The language arts lessons below have been selected from the resources of Teacher Created Materials. (Click on the advertisement above for a complete catalog of TCM teacher-ready activities.) Click on a work sheet headline below for a complete teaching resource; the skill listed in parentheses next to the lesson headline indicates the primary skill addressed within that work sheet. Answer keys are provided below for lessons that require them.
Sequencing Sentences (sequencing) ANSWERS: (Page 59) Julie was walking to school.
There were clouds in the sky. It started to rain. Julie ran to school. Jake plays
baseball. Jake is a good hitter. He hit two home runs. His team won. (Page 60)
First letter: When I woke up this morning my mom said we were going shopping.
Second letter: After the boat trip, we went to the zoo. Third letter: Let's go
there after breakfast. (Page 61) Letters will vary. Accept any logical sequence.
Adjectives (parts of speech) ANSWERS: (Page 50) a. yellow, b. fat, c. green,
d. round, e. red, f. soft, g. strong, h. wild, i. funny, j. black. (Page 51) underlined
noun/circled adjectives. a. grass/the, green. b. flowers/the, red. c. horse/the,
black. d. house/the, brown. e. pond/the, blue. f. ducks/the, yellow.
Prepositional Phrases (grammar) ANSWERS: (Page 104) 1. a. blind. b. bald. c. now.
d. quickly. e. carefully. f. hilly. 2. a. inside the house/outside the house.
b. in the front/at the back. c. in the morning/at night. d. down the steps/up
the stairs. e. in a polite way/in a rude manner. f. above the ground/beneath the
soil. (Page 105) 1. a. in the cage. b. with long, black hair. c. before dinner.
d. across the sky. e. at the supermarket. f. into the pool. 2. a. into its burrow.
b. up the tree. c. before sunrise. d. along the road. e. under the tree. f. with
sunglasses. (Page 106) 1. a. when. b. where. c. how. d. where. e. when. f. where.
2. (Answers will vary.)
Root Words (prefixes; suffixes) ANSWERS: 1. a. door. b. wash. c. agree. d. wake.
e. finish. f. joy. 2. a. unbolted. b. disappeared. c. telephoned. d. untruthful.
e. unclaimed .f. rebuilding.
Main
Idea (reading comprehension) ANSWERS:
(Page 17) Exercise C. 1. C.
Using a Thesaurus (synonyms; antonyms) ANSWERS: (Page 104) Exercise A. 1. road. 2. noun.
3. This road leads straight into downtown. 4. alley, boulevard, highway, street,
trail, and turnpike. 5. avenue, lane, etc. (Page 105) Exercise B. 1. path. 2.
alley. 3. highway. 4. Boulevard. 5. street. Exercise C. 1. train. 2. coach. 3.
tutor. 4. demonstrate. 5. instruct.
Conjunctions
(parts of speech; grammar) ANSWERS:
(Page 83) 1. a. until. b. when. c. because. d. if. e. and. f. unless.2.
(Answers will vary.) (Page 84) Answers will vary.
Twin Words (familiar expressions) ANSWERS: 1.a. heels. b. down. c. thin. d. never.
e. sound. f. there. g. less. h. square. 2.a. nail. b. round. c. span. d. take.
e. low. f. neck. g. furious. h. again. 3.a. chips. b. butter. c. pepper. d. cold.
e. fork. f. sound.
Synonyms (word meaning; vocabulary) ANSWERS: 2. Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. 3. Goldilocks
and the Three Bears. 4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 5. Hey Diddle, Diddle,
the Cat and the Fiddle. 6. Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat. 7. Old Mother Hubbard.
8. Sleeping Beauty. 9. Three Blind Mice. 10. Little Bo Peep. 11. upon-on. 12.
locate-find. 13. vivacious-lively. 14. swindle-deceive. 15. prudent-careful. Answers
for 11-15 may vary.
Punctuation (writing titles) ANSWERS: Note: Underlining may be substituted for
italics. 1. The Wall Street Journal. 2. The Secret Garden. 3. "The Ransom of Red
Chief." 4. "Man in the Moon." 5. Indian Princess. 6. "Ancestors." 7. Sports Illustrated,
Good Housekeeping. 8. Porgy and Bess.
Context Clues (using context) ANSWERS: Exercise C. 1. c. 2. good things that happen
when an animal does what it is supposed to. 3. something unpleasant that follows
a wrong move.
Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement (grammar)
ANSWERS:
1.his or her. 2. their. 3. her. 4. her. 5 his or her. 6. his. 7. their. 8. his
or her. 9 their. 10. his. 11. his or her. 12. his or her. 13. their. 14. her .
15. his or her.
Clauses (grammar -- main clause; subordinate clauses) ANSWERS: (Page 101) 1. subordinate. a. that I read
yesterday? b. who was arrested by the police. c. where the railroad station was.
d. if we get any hail. e. when the snow begins to fall. f. because her uncle has
arrived. g. whose dog bit the policeman. h. which has yellow blossoms on it. 2.
main/subordinate. a. The student was punished/who stayed away from school. b.
The lady spoke to the teachers/who is in charge of the school. c. I broke the
bottle/that had juice in it. d. The farm belongs to my uncle/where the grapes
are grown. e. The shed was burned to the ground/that houses the equipment. f.
The cupboard is made of mahogany/that is used to store glasses. g. The food is
in the refrigerator/that is fit to be eaten. h. We visited the place/where stone
is mined. (Page 102) 1. a. that killed the sheep. b. which began on Easter Day
c. which was planted in spring. d. whose father is from Paris. e. that likes to
chase its tail. f. which is in the museum. 2. Answers will vary. 3. Answers will
vary.
Complex Sentences (grammar -- subordinate conjunctions; adverb clauses) ANSWERS: 1. *Although* he was tired, mad, and hungry.
2. None. 3. *even though* he does not have a job. 4. *When* he found out that
the price for the buffet did not include a soft drink. 5. *When* Luke made homemade
ice cream. 6. *Since* there are 85 billion different possibilities for the first
four moves of a chess game. 7. *If* you add kiwi fruit to gelatin. 8. *When* he
began using his phone book to call random numbers.
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