Today we're going to work on words like "question" that end in "-tion."
Rhyme It
Parents, read the following words out loud. Then ask your child which one does NOT rhyme with the others?
select selection election ------------------------------- Say It Have your child point to and say the word "action" three times (it should sound like "act-shun"): action
action
action
------------------------------- Blend It Have your child read these words: option
election
portion
question
passion
version
mansion
addition
subtraction
Read It
Have your child read the passage below.
Fashion
Do you have fashion? Cool clothes, or cool sunglasses, or a cool attitude?
I do not. Rather than spend a million or a billon dollars on shirts or pants, I prefer to save my money. I do not have the latest version of the name brands.
What's that you say? What about my sneakers? What a question to ask!
Ah, well, yes, I do have a nice selection of Nikes and Reeboks.
And books? Well, yes, I have a lot of those too.
Fashion is for other girls and boys. But I need my cool kicks and my shelf full of books.
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Explain It
Now have your child answer a couple questions about the story:
What's going on in this story?
Without looking back at the story, can you spell the word "question?"
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