mom and I for a good one. hunts
looked
3. We all around. look
peeks
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jump
5. I up and down. jumped
Subject/Verb Agreement
sit sits
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A verb is a word that shows action.
We need dresses for the skit.
Add s to most verbs to show what one
person or thing does now.
Mom makes a red dress for me.
Add ed to most verbs to tell show what already happened.
I handed the pins to Mom.
look
2. She in boxes of dresses. looked
hem
3. Now Mom the dress. hems
fit
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like
5. We this red dress now. likes
5. We in a good skit.
At Home: Take a walk or look out a window with McGraw-Hill Language Arts
a family member. Tell about the people, places, Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs,
35 and things that you see. page 127128 5
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We arent late.
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Have a family member hide something, such as
Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs, a sock. Look for the hidden object and name the places
5 page 129130 you look. For example say, The sock isnt on the chair. 36
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was were
Apostrophes
REMEMBER THE RULES
An apostrophe () takes the place of letters that
are left out of words.
A contraction is a short form of two words.
Use an apostrophe in place of the o in not.
Nate was not a hen.
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
The verb is tells about one person, place, or thing now.
The verb are tells about more than one person, place,
or thing now.
The verb was tells about one person, place, or thing
in the past.
The verb were tells about more than one person, place,
or thing in the past.
A contraction is a short form of two words.
An apostrophe takes the place of letters that are
left out of a contraction.
One More Than One
Now is isnt are arent
In the past was wasnt were werent
Chuck wave.
Chuck waves.
5. I ________ tagged!
get gets
At Home: Tell someone about games you and McGraw-Hill Language Arts
your friends play. Use the word play or plays Grade 1, Unit 3, Verbs,
41 in your sentences. page 137 5
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Cat Hen
2. A is a pet.
Vocabulary: Verbs
5. We like to together.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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5.
3. We a picnic lunch.
Letter Punctuation
REMEMBER THE RULES
Use a comma in the date of a letter.
March 12, 2001
March 12, 2001
Use a comma after the Dear Aunt Dee,
greeting in a letter. Guess what! We have
a
Dear Aunt Dee, new kitten. We named
him Puff.
Please come and see
him!
Use a comma after the Love,
closing in a letter. Jade
Love,
1. May 1 2001
2. Dear Greg
5. Yours truly
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At Home: Write a letter to a friend or family member. Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs,
48 Tell about something that happened to you this week. page 189 5
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
The verb has tells about one.
The verb have can tell about one
or more than one.
The verbs has, have, go, and goes
tell about now.
The verb went tells about the past.
A contraction is a short form of two words.
do did
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: With your family, take turns naming
Grade 1, Unit 4, Verbs, foods and telling if you do or dont have each
5 pages 193194 kind of food in your kitchen. 51
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says said
Book Titles
REMEMBER THE RULES
The first word in a book title begins with a capital letter.
Other important words in a book title
also begin with capital letters.
Willy the Wonder Dog
3. bugs in jugs
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
The verbs do, does, see, sees, say, and says tell about now.
The verbs did, saw, and said tell about the past.
A contraction is a short form of two words.
Use an apostrophe to take the place of
letters that are left out of a contraction.
Do, Did
1. you know where Jeff is?
says, said
2. Becky now hes sick.
see, saw
3. I him this morning.
doesnt, didnt
4. He look sick then.
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see, saw
5. I his moms car now!
said
2. We , Stand still. sayed
doed
3. The skunk not see us. did
goed
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do
5. We not get sprayed. did
Park
Elm Street
Street name May Street
Place name School Playground Pond
Hill Street
Bank Bus Station
Vocabulary: Antonyms
At Home: Play the Antonym Game with a family McGraw-Hill Language Arts
member. Say a word and have the other person Grade 1, Unit 4, Vocabulary,
58 say the opposite of that word. pages 209210 5
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Composition: Paragraphs
5. My mom is a vet.
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: With a family member, replace the two
Grade 1, Unit 4, Composition, sentences that do not belong in the paragraph
5 pages 211212 with two new sentences that do belong. 59
Name Date Practice 59a
At Home: With a family member, talk about how McGraw-Hill Language Arts
you and that family member are alike and how Grade 1, Unit 4, Writing That
59a you are different. Compares, pages 219220 5
Name Date Practice 59b
Alike Different
1. 3.
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2. 4.
an orange.
At Home: With a family member, look over some McGraw-Hill Language Arts
writing you have already done. Talk about how Grade 1, Unit 4, Writing That
59c you could make it better. Compares, pages 227228 5
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Proofreading Marks
^ add
take out
Make a capital letter.
My Brothers
I have two brothers. they are Sam and Jake.
both
Sam is older than jake. They like to ride bikes.
^
Jake plays ball with me. Sam doesnt sam
likes hot dogs. Jake doesnt. my brothers are
both good brothers to me
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Adjectives
REMEMBER THE RULES
An adjective is a word that tells about a person, place,
or thing.
We sang a new song.
adjective
big
1. a drum fast
hot
2. a horn small
sad
3. a bell new
loud
4. a song tall
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good
5. a time one
muddy
1. Tip had spots on him. clean
cold
2. I gave Tip a bath. warm
dry
3. Tip was a dog! wet
soft
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salty
5. Then Tip had a smell. sweet
adjective
1. I like days!
2. A day is fun.
3. Is a day fun?
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4. It was a morning.
5. Now it is a day.
Color Words
REMEMBER THE RULES
Some adjectives are the names of colors.
adjective
At Home: Tell what your three favorite colors are. McGraw-Hill Language Arts
Use those color words to describe things you Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives,
63 have or would like to have. pages 259260 5
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McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Talk about end marks for sentences.
Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, Tell how to punctuate a statement, a question,
5 page 261 and an exclamation. 64
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
An adjective tells about a person, place, or thing
Some adjectives tell how things look, sound, smell,
taste, or feel.
Some adjectives tell about the weather.
Some adjectives name colors.
1. Is it a sunny day?
brave sad
smaller smallest
Commas
REMEMBER THE RULES
Use a comma between the day and the year of a date.
June 14, 2000
Use a comma after the greeting in a letter.
Dear Gramps,
Use a comma after the closing in a letter.
Your grandson,
Chad
2. Yours truly
4. Dear Liz
5. Your pal
Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
Some adjectives tell about a persons feelings.
Some adjectives tell how many.
Add er to compare two people, places, or things.
Add est to compare three or more people, places, or things.
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Talk about two or more favorite TV shows.
Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives, Compare how many characters there are in each
5 page 270 and how they look or feel. 70
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At Home: With a family member, add two sentences McGraw-Hill Language Arts
to the story. Use the correct forms of adjectives that Grade 1, Unit 5, Adjectives,
71 compare in your sentences. page 271 5
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Vocabulary: Synonyms
At Home: Draw and label three pictures that show happy/ McGraw-Hill Language Arts
glad, fast/quick, and street/road. Work with a family Grade 1, Unit 5, Vocabulary,
73 member to think of another synonym for each pair of words. pages 279280 5
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Features of a Story
1. Title:
Prewrite: A Story
1. My story is about .
2. Draw a picture of
your character.
3. Beginning
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4. Middle
5. End
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Tell your story to a family member. Then together
Grade 1, Unit 5, A Story, plan another story for your character. Talk about what will
5 pages 291292 happen at the beginning, middle, and end. 74b
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Revise: A Story
At Home: Tell a family member a story about something McGraw-Hill Language Arts
that happened at school today. Then talk about how you Grade 1, Unit 5, A Story,
74c can improve your story by adding describing words. pages 297298 5
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Proofread: A Story
Proofreading Marks
^ add
take out
Make a capital letter.
A Nice Surprise
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Read the story above with a family
Grade 1, Unit 5, A Story, member. Talk about why it was important to
5 pages 299300 fix the capital letters and the end marks. 74d
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Sentences Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.
A statement is a sentence that tells something.
A question is a sentence that asks something.
An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feeling.
Statement I will go swimming with Mom.
Question Do you want to go, too?
Exclamation Lets go!
. ? !
subject subject
Who What
predicate
The predicate can also tell what
the naming part is.
Dogs are fun.
predicate
Draw a line under the action parts that are the same.
Write the new combined sentence using and.
1. Carlos rode on the swings. Jed rode on the swings.
3. Jan saw the boys. I saw the boys. McGraw-Hill School Division
At Home: Tell a family member what you and McGraw-Hill Language Arts
a friend did together today. Use compound Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More
78 subjects in some of your sentences. About Sentences, page 329 4
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A sentence tells a complete thought.
Each sentence begins with a capital letter.
A statement tells something and ends with a period.
I need a gift for Mom.
A question asks something and ends with a question mark.
What will I get?
An exclamation shows strong feeling
and ends with an exclamation point.
Lets go shopping now!
Each sentence has a naming part and an action part.
That bag looks pretty.
Pronoun: They
REMEMBER THE RULES
They is a pronoun that takes the place of a plural noun.
Birds make nests.
They make nests.
They can also take the place of more than one noun.
Ducks and bluejays are birds.
They are birds.
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: With a family member list some words
Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More that can be replaced by the pronoun It. Do the
5 About Sentences, pages 333334 same for They. 81
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Pronouns: I, Me
REMEMBER THE RULES
I and me are pronouns.
Use I in the subject, or naming part, of a sentence.
I am seven years old today.
Use me in the predicate, or action part,
of a sentence.
Grandma sent me a card.
1. like my card.
Pronouns: We, Us
REMEMBER THE RULES
We and us are pronouns. Use we and us to tell about
other people and yourself.
Use we in the naming part of a sentence.
Sam and I play soccer.
We play soccer.
Use us in the action part of a sentence.
Mr. Fine put Sam and me on the same team.
Mr. Fine put us on the same team.
At Home: Tell a family member about two things you McGraw-Hill Language Arts
or a friend did in a race. Use and to combine the Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More
84 action parts in a sentence. About Sentences, page 339 4
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Mixed Review
REMEMBER THE RULES
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
He takes the place of a noun that names a boy or a man.
Jon wants to play. He wants to play.
She takes the place of a noun that names
a girl or a woman.
That girl has the ball. She has the ball.
It takes the place of a noun that names a thing.
The ball is red. It is big.
They is a pronoun that takes the place of a plural noun
or more than one noun.
Jon and Pat take the ball. They take the ball.
Use I and we in the naming part of a sentence.
I get the ball. We can play now.
Use me and us in the action part of a sentence.
Jon picks me. Jon wants us to win.
I me
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1. dog Volume
2. corn Volume
3. tree Volume
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4. soccer Volume
5. apple Volume
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Talk with someone about what other topics
Grade 1, Unit 6, Pronouns and More you might find in this set of encyclopedias, and tell
5 About Sentences, pages 347348 where you would look. 87
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Vocabulary: Homonyms
1. Main Idea
2. Time-Order Word
3. Time-Order Word
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At Home: Tell a family member what you learned about McGraw-Hill Language Arts
parakeets from reading the report. Then talk about Grade 1, Unit 6, Expository
89a other facts you know or want to know about parakeets. Writing, pages 359360 4
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1. My animal is a .
2. I know .
3. I want to learn .
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4. I want to learn .
5. I want to learn .
McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Talk with a family member about your
Grade 1, Unit 6, Expository animal. Discuss how you could find the answers
5 Writing, pages 361362 to your questions. 89b
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At Home: Tell a family member what you know about McGraw-Hill Language Arts
helping the earth. Then talk about how you can learn Grade 1, Unit 6, Expository
89c more facts and information about this topic. Writing, pages 367368 5
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Proofreading Marks
^ add
take out
Make a capital letter.
Read this report. Add capital letters and end marks where
they belong. Add a comma in the second sentence.
A. Use the proofreading marks from the box. Mark
five mistakes. Use a ^ to show where the comma
and the end marks go.
Rainbows
Rainbows are pretty They show orange yellow,
and green. you see rainbows in the sky. the
sun must be in back of you. It has to be raining
someplace else. Then the sun shines through the
rain. it lights up the raindrops. No two people see
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McGraw-Hill Language Arts At Home: Read the report above with a family
Grade 1, Unit 6, Expository member. Talk about why it was important to
5 Writing, pages 369370 write the correct punctuation marks. 89d