4th-5th Grade Level 10 Sort It /aw /& Texts PDF

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The /aw/ Sound

Split & Write It

The /aw/ Sound

KEY SENTENCE:

She called out because she thought she saw her friend.
Directions: Support your student’s reading of the following multi-syllable words. Then ask him to
split the word into chunks with a slash mark, as in the example below. Finally, have him write each
word by chunks as he says each word by chunks. (Not all lines below will be needed.)

1 . f lowe r

flow

2. be c a u se
3. t h ou s an d
4. va ri et y
5. relationship
6. au tom obi l e
7. s h ad ow
8. awfu l
9. completely
10. A u g u st

The /aw/ Sound

See Saw, Margery Daw
See Saw, Margery Daw
Jenny shall have
A new master;
She shall have
But a penny a day,
Because she can’t
Work any faster.
See Saw Margery Daw
Sold her bed
And lay on the straw
Sold the straw
And lay on the grass
To buy herself
A new looking glass.1
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an old-fashioned term for a mirror

Once you can read this easily,
you may hunt for the /aw/
spellings and circle them.

The /aw/ Sound
Read to find out what the author did last summer. Then hunt down as many
/aw/ sound spellings and write & say them in the spaces on the following page.

What I Did Last Summer
by Evelyn Steele

Last August I went with my friends Laura
and Paul to see the circus. Laura’s mom is a
lawyer, and they recently moved here from
Australia. Paul’s dad was an astronaut, and he
drove us in a very fancy automobile he had just
bought. It was such a cool August day that it
almost seemed like autumn.
The circus was able to draw a huge audience. So,
even though we started at dawn, we still stood in
line on the lawn before
the show began. As
the line moved, I saw
some animals behind a
smaller red tent.

continued…

My jaw dropped when
I saw the claws of
the lion. Fortunately,
he was in a cage!
We all enjoyed the
whole show because the performers were so
talented and without fault. The show taught me
that I just need to practice more to be good at
anything. Even if I feel exhausted, I should not
quit or just crawl away!
al
She called out

au
because

ough
she thought she

aw
saw her friend.

augh
(bonus)

Act It Out

The /aw/ Sound

Cut up these cards and let your student draw one at a time. Support her to “Blend As You Read.”
Then she can act out what the card says. You may give points for words where she uses the Blend As
You Read approach. But you get a point for her impulsive guesses.
Keep the cards and play
another day, especially if
your student enjoyed this!

✁

Show
your claws.

cow chewing
Act exhausted. A on
her cud.

✁

That sounds
awful!

Drive the
automobile.

Bow awkwardly.

✁

Announce
Drive the
Cooperate with
the
winner
of
farmer’s tractor.
the lawyer.
the game.
✁

Don’t steal my
jewelry!
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Delighted!

causes pain and/or sickness

Proudly show
your shoes.

✁

Tell the doctor Crawl on your The rocket just
what ails1 you. hands and knees.
launched!