Student’s Activity Sheets

Ship’s Log
Basic Level

Distance Education
Schools of
British Columbia
© 2001 by Open School BC

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Acknowledgements
Project Manager: Anne Stack
Writer: Judy Hawkins
Reviewers: Andrée Cranstoun, Dawn Douthwaite, Janet Fox, Ann McErlean
Illustrator: Marta Nielsen
Production Technicians: Janet Bartz

Print History

New, September 2001

Sentence Cut-outs
Please cut out the following sentences (including the individual words).

dog can A run

like candy I

very soft are Cats

dog My run fast can

and Jill Tim are in the shop

Put a period in this blank box.

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Job Card #1 Activity Sheet

Using the Sentence Cut-outs, make four good sentences. Paste the
complete sentences on this page. Remind your child to put a period
at the end of each sentence.

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Job Card #1a Activity Sheet

Are these sentences?

Put if the group of words is a sentence and if

the group of words is not a sentence.

I saw a bird. in the morning

was going to the store Milk is good for you.

They can run fast. a red coat

Print these words in the right order to make good sentences.

1. hat I have a red.

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2. fun skip is It to.

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3. like my book I read to.

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4. my grandpa’s We to farm went.

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Let’s Make Questions
Please cut out the following questions (including the individual words).
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Can you see the ship ?

Where is the tug ?

Did Jim row the boat ?

What time is it ?

Are you the captain ?

Is the ferry coming ?

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Job Card #2 Activity Sheet

Change these sentences into questions.

Remember to put a question mark at the end of each question.

1. We are going to Disneyland.

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2. Mary was here today.

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3. Jack can run up the hill.

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4. I can see a camel at the zoo.

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5. The man was jogging.

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Job Card #2a Activity Sheet

Print these sentences correctly.

1. how old are you

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2. who is your teacher

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3. where do you live

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4. are you in the first grade

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5. what is your favourite colour

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Job Card #3 Activity Sheet

Help these words get onto the

island of ing.
Print the words again; put the
correct ending in colour.

Make a double letter in these words and add ing.

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let hop

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cut hit

Add ing to these words which end in silent e.

Don’t forget to drop the e before you add ing.

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race hide

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care place

Add ing to these words.

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want talk

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start bump

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Job Card #4 Activity Sheet

Can you help these words get

to the island of ed?

Add ed to these words. Be sure to make a letter double or drop an e

if you need to. Print the word again and make sure the correct ending
is in colour.

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bake fish

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skip pat

Choose one of the words in the box to complete each sentence.

walked played hopped smiled

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1. Nicole at the baby.

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2. The kangaroo away from the dog.

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3. Jim and Jane with the cat.

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4. I to the store with Mother.

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Job Card #4a Activity Sheet

dance
Help the flowers find the correct roots.
Cut out and glue the correct root word under each flower.

dancing jumps talked

talk
hit
bake
ringing baked starting

ring
start
writes hitting raced

write
race
jump

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Plural Jigsaw Puzzles
Please cut out the following puzzle pieces.

dog dogs anchor anchors

gate gates tree trees

house houses book books

kite kites clock clocks

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Plural Jigsaw Puzzles
Please cut out the following puzzle pieces.

duck ducks chicken chickens

boat boats goat goats

ball balls bear bears

elephant elephants tiger tigers

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Job Card #5 Activity Sheet

Matching
Draw a line from the singular word to its plural partner.

hat buckets

bucket kites

sled fans

kite hats

fan wagons

kitten birds

bird sleds

wagon kittens

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Job Card #5a Activity Sheet

Circle the picture that has the correct ending.

Print the word on the line.

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1. Jack and Jan play with the . block blocks

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2. Open this . can cans

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3. Tim has a bat and three . balls bat

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4. I like to eat . radish radishes

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5. See the pretty . flower flowers

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Plural Pictures
Please cut out the following boxes.

monkey church dish box

churches monkeys dishes boxes

baby cherries ponies glass

cherry glasses babies pony

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Three Foxes Game
Finish Start

dog cat

house jump
3 spaces

miss candy
a turn

tree fox

jump go back
2 spaces to start

penny wish

duck move to
duck

go back box have an glass mother

5 spaces extra turn

s es ies

s es ies
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Job Card#6 Activity Sheet

Climb the Plural Staircase

See if you can climb the staircases by filling in the missing singular or
plural words. For example: The plural for goat is goats.
Print it on the third stair.

Singular Staircase Plural Staircase

mitten

rake

candies

boats

goat

foxes

turkey

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Contractions Cartoons

This cat This cat This cat

This cat is
is yours. is yours. isn’t yours.
not yours.

I like I do not like I like I don’t like

icecream. ice cream. icecream. ice cream.

She can run. She can not She can run. She can’t
run. run.

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I Know Contractions
Look in the lighthouse to find the contractions. Put a red circle around the
contractions and a blue circle around the words that are not contractions.

isn’t she is

he’s you are

I’ll can not

I am didn’t

do not can’t

they are will not

she’s they’re

won’t I’m

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Job Card #7 Activity Sheet

Draw a line from each pair of words to the right contraction.

he is it’s

it is they’re

she is didn’t

they are he’s

did not I’m

I am wasn’t

was not she’s

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Compound Words
Print each word unter its picture to find the compound word.

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 Compound Words Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces
Please cut out the following puzzle pieces.

rain bow play house

mail box gold fish

butter fly star fish

sail boat base ball

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Job Card #8 Activity Sheet

Match up the puzzle pieces to make compound words.

Paste the compound words on this page.

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Job Card #8a Activity Sheet

Can you make compound words?

Make up as many compound words as you can by putting together
words from this list. You can use some words more than once.

gold hopper grass

fish house school

bird play black

berry bed room

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A or An

Ann Sue Jim Tom

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 Hop in the Pond

elephant

Start ant
Finish

car

ostrich

egg

house

apple

kite
bird

umbrella

top
hat

arm
igloo

a an a an
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Job Card #9 Activity Sheet

Print the words a or an before each of the words.

Print the a in red and the an in blue pencil.

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apple pig

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door igloo

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egg frog

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orange ant

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snake owl

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ice cream fire

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truck anchor

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ostrich engine

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Job Card #9a Activity Sheet

Read the story and put in the missing words. Use a or an.

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We went to orchard.

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We saw man picking fruit from tree,

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Jim asked, ”Is that pear tree or orange tree?”

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“No,” said the man, “It is apple tree.”

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He gave us each apple to eat.

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Job Card #10 Activity Sheet

Read the sentence pairs. Ask your child to complete the second sentence
to show ownership. Remind your child to put in the apostrophe s.

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1. The blue bike belongs to Jim. It is blue bike.

2. The hat that belongs to Nicole is pretty.

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hat is pretty.

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3. That shoe belongs to Kate. That is shoe.

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4. The fur of the puppy is soft. The fur is soft

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5. The nose of the clown is red. The nose is red

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Job Card #10a Activity Sheet

Print the correct word under each picture.

If necessary read the sentences with your child.

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This is jacket. This is the bone.

Ann Ann’s Anns dogs dog dog’s

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This tail is fluffy. I see ball.

cats cat cat’s Mary’s Mary Marys

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He is Dad. mittens are red.

Pete Pete’s Petes Sally’s Sallys Sally

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Can you see book? I am going to house.

Tom Tom’s Toms Bills Bill Bill’s

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Job Card #12 Activity Sheet

If you have a photocopy of the letter and the envelope paste them here.

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Nursery Rhymes
Read and discuss these Nursery Rhymes with your child. Ask your child
to put a red circle around the proper nouns, and a blue circle around
the common nouns.
Option: Verbs and adjectives can be circled in different colours too.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockleshells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.

The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s under the haystack fast asleep.

Jack Spratt could eat no fat,

His wife could eat no lean.
So between the two of them,
They licked the platter clean.

Hey diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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Job Card #18 Activity Sheet

Read the words in each box.

Circle the words that come first in ABC order.

A B C E
D

parrot let

mother from

duck frog

ant the

girl yellow

man blue

say zebra

animals elephant

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Job Card #18a Activity Sheet

Read the list of animals.

Print them on the lines in the correct ABC order.

dog mouse chick pig lion tiger ant yak

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1. 5.

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2. 6.

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3. 7.

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4. 8.

Print your family names in ABC order on the lines below.

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1. 5.

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2. 6.

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3. 7.

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4. 8.

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