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Volume 2
Beginning Language
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Volume 2
Beginning Language
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vocabulary Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Songs and Chants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sequence Story Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Rhyming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Letter Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Read-Alongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Introduction
Beginning activities in the Imagine Learning program are designed to help students
acquire language and literacy skills. To support language development, students
learn songs and chants and conversational phrases. Instruction is also provided for
vocabulary development and listening comprehension. Literacy instruction focuses on
letter recognition, rhyming, and story sequencing.
The printouts in this volume correspond with Imagine Learning activities. Specifically,
this volume contains printouts for:
Students receive these printouts if print is enabled for their Imagine Learning session.
Teachers can also use printouts for whole-class instruction.
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Activities
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Vocabulary Scenes
Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Things in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Parts of a Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Things That Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Things in a Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Things on a Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Wild Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Landforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
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Animals
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A, E, I, O, U
A, E, I, O, U
Vowels are letters that change
sounds.
A, E, I, O, U
A, E, I, O, U
A, E, I, O, U
A, E, I, O, U
Sometimes Y is too.
A, E, I, O, U
Alphabet Soup
A-B-C-D-E-F
G-H-I-J-K-L-M
N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U
V-W-X-Y-Z
Z-Y-X-W-V-U
T-S-R-Q-P-O
N-M-L-K-J-I-H-G
F-E-D-C-B-A
Be Verbs
I am happy. He is sad.
We are scary. We are bad.
She was worried. They were mad.
These are called the Be Verbs.
Buckle My Shoe
One, two, buckle my shoe.
Colors
The sun is yellow.
The sky is blue.
The grass is green,
And the trees are, too.
Counting Is Fun
One, one, counting is fun.
Two, two, baking with you.
Three, three, three eggs for me.
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Was he?
Wake up!
Get out of bed!
Time to go to sleep.
It’s Mine
We use pronouns to play games.
Pronouns take the place of names.
Keep Counting
I can count from one to ten.
If there’s more, what happens then?
Let’s Talk
Let’s talk, let’s talk,
Let’s talk!
Places
Let’s catch the bus and go to town. The bakery—
Follow me, we’ve got places to see! The treats are sweet.
A restaurant—
The food is great.
The park—
A place to play.
Plurals
Plural means it’s more than one.
Here’s a way to get it done:
Make it plural—add an s.
Make it plural—add an s.
cat—cats
brick—bricks
fox—foxes
match—matches
Question Words
Want to ask a question? When, when?
Here’s our suggestion: When does it start?
It starts at three, at three o’clock.
All you need
Is who, what, where, when, why! Oh no! We are late.
Happy, sad;
Awake, asleep;
High, low;
In and out;
Up and Down.
Fast, slow;
Long, short;
Front, back;
In and out;
Up and Down.
(Repeat)
Underwater ABC
A-B-C-D
E-F-G
H-I-J-K
L-M-N-O-P
Q-R-S
T-U-V
W - X - Y and Z.
rock—rock
sock—sock
tap—tap
bat—bat
pound—pound
ground—ground
shot—shot
top—top
You’re Dancing
Flip-flops slap and slide.
Hands raise to the sky.
Knees bend and elbows fly.
Now you’re dancing!
Yes, you are.
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Let’s Go Camping!
Let’s Go Camping!
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It’s Raining!
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A Game in the Park
A Game in the Park
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Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
Write, Tell, or Draw a Story
When did your friend help you?
I needed
I was
I lost
When I
I would
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fin pin
truck duck
shell bell
fan Rhyming
man
Words Books
My Rhyming
My Rhyming
Words My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
Words
Book 1
pail tail
sign vine
chair bear
My Rhyming
Words My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
Book 2
boot fruit
train plane
wheel seal
My Rhyming
My Rhyming
Words My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
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Words
Book 3
car star
eye fly
moon spoon
My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words My Rhyming
Words
My Rhyming
Words
1 Fold the paper to make a book.
2 Follow the dotted lines to connect
the rhyming words.
Book 4
flake snake
horn corn
crown clown
My Rhyming
My Rhyming
Words My Rhyming
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English Stories
April Fool’s!
April Fool’s!
“Your shoes are untied,” your friend says. Once, a radio station announced that
You look down, and the laces are just spaghetti could be picked from special
fine. trees.
“April Fool’s!” she laughs. April Fool’s!
It must be April 1—April Fool’s Day. In Sometimes April Fool’s tricks can be
many countries, April 1 is a day people embarrassing. But mostly, April Fool’s Day is
try to trick their friends. They have a field a fun tradition.
day thinking of jokes to make people
look foolish.
Dragon Flies
Dragon is ready for adventure.
Dragon flies!
Fighting Kites
Kites swoop and dive at each other. Kite fighting takes lots of practice. But when
Over and over they attack. your kite is the last one flying, all the work is
worth it.
Which kite will fall to the ground next?
Which kite will stay up the longest?
Fire Escape
Burning food? Who was cooking in the Soon I saw Mom and Dad run out the front
middle of the night? door carrying Wolfie.
Wait a minute. That wasn’t the smell of We met at the mailbox, and Dad called
food. But something was burning. 911 on his cell phone.
I ran to my bedroom door. The doorknob “This is an emergency,” he said.
felt warm. I could see smoke creeping
under the door. I began to cough. Before long, we heard sirens. Mom gave
Where was my family? me a big hug and whispered, “Thanks,
Ben.”
“Mom! Mom!” I yelled. “Something’s on
fire!”
Is It a Monster?
We’re going to sleep outside tonight!
Is It Alive?
“This is just a piece of rock,” Andy said. “Wow!” Andy said. “So where can I find
He was looking at a piece of coral. “It more coral? Does it only grow here?”
can’t be alive.”
“The best place to study coral is near
“It looks like rock, and it’s hard like rock, Australia,” Ms. Sanchez said. “It’s called the
but it’s not rock. It’s made of hundreds Great Barrier Reef. More than 350 different
of shells with tiny living animals in them,” types of coral live there, and it’s 2,000
Ms. Sanchez said. kilometers long. It’s so big, it would take
weeks to swim from one end to the other.”
“But how can you tell it’s alive?” Andy
asked. “No way!” said Andy. “I guess coral does
eat, grow, and reproduce!”
“You can tell that something is alive if it
eats, grows, and can reproduce or have “That’s right,” said Ms. Sanchez. “It’s alive.”
babies,” Ms. Sanchez said.
Maggie’s Kite
We’re at Monster Camp!
Moving
We’re moving today.
Goodbye, house.
Goodbye, tree.
Goodbye, teacher.
Goodbye, friend.
We’re here!
New Baby!
Everything’s crazy!
Then…
Then…
he flew right to a…
GULP!
What Do I Like?
What do I like?
Me too.
What If...
What if a horse…
had an elephant’s nose?
What if a cow…
had a lizard’s toes?
What if a dog…
had a fish’s tail?
What if a pig…
had a bear’s fingernails?
Comprehension Question
What if a bird…
had a crocodile’s teeth? Q. What would the boy in the story like
to see?
What if a duck… A. strange animals
had a tiger’s feet?
Where Is Tiny?
Tiny! Tiny! Where is Tiny?
Where is Tiny?
“Then I guess it’s not a cactus,” Ana said. “They Comprehension Questions
don’t smell tropical. But why would anyone want
to eat a fruit that’s prickly?” Q. What does Sammy think might be in
the box?
“Sounds painful,” Sammy said. “I think I’ll just A. tropical fruit
smell it instead.”
How Does Your Sense of Smell Work? Q. What happens when food molecules
float up your nose?
When you smell food, you are actually breathing A. They land on the cilia.
in tiny food molecules that have floated into the
air.
Your teeth chew up your food into tiny bits. Your Q. What makes all of your senses work?
saliva carries these little bits down into your taste
A. your brain
buds.
Zoo Day
Hooray! It’s a zoo day! Last I see the elephants.
They lift big logs up high.
First I see the monkeys. Ugh!
They make faces at me.
Boo! I like to see the animals,
but now it’s time to say goodbye.
Second I see the giraffes.
They reach the highest trees. Goodbye!
Stretch!