Remember: Common words come back in every book. Learn them as little tunes, and your fingers never hunt.
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The library parrotAfter school, Zane and his friend Lola went to the town library. The library had a parrot called Captain Squawk, who copied every word he heard. Miss Ortiz, the librarian, gave them a page from a storybook. "Mark every word that comes back again and again," she said. Zane marked the word the in yellow, and Lola found and. Then Captain Squawk grabbed the marker, and yellow went everywhere! Miss Ortiz counted the marks, and the tallest bar was the. Elephant and umbrella were fun words, but they hardly ever came back.
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Which word came back the most on the page?
elephantumbrellathe
2
Captain Squawk is a parrot who copies every word he hears.
TrueFalse
3
A word we use all the time is called a word.
rarecommonlong
Little tunes for the fingers
Left hand: q w e r t a s d f g z x c v b. Right hand: y u i o p h j k l n m.
4
Join each word to the hand or hands that type it.
1was
2you
3the
Aboth hands
Bleft hand only
Cright hand only
5
Circle every word typed with both hands.
thewassaidyouand
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The word you is typed with both hands.
TrueFalse
7
The word the goes left, right, .
leftright
8
The blue keys spell a common word. Which word is it?
hattheten
9
The word you is typed y, , u. Write the letter on the blank key.
10
When a word lives in your fingers, you never have to hunt for it.
TrueFalse
11
Number the library story in order.
Captain Squawk grabs the marker
Miss Ortiz gives them a page
Zane marks the word the in yellow
Miss Ortiz counts the marks
12
Lola says a common word is a very long word. What is right?
a common word is a small word we use all the timea common word never comes backa common word is the hardest word
Copy and write
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Copy it. you and the dog
14
Write a sentence that uses the words the and you.
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Answer key · Set A
Common words
1the Little words like the come back the most. Elephant and umbrella hardly ever do.
2True Captain Squawk copied every word he heard.
3common Common words, like the and and, come back in nearly every book.
41-B, 2-C, 3-A W, a, s are all left. Y, o, u are all right. T, h, e go left, right, left.
5the, said, and The, said and and use both hands. Was is all left and you is all right.
6False Y, o and u are all typed with the right hand.
7left T is the left pointer, h is the right pointer, and e is the left middle finger. The hands take turns.
8the T, h and e spell the.
9o You is y, o, u, all typed with the right hand.
10True Learning common words as little tunes lets your eyes stay on the screen.
113, 1, 2, 4 First the page, then Zane's yellow mark, then the parrot with the marker, and last the counting.
12a common word is a small word we use all the time Common words are small, and we use them all the time.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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