Newcomers Handbook Practice Book 1 - … · Name: 2 Level 1 Spotlight on Reading Date: Santillana Spotlight on English 1 © Santillana USA 1. What happened to Tom first? Draw a picture

Newcomers Handbook Practice Book 1

Spotlight on Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Spotlight on Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Spotlight on Content: Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Spotlight on Content: Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Spotlight on Content: Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Spotlight on Content: Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Santillana Spotlight on EnglishNewcomer Handbook Practice BookLevel 1

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1. What happened to Tom first? Draw a picture in the top box.

2. What happened next? Draw a picture in the middle box.

3. What happened last? Draw a picture in the bottom box.

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Have students outline the Kindergarten circle with a red crayon. Tell them to draw a picture in the left side of the Kindergarten circle that answers question 1. Have students outline the First Grade circle with a blue crayon. Tell them to draw a picture in the right side of the First Grade circle that answers question 2. Then, have students find the Both space. Point out how both circles share that space. Tell them to draw a picture in that space that answers question 3.

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1. What did Tom do only in kindergarten?

2. What did Tom do only in first grade?

3. What did Tom do both in kindergarten and in first grade?

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Draw the effect of each cause.

Help students read the words in the Cause column and decide what the effects might be. Ask questions such as: Tom is hungry. He wants to eat. Where should he go? It is time to play. Where should Tom’s class be at recess? Tom wants to answer a question. What should he do? Help students draw pictures in the Effect column to answer those questions. Then, discuss the cause and effect relationships between the pictures and the words.

Tom wants to eat.

Tom wants to answer.

Tom wants to play.

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5. Students eat in a .

6. We go to to learn.

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Cut out the activities. Match each one to the correct school location. Glue it on the map.

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A Choose the word that rhymes. Write it on the lines.

1. ball

2. learn

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B Write your own poem. Use words that rhyme.

4. see

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A poem is a kind of writing. Some words in a poem rhyme. Words that rhyme sound alike at the end.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Read the sentence. Choose the correct word. Write it in the boxes.

indivisible justice liberty nation pledge

1. means to “promise.”

2. Something cannot be divided.

3. means “freedom.”

4. Our is the United States of America.

5. means “fair treatment.”

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Read the sentence. Choose the correct word. Write it on the lines.

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1. Where is this?

a. lunchroom c. playground b. library d. nurse’s office

2. The cafeteria is a place to a. play. c. write. b. read. d. eat.

3. What is this?

a. math c. homework b. nap time d. recess

4. Who helps when you feel ill? a. nurse c. principal b. teacher d. librarian

5. What do you write with?

a. c.

b. d.

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7. Which is a pattern?

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8. The Pledge of Allegiance is a a. promise. c. rhyme. b. map. d. location.

9. A magnet can a. study. c. learn. b. greet. d. attract.

10. How is first grade different from kindergarten?

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Read the passage. Choose the correct words. Write them on the lines.

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Welcome to first grade! You are a “big kid” now. You will sit at

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raise your hand to speak. You will learn about .

Maybe you will a poem. You will eat lunch in

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You may even meet new friends.

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Newcomers Handbook Practice Book 1 - … · Name: 2 Level 1 Spotlight on Reading Date: Santillana Spotlight on English 1 © Santillana USA 1. What happened to Tom first? Draw a picture