["Which Word? Directions: Read the story. Then answer each question My little brother Jack with a blue word from loves school so much that one the story. We did day he was the first one there! the first one \u201cMay I come in now and get to for you. work?\u201d he asked his teacher. \u201cBut Jack, school is not open yet,\u201d she said. \u201cYou are here before all the other kids. Soon the other children will be here. After that, it will be time for school to start. Then we will all get to work!\u201d The next day, the school was closed 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. when Jack got there. Was he the first one there? No, he was the only one there. It was Saturday! 1 Which blue word sounds the 4 Which blue word means at this same as the word hear and time and rhymes with cow? means in this place? ___________________________ here_________________________ 5 Which two blue words are opposites? (Hint: One starts with 2 Which blue word means the a and the other starts with b.) opposite of closed? ___________________________ _________________________ ___________________________ 3 Which blue word sounds the 6 Which blue word starts with same as their and means in t and rhymes with when? that place? ___________________________ _________________________ 19 GROUP SIX","What\u2019s the Question? Directions: Word Box Use the words in the who when why Word Box to write the what where how question that each 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. ?sentence answers. ?We did the first ? ???oneforyou. 1 Answer: The soccer game is 4 Answer: School closed because after school on Monday. it snowed. Question:_W___h_e__n__i_s__t_h__e_____ Question:____________________ _s_o__c__c__e_r__g__a__m_e______________? ______________________________? 2 Answer: That is my friend Sam. 5 Answer: The books are here. Question:____________________ Question:____________________ ______________________________? ______________________________? 3 Answer: My last name is Brown. 6 Answer: The dog reached the Question:____________________ cookies by jumping on the table. ______________________________? Question:____________________ ______________________________? GROUP 20 SIX","Sort It Out! Directions: Write each word in the Word Box Word Box under the after sister now there question it can help children before school us answer. We did the first here men soon one for you. Where? (place words) Who? 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. (people words) sister When? (time words) 21 GROUP SIX","The Terrible Tooth Fairy Directions: Word Box This memo to the wide into end Queen Tooth Fairy is quiet over early missing some words! more story fell Find them in the Word Box and write them in the correct spaces. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. To: Queen Tooth Fairy From: Complaint Department We have had many complaints about Tooth Fairy Number 324, also known as Doris. Last Saturday she got to work too _____________ , before the boy was asleep. When she flew_____________ the top of his head, he jumped out of bed and chased her with a can of bug spray. And that\u2019s not the _______________ of the _______________. She also broke Tooth Fairy Rule #1: Be _______________! Last week, she took a nap in a kid\u2019s doll house and _______________ off the little bed. The girl woke up and started to cry. When Doris flew away, she left the doll house door _______________ open. We cannot let Doris get _______________ any _______________ trouble. Please find her a new job. I hear the Easter Bunny needs help this year. Thank you. GROUP 22 SEVEN","The Four Seasons Directions: 1 l Word Box Write the name of each season where it belongs e summer spring in the puzzle below. For a winter fall each one, we\u2019ve given v e2 you a word and a s n ow picture as clues. 3 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. rob i ns Now try this! 4 The four seasons grass have their letters all mixed up! Can you GROUP unscramble them? SEVEN lafl ____________________ gripns _________________ etnriw _________________ rmesum _______________ 23","True or False? ? ?Start Directions: The opposite of To complete the maze, early is late. pass only through the boxes containing true statements. The correct path takes you through seven boxes. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. The Another Another opposite ofword for word for quiet is ?more is less. ?early is late. silent. The Another The word for opposite ? ?opposite story is of quiet is of over is tale. silent. Another Another The word for word for opposite more is story is of under is under. less. poem. beneath. The Another Another The The opposite word for word for opposite opposite of over is over is end is of wide of end is is fat. ?above. above. finish. finish. GROUP Finish! ? SEVEN 24","better fell please cold funny purple drank help read every our said Word Cards for Name That Word! game. See page 29.","slept them who some third wide spring Wednesday winter thank what women Word Cards for Name That Word! game. See page 29.","Name That Word! Board Game 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. What You Need to Play \u2022 The game board on pages 28\u201329 of this book \u2022 Word Cards (cut from two pages, beginning on page 25 of this book) \u2022 Two players \u2022 A game piece for each player (like a coin or a button) \u2022 One die How to Play \u2022 Place all the Word Cards facedown in a pile. \u2022 Roll the die. Move your piece the number of dots on the die. \u2022 If you land on a pink circle, say a word that rhymes with the word in the circle. \u2022 If you land on \u201cPick a Card,\u201d your partner picks a Word Card and reads the word on the card out loud. You have to spell it. If you spell the word correctly, move ahead one space. After you follow the directions on that space, it is your partner\u2019s turn. \u2022 If you land on any other circle, follow the directions. \u2022 The first person to reach Finish wins! Now Try This! You can use your Word Cards without the game board to play other games, like Memory: \u2022 Combine 12 of your cards with the same 12 of a friend\u2019s cards. (Use either all of your green cards or all of your orange cards.) Mix them up. \u2022 Spread all the cards facedown. The cards should not overlap. \u2022 Pick a card and turn it over. Now pick another card and turn it over. If the two words match, take both cards and keep them. Go again until you turn over two cards that do not match. \u2022 The other player does the same. \u2022 The game is over when there are no cards left. The player with the most cards wins! 29","Name That W Start Say a word best that means Pick a all the opposite card. Pick a of large. card. soon Say the 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. name of the Pick a Say the word day of the week card. that rhymes with that comes after ring and means Say a word what one might Saturday. that means the opposite of long. do to a song. drink now man Go Go Pick a ahead one card. back one space. space. Say a word make that means the opposite of quiet. more Spell a word school that sounds Spell the word the same as their Go that sounds the but means \u201cin ahead one same as hear but that place.\u201d means \u201cat this Pick a space. card. place.\u201d","Word! Board Game (See page 29 for how to play.) Say a word Say the question for the season word that asks none that comes after took summer. about time. Say a word Say the word town Pick a that means that rhymes with card. the opposite glory and means Go back one of after. a tale. space. Say a word Pick a 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. that means card. say Say the word the opposite that rhymes with who Pick a wild and means a of early. card. young person. Say the word white Pick a Say a word that rhymes card. that means the with task and same as small. means \u201cto say a Say the word where question.\u201d that starts with f Pick a and means \u201cnot why very many.\u201d card. 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Contents always; 4. its; 5. may; 6. year; 7. right p. 14:Dear Educator, ANSWER KEY p. 4: 2. write; 3. tell; 4. wrote; month; always; never; must; light; just; Cheer him 5. believe; 6. could, should p. 5: would; these; 3 ...My 100 Words to Read up p. 15: 1. b; 2. r. 3. e; 4. a; 5. t; 6. h; Your breathTeachers know and experts agree that the only way for children tothose; believes; could; enough; know; answer; p. 16: 2. call; 3. full; 4. away; 5. upon; 6. pullmaster sight words\u2014those high frequency, often non-decodablethe sidewalk p. 6: 2. know; 3. answers; 4. would; Group 1 p. 17: 1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. c; 5. a p. 18: Action: call,words essential to reading fluency\u2014is through practice. With 1005. believe; 6. writing; 7. tell; 8. enough p. 7: find, put, pull; Direction: away, below, upon,Words Kids Need to Read, we are pleased to offer a tool to help2. walk; 3. bought; 4. bring; 5. draw; 6. hold; 7. 4...Which Word? around, behind, above p. 19: 1. word; 3. clean;provide that practice in an engaging, effective format. talk; 8. drew p. 8: 2. held; 3. talk; 4. think; 5. buy; 5...Jack\u2019s Shoes 4. warm; 5. ready; 2. own; 3. carry; 6. again p. 6. laugh; 7. hurt p. 9: 1. Lilly drew a picture. 6 ...Dogs Can\u2019t Spell! 20: Answers will vary. p. 21: 2. clean; 3. owns;We created the three books in this series\u2014for first, second, and2. Sam held his nose. 3. Jake thought hard. 4. 4. ready; 5. carried; 6. about; 7. middle; 8. surethird graders\u2014with the guidance of literacy experts and classroomSam wrote a letter. 5. Jake laughed at Sam\u2019s Group 2 p. 22: Neither; been; several; yesterday; Today;teachers. Broken down into manageable groups, words are joke. 6. Jake bought some candy. 7. Lilly brought either; different; tomorrow. Now try this!introduced in context and reinforced through inviting puzzles andPete to school. 8. Lilly and Pete walked home. 7 ...Find the Word different, either, neither, several, today; together,games. Each sequence of activities is carefully designed to touch on9. My head hurts. p. 10: 5. because; 6. through; 8...Match It! tomorrow, yesterday p. 23: 1. Another word forreading, writing, and usage, taking children beyond mere 7. around; 1. far; 2. below; 4. very; 5. behind 9 ...A-maze-ing Verbs trouble is difficulty. 2. The opposite of beautifulvisual recognition of sight words to genuine mastery. p. 11: 1. A bird flew with a worm in her mouth. is ugly. 3. Another word for beautiful is pretty. 2. I saw her fly into her nest. 3. She fed her Group 3 4. Frighten means the same as scare. 5. To learn,The journey through these skill-building pages will help youngbabies so they would grow. 4. When they were one must study or practice. 6. Straight rhymesreaders make the successful transition from learning to read todone, she got more food. 5. A mother bird does 10...Pedal Puzzle with eight. 7. In this story, straight meansreading to learn. Along the way, they will also receive excellenta lot of work! 6. I began going to see them every 11 ...A-maze-ing Birds directly. p. 24: 1. trouble; 2. been; 3. together;preparation for standardized tests. Enjoy the trip! day. 7. The babies grew and flew away. p. 12: 12...Herman the Class 4. learn; 5. several; 6. different; 7. beautiful; because; going; through; around; grew; above; 8. tomorrow; 9. today David Goddy behind; done; flew; does p. 13: 2. start; 3. Dragon VP, Publisher Group 4 Editor: Kaaren Sorensen Art Directors: Deborah Dinger, Joan Michael, Beth Benzaquin Editorial 13 ...Which Word? Consultants: Wiley Blevins, Mary C. Rose, Sue Sxczepanski Writers: Spencer Kayden, Jessica B. Levine 14...My Blue Monster Copy Editors: L.C. Israel, Bryan Brown \u2022Magazine Group: VP, Publisher: David Goddy\u2022VP, Editor in 15...Mystery Letter Chief: Rebecca Bondor\u2022Associate Editorial Director: Alyse Sweeney\u2022Design Director: Judith Christ-Lafond\u2022 Production Director: Barbara Schwartz\u2022Executive Director of Photography: Steven Diamond\u2022Publishing Group 5 System Director: David Hendrickson\u2022Manager, Digital Imaging Group: Marc Stern\u2022Director of Library Service: Bert Schacter\u2022Library Manager: Maggie Stevaralgia\u2022VP, Marketing: Jocelyn Forman\u2022Scholastic 16 ...Find the Word Education: President: Margery Mayer\u2022Group VP Marketing: Greg Worrell\u2022 Director, Customer Service 17 ...Lost and Found Technical Support: Karine Apollon-Mowatt\u2022Associate Director of Customer Service: Pat Drayton 18...Sort It Out! To order more issues or for customer service: 1- 800-SCHOLASTIC Copyright \u00a9 2001 by Scholastic \u2022 All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic, Inc \u2022 Scholastic and Group 6 associated logos are trademarked and\/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, 19 ...Puzzle It Out! electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. 20...Loony Lunch Time For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 21...Bugs\u2019s Big Day Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Group 7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publications Data available ISBN 0-439-39931-9 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 00 01 02 03 04 Printed in the USA. First printing X 22...A Winning Story 23...A Monstrous Maze 2 24...Aliens Can\u2019t Spell! Name That Word! Game 25...Word Cards 27...How to Play 28...Game Board","My 100 Words to Read Group 1 Group 2 answer know told bought drew talk believe should would bring held think could tell write brought hold thought enough these wrote buy hurt walk knew those draw laugh Group 3 Group 4 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. above does going always light once around done grew it\u2019s may right because far grow its month start behind flew through just must wrong below fly very left never year Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 away only about own beautiful several call pull again ready been straight find put carry sure different today found round city though either together full shall clean warm frighten tomorrow kind too live which learn trouble much upon middle word neither yesterday 3","Which Word? Directions: Read the story. Then answer each question with a blue word from the story. We did the first one for you. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. \u201cYou won\u2019t believe \u201cI told you I don\u2019t what I\u2019m going to tell like to hear gossip.\u201d you about William.\u201d 12 \u201cWell, if I wrote it down then you \u201cEven if you write could read it instead of hearing it.\u201d it, it\u2019s still gossip.\u201d 3 \u201cI knew that. Maybe I should just keep it to myself.\u201d 4 5 1 Which blue word is a homophone (a word that sounds knewthe same, but has a different meaning) of the word new? __________________ 2 Which blue word is a homophone of the word right? ______________________ 3 Which blue word is the present tense of the verb told? ____________________ 4 Which blue word is the past tense of the verb write? ______________________ 5 Which blue word comes between apple and car in the dictionary? _____________________ 6 Which two blue words rhyme? ___________________ ____________________ GROUP 4 ONE","Jack\u2019s Shoes Directions: Jack ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ like new sneakers. Use the words in the 1 Word Box to complete the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ are 2 story. Then follow the his old sneakers. directions to solve the riddle below. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ are the 3 4 ones he wants. Every time Jack goes up the hill with Jill, he falls 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. down and breaks his crown. He ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ the 5 problem is his shoes. Jack told me if he had a good pair, he ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ get to the top without falling. 6 Are new shoes ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ to help Jack? I don\u2019t 7 ___ ___ ___ ___ the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. But it could be that Jack is 8 9 10 just clumsy! know Word Box believes Those could would These enough answer Now try this! To solve the riddle, look for the numbers below some of your answers in the story. Then fill in the matching letters below. What wears shoes but has no feet? ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____! 237 4 5 1 7 10 9 6 8 5 GGRROOUUPP TOWNOE","100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Directions: Dogs Can\u2019t Spell! Molly the Mutt has From the desk of Molly the Mutt something to tell your teacher, but she can\u2019t spell very well. Can Dear Teacher, you help? Find and circle eight The first thing I shood say is that I\u2019m misspelled words in the letter. sorry. Sort of. Then write them correctly Let me explain. I no there are times on the lines. We did the when a student comes to class without his or first one for you. her homework. You ask where it is, and the student ansers, \u201cThe dog ate it!\u201d 1. _s__h__o__u__l_d____________ \u201cWho wuold beleive such a story?\u201d you 2. ______________________ say. \u201cPlease tell the truth.\u201d 3. ______________________ Well, I\u2019m righting this letter to tel you it\u2019s all true. I, Molly the Mutt, eat homework. 4. ______________________ Lots of it. I go from house to house, from state to state, gobbling homework. 5. ______________________ It all started when I was just a puppy. 6. ______________________ That\u2019s when I tasted my first book report on Green Eggs and Ham. Delicious! Now, I\u2019ll eat 7. ______________________ anything I can get my paws on. I like stories, spelling tests, even math workbooks. I can\u2019t 8. ______________________ get enuff! So the next time a student shows up with a scrap of paper covered in slobber, think of me. Yours truly, Molly the Mutt GROUP 6 ONE","Find the Word Directions: thought1 Have you _______________ about what you\u2019d Complete the sentences below with words from the like for your birthday? Word Box. Then find the words in the puzzle. Words 2 Hannah likes to _______________ home from school. may go across, down, or diagonally. We did the first one for you. 3 Last Friday, I ________________ a new notebook. 4 Today I will ________________ the notebook to school with me. 5 Ruthie and Carlos like to _______________ pictures of aliens. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. 6 May I ______________ your hand if I get scared during the movie? 7 Sometimes we _______________ too loudly in the library. 8 Tanya used colored pencils when she _______________that picture. B T BR I NGT Word DH EWE QH S Box RO J OAGXK AUOQUR L B bought drew WG H O E A D P bring draw D H B OWM R F thought walk P TVK L L EM hold talk T A L K S DW F GROUP 7 TWO","Match It! 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Directions: A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word. Read the story. Then find the synonym for each blue word in the Word Box. We did the first one for you. Word Box think laugh talk brought held buy hurt Justin took his pet pig, 1 took __b___r_o___u_g__h__t____ Hoggy, to school. He cradled 2 cradled Hoggy in his lap during class. 3 speak __________________ Every time Ms. Lawrence 4 suppose __________________ started to speak, Hoggy started 5 purchase __________________ to oink! Ms. Lawrence didn\u2019t 6 giggle __________________ suppose it was such a good idea 7 ached __________________ to have a pig at school. So __________________ Denise asked if she could purchase a rooster for the classroom instead. We all started to giggle. Ms. Lawrence laughed so hard her stomach ached! GROUP 8 TWO","A-maze-ing Verbs Directions: To complete the maze, Sta r t pass only through the correct sentences. An incorrect sentence is like a wall in the maze: You cannot pass through it. The correct path takes you through nine boxes. Lilly drew a picture. Jake and Sam 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Sam held Lilly draw buys candy. his nose. a picture. I talks Jake a lot. and Sam Lilly writes thinked stories. Jake Sam wrote Sam was Lilly thought a letter. nice. brought Pete to hard. Jake bought school. some candy. Yesterday, Lilly bring Lilly and Pete to school. Jake Pete walked laughed home. at Sam\u2019s joke. Sam Finish My head hurts. hurted his toe. 9 GROUP TWO","Directions: Pedal Puzzle Use the words in the Word Box to complete the Word Box sentences below. Then write above behind because the words in the correct spaces in the puzzle. We below far very did the first one around through for you. Across Down 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. 3. When I ride my bike, the street is 1. The distance from my house to my under my tires and the sky is friend\u2019s isn\u2019t ______________. 22. As I pedal, I can see the ground _a___b__o__v__e__ my head. 55. I have to put air in my tires move ______________ my feet. ______________ they are flat. 44. Our neighborhood is a ____________ 66. When you pump up your tires, interesting place to explore. make sure the air is coming 55. I ride in front and my friend rides ____________ the hose. ______________ me. 77. We like to ride our bikes ___________ in bigger and bigger circles. 12 3a b o 4v e 5 6 7 GROUP 10 THREE","Directions: A maze-ing Birds To complete the maze, pass only through the correct sentences. An incorrect sentence is like a wall in the maze. The right path goes through seven boxes. When they She feeds her She fed her were done, she babies worms so babies so they got more food. would grow. they grows. A mother When they bird does a lot was done, she got of work! more food. A mother bird I began A mother 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. do a lot of work! going to see them bird fly with a every day. worm. I saw her flew A bird flew I saw her fly into her nest. with a worm in into her nest. She fed her her mouth. The mother babies so they bird done a lot of growed. work! I goed to The babies see the birds grew and flew every day. away. The babies The babies growed and flew grew and flyed away. away. 11 GROUP THREE","Herman the Class Dragon Directions: Use the words from the Word Box to complete the story below. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Word Box around flew behind grew because going done through does above Our teacher returned from vacation with a very small dragon. We named him Herman __________________ when we said \u201cHerman\u201d he flared his nostrils 1 and looked like he was __________________ to smile. We kept him in a big tank. 2 That way, we could look __________________ the glass and watch him sleep or 3 reach his head __________________ his body to lick his wings clean. 4 As Herman got bigger, his wings also __________________. One of our class 5 jobs was lifting Herman high __________________ our heads so that he could 6 practice flapping his wings. We would have one kid supporting his front and another __________________ him. Afterward, we would pet Herman\u2019s scales and 7 tell him he had __________________ a good job. Practicing seemed to tire him out. 8 That is until last Monday, when Herman __________________ up and 9 perched on top of the highest bookshelf. He gave us a toothy smile the way he sometimes __________________ and flapped his wings proudly. 10 GROUP 12 THREE","Which Word? Directions: Alisha always gets new sneakers Read the story. at the start of the school year. Then answer each question with a blue word Today, Alisha picks up a sneaker from the story. We did that is blue with green stripes on its the first one for you. side. It\u2019s perfect. She asks, \u201cMay I try this on?\u201d 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. A man checks the size of her right foot and then her left. Then he brings her the shoes. But when she puts them on, her feet hurt. \u201cThese don\u2019t fit,\u201d she says. That\u2019s when she sees that they are on the wrong feet! it\u2019s1 Which blue word is a contraction of it is? __________________________________ 2 Which blue word means the same as beginning? ____________________________ 3 Which blue word means the opposite of never? ____________________________ 4 Which blue word is a homophone for it\u2019s and means \u201cbelonging to it\u201d? __________________________ 5 Which blue word has the same spelling as a month of the year and means \u201cto allow\u201d? __________________________ 6 Which blue word has one syllable and means \u201c12 months\u201d? _________________ 7 Which blue word means the opposite of both left and wrong? ______________ 13 GROUP FOUR","My Blue Monster Directions: Use the words in the Word Box to complete the story. Then solve the riddle at the bottom of the page. We did the first one for you. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. always Word Box once just light must month never I have a blue monster in my closet. About o__ _n_ _c_ _e_ a 1 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ I move all the coats and shoes and go in for a visit. 2 He\u2019s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a little cranky at first. \u201cIt\u2019s bad enough,\u201d he growls, \u201cthat you almost ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ come to see me, but 34 when you do, ___ ___ ___ ___ you let in all that ___ ___ ___ ___ ___?\u201d 56 But then we play cards or a game of Clue and he cheers right up. Then I say goodbye for another month or so. He ___ ___ ___ ___ 7 growls and says, \u201cMake sure you leave it good and dark when you go.\u201d But I know he\u2019ll miss me. Now try this! Look for the numbers beneath some of the letters in your answers above. Then fill in the matching letters to solve the riddle below. What do you do with a blue monster? ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ p! 1 2 33 4 2 6 5 7 GROUP 14 FOUR","Mystery Letter Directions: In each set of words, the same letter is missing. Can find the mystery letter in each set? The letters you need are in the Letter Box. Letter Box 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. 1 _____ elow 5 i _____ s t _____ ecause jus ______ e _____ ehind mus _____ h The mystery letter is _____ The mystery letter is _____ r b 2 yea ______ 6 lig ______ t a sta _____t rig ______ t w _____ong mont _____ The mystery letter is _____ The mystery letter is _____ 3 onc _____ Now try this! n _____ ver l _____ft To answer the riddle below, fill in the six The mystery letter is _____ mystery letters in the order they appear above. _____ lways 4 m _____ y What can you hold without using your hands? w _____ lk The mystery letter is _____ Your ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___! 123456 GROUP 15 FOUR","Directions: Find the Word Complete the sentences 1 I chose a pumpkin that had no bumps and was below with words from the Word Box. Then find each roundperfectly ________________. word in the puzzle. Words 2 Sarah had a question about her homework, so may go across, down, she picked up the phone to ________________ or diagonally. We did the Tanisha. first one for you. 3 After Juan ate the hot fudge sundae, his stomach felt very ________________. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. 4 When my mom went _______________ on a trip, she sent me postcards. 5 Miko\u2019s cat likes to sit _______________ her lap while Miko reads. 6 Sam had to ________________ on his dog\u2019s leash to keep him away from the hornet\u2019s nest. ARHLU I Word Box DWL U P P I AADOU away round C E F YNL pull full ROUND L call upon PUFUL L GROUP 16 FIVE","Lost and Found Directions: Read the story. Then fill in the bubble next to the best answer to each question below. One day Alisha\u2019s little brother found three 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. dollars. \u201cLook!\u201d he said. \u201cNow I can buy a pony!\u201d \u201cI think a pony will cost too much,\u201d Alisha said. \u201cShall I help you find something to spend it on?\u201d \u201cOkay,\u201d he said. He put the money in his pocket. \u201cIce cream might be a good thing to spend it on,\u201d said Alisha. \u201cWhat kind do you want?\u201d \u201cI only like one kind. Chocolate,\u201d said her brother. \u201cI think chocolate is the best kind, too,\u201d said Alisha. 1 When Alisha says a pony will cost 3 The opposite of found is too much, she means: q a. kept. q a. Three dollars is more than q b. forgot. q c. lost. enough money to buy a pony. 4 Which word means the same q b. A pony costs a lot more than as kind in this story? three dollars. q a. nice q b. child q c. If her brother had found q c. type five dollars, he could buy a 5 In the dictionary, the word pony. only appears 2 q a. between lonely and quiet. When Alisha says,\u201cI think q b. after the word totally. chocolate is the best kind, too,\u201d q c. before the word night. the word too means q a. also. q b. two. q c. not at all. 17 GROUP FIVE","Directions: Sort It Out! Put each word from Word Box the Word Box in the circle where it belongs. We did found find behind away upon pull the first one for you. call put above below around 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Action Words found Direction Words Now try this! Write a sentence using as many words from the Word Box as you can. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ How many words from the Word Box did you use? ________________________________ GROUP 18 FIVE","Puzzle It Out! Directions: Use the words in the Word Box to complete the sentences below. Then write Across the words in the correct spaces in the puzzle. 1 My name was the first Down ______________ that I learned to spell. 3 Sam washed the dishes so they were 2 Will you share 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. sparkling _______________. my popcorn, or do you want your______________? 4 The weather today is _______________ but not hot. 3 She has to _______________ the baby because he\u2019s too little to walk. 5 At the end of second grade, our teacher said we were _______________ 6 We had burgers for dinner last for third. night, and we\u2019re having them ________________ tonight. Word Box 12 carry warm 3 own clean again word 4 ready 56 19 GROUP SIX","Loony Lunch Time Directions: Don\u2019t read this story yet! First, find a partner. One of you will read aloud the words under the lines at left and write down what the other says. Then put those words in the story and read it out loud. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc.1 ______________________ PAULETTE BOGAN VIA SODAfamous person 2 ______________________ adjective 3 ______________________ Lunch time at ____________ Elementary sure verb ending in \u2013ing can get ____________1 . When the bell rings in 4 ______________________ 2 adjective the middle of the day, kids start ____________ toward the cafeteria. But I have to say3, the 5 ______________________ food is usually ____________ . noun I\u2019m not sure which d4ish they serve most often. 6 ______________________ It\u2019s probably fried ____________ or macaroni noun (plural) 5 and ____________ . 7 ______________________ animal I should w6arn you, though. There is a rumor ______________________ going around about the ____________ soup. two-digit number 8 People say it was made in 19 __7__________ . How ____________ ! 8 9 ______________________ Next time y9ou\u2019re in the city where I live, come adjective on by and I\u2019ll treat you to lunch! GROUP 20 SIX","Bugs\u2019s Big Day Directions: A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word. Read the story. Then find the synonym for each blue word in the Word Box. We did the first one for you. Word Box 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. about carried clean lives middle owns ready sure My pet rabbit, Bugs, dwells in a 1 dwells ______l_i_v_e__s_______ cage in my backyard. I keep his cage spotless. I feed him and pet 2 spotless __________________ him. When my teacher said anyone who possesses a pet could 3 possesses __________________ bring it in for Class Pet Day, I was prepared! I toted Bugs\u2019s cage all 4 prepared __________________ the way to school on a city bus. It took around an hour but it was 5 toted __________________ worth it. I put Bugs in the center of the room and everyone took 6 around __________________ turns petting him. I\u2019m certain that Bugs was the world\u2019s happiest 7 center __________________ rabbit that day. 8 certain __________________ 21 GROUP SIX","A Winning Story Directions: Word Box Use the words in the either Neither together Word Box to complete several been yesterday the story below. We did the Today tomorrow different first one for you. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. togetherCarlos and Anna play checkers ________________ 1 almost every day. They play again and again. ___________________ one likes to lose. Carlos 2 has ___________________ the winner 3 ___________________ times. When they played 4 ___________________ , Anna won every game. 5 ___________________ , ___________________ one 67 could win. Maybe they should play a ___________________ game ___________________! 89 Now try this! Put the words in the Word Box in ABC order. We did the first one for you. been1 ____________________ 4 ____________________ 7 ____________________ 2 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 8 ____________________ 3 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 9 ____________________ GROUP 22 SEVEN","A Monstrous Maze Directions: Read this ad for Fright Attention, Monsters! Do you have trouble Boosters Night School. Then complete the maze by scaring humans? Has a little old lady ever passing only through the true sentences. The correct path told you you\u2019re beautiful? Do you sometimes takes you through worry that you couldn\u2019t Start seven boxes. frighten a small child? Don\u2019t worry. Being scary Another word isn\u2019t something you\u2019re born for trouble is with. It\u2019s a skill you can learn. difficulty. And at Fright Boosters Night School, we can teach you. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Soon little old ladies will Another faint at the sight of you. The opposite word for Grown men will leap of beautiful beautiful is ugly. straight into the air is ugly. at your growl\u2014or your money back. Call today! The opposite Another Frighten of beautiful word for means the is pretty. beautiful is same as pretty. scare. The opposite Another Another To learn, one of frighten word for word for must study is scare. frighten learn is or practice. forget. is laugh. Another In this story, In this story, Straight Straight has word for straight straight rhymes with an f sound learn is means eight. like enough. teach. means directly. crooked. GROUP Finish SEVEN 23","Aliens Can\u2019t Spell! Directions: The alien who wrote this ad can\u2019t spell very well! Can you help? Find and circle nine misspelled words. Then write the words correctly on the lines below. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. If you\u2019re from the planet Gooeygoopiter, listen up! Do you have trubble with slime? Has it bin oozing from your ears and toes? When you get togehter with human friends, do your feet leave embarrassing gooey marks on their carpets? What you are about to lern will change all of that. SLIME AWAY is the first slime remover made for stubborn problems like yours. Simply apply it to your toes and ears. Wait sevral minutes. Then watch as SLIME AWAY works its magic! You\u2019ll look and feel difrent right away. Behind all that slime there\u2019s a beautifull alien! So why wait until tomorow when you can be slime-less twoday? 1 ____________________ 4 ____________________ 7 ____________________ 2 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 8 ____________________ 3 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 9 ____________________ GROUP 24 SEVEN","again answer beautiful because been behind brought city does live neither once Word Cards for Name That Word! game. See page 29.","pull several shall start straight tell thought through tomorrow trouble warm word Word Cards for Name That Word! game. See page 29.","Name That Word! Board Game 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. What you need to play: \u2022 The game board on pages 28\u201329 of this book \u2022 Word Cards (cut from two pages, beginning on page 25 of this book) \u2022 Two players \u2022 A game piece for each player (like a coin or a button) \u2022 One die How to play: \u2022 Place all the Word Cards facedown in a pile. \u2022 Roll the die. Move your piece the number of dots on the die. \u2022 If you land on a pink circle, say a word that rhymes with the word in the circle. \u2022 If you land on \u201cPick a Card,\u201d your partner picks a Word Card and reads the word on the card out loud. You have to spell it. If you spell the word correctly, move ahead one space. After you follow the directions on that space, it is your partner\u2019s turn. \u2022 If you land on any other circle, follow the directions. \u2022 The first person to reach Finish wins! More games you can play with the Word Cards: Spelling Pile-up \u2022 Put all the cards facedown in a pile. \u2022 One player picks a card and reads it out loud. The other player has to spell the word. \u2022 If that player spells it correctly, he or she gets the card. If he or she spells it incorrectly, the other player keeps the card. \u2022 The player with the most cards at the end wins. \u2022 You can also play this game with rhyming instead of spelling. Memory \u2022 Combine 12 of your cards with the same 12 of a friend\u2019s cards. (Use either all of your light blue cards or all of your dark blue cards.) Mix them up. \u2022 Spread all of the cards facedown. The cards should not overlap. \u2022 Pick a card and turn it over. Now pick another card and turn it over. If the two words match, take both cards and keep them. Go again until you turn over two cards that do not match. \u2022 The other player does the same. \u2022 The game is over when there are no cards left. The player with the most cards wins! 29","Name That W Start Say a word draw Pick a that means the card. bring same as too. Pick a card. could 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. Spell a word Pick a Spell a word that sounds the card. that sounds the same as witch same as write but but is a question Say a word that means the means \u201cthe word. same as middle. opposite of call far wrong.\u201d Go Go flew ahead one back one Pick a space. card. space. wrote Say the word that means \u201cthe day before today.\u201d clean Say a word Say the word those that rhymes with that is the past Go ahead one sink and means tense of the space. \u201cwhat you do with verb buy. your mind.\u201d Pick a card.","Word! Board Game (See page 29 for how to play.) Say a word Say a word that means the that means knew kind same as frighten. the opposite of above. Say a word Say a word may Pick a that means the that means the card. same as below. opposite of laugh. Go back one Pick a 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade \u00a9 Scholastic, Inc. card. space. Say the word that is the past fly Say a word tense of the verb much Pick a that means the hurt. same as done. card. Pick a Say a word card. Say a word hold talk that means the that rhymes with Spell a word same as \u201c12 show and means months.\u201d \u201cto get bigger.\u201d that sounds the Pick a same as no but light card. means \u201cto Say a word understand.\u201d that means the Say a word end opposite of found. that means the opposite of full. 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