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Homework Sheet Week #2

“Pig in a Wig”

SpellingAmazing Words: To Build Oral Vocabulary

  1. in 1. career- A career is an occupation or
  2. it profession.
  3. did2. service- Service is work done to help
  4. sit others.
  5. six3. tool- A tool is something that helps
  6. fix people do work.
  7. lip 4. scrub- When you scrub something, you clean
  8. mix it by rubbing hard.
  9. pin 5. sloppy- If something is sloppy, it is wet or
  10. wig messy.

Bonus: 6. exercise- When you exercise, you move your

and take body to keep it in shape.

  1. comfort- A comfort is someone or something

that makes you feel better. When you comfort someone you help them forget their

fear or sadness.

  1. search- When you search for something, you

look for it carefully.

Please Correct & Rewrite the following sentences.

  1. the pig did et
  1. jack can fiks it
  1. dad can mix et
  1. take that weg

Please complete the following math problems.

2 3 1 3 5

+1 +0 +4 +1 +2

Pig in a Wig

By: Susan Steven Crummel

Illustrated by: Janet Stevens

“Fantasy”

Vocabulary: up, and, take

Read the Words-1. Pig will mix it up.

  1. Pig is sad, and she is sick.
  2. She will take a sip.

What will happen to this pig in a wig?

Pig in a wig is big, you see. Tick, tick, tick. It is three. Pig can mix. Mix it up. Pig can dip. Dip it up.

Pig can lick. Lick it up. It is six. Tick, tick, tick. Pig is sad. She is sick.

Fix that pig. Take a sip. Fix that pig. Quick, quick, quick! Max, Max! Take the sax! Play it, Max, and play it, Pam! Pig in a wig did a jig. What a ham!

Comprehension Questions:

  1. What do you think this pig looks like?
  1. What does Pig do that shows this story is a fantasy?
  1. How do you think Pig feels about food? How can you tell?
  1. Why does Pig get sick? Think of a time when you were sick. How did you feel?
  1. Pig is the main character. Who are the other characters in the story?

Practice sounding out each word every night:

Blend and Segment Phonemes: short i

bib
big
bin
bit
bits
did
dig
dip
fill
fin
fit
fix
grin
hip
hit
if
in / it
jig
kid
kiss
kit
lick
lid
lip
lit
miss
mix
nip
pick
pig
quick
rib
rid / rip
sick
sip
sit
six
thin
tick
Tim
tin
tip
wig
will
zip
  • Remember: “ck” follows a short vowel and then you only hear one sound “k” as in-

back, Mack, tack, Jack, lack, pack

  • The “x” makes the sound of (ks) as in-

fix, mix, wax, six, sax, Max, fax