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The introduction explains how phonograms represent sound patterns, how words sharing the same phonogram belong to the same word family, and why early word-family instruction supports reading fluency. Story pages repeat essential decoding strategies through consistent student-page formats with a word bank and targeted word-family headings.","Fill-in-the-Blank Stories  \n50 Cloze-Format Practice Pages That Target and Teach the Top 50 Word Families  \nby Linda B. Ross  \nFill-in-the-Blank Stories: Word Families © Linda B. Ross, Scholastic Teaching Resources  \n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Scholastic Inc . grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use . No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc . , 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.\u003Cbr>Editor: Joan Novelli\u003Cbr>Cover design by Jason Robinson\u003Cbr>Interior design by Holly Grundon Cover and interior illustrations by Bari Weissman\u003Cbr>ISBN-13: 978-0-439-45861-0\u003Cbr>ISBN-10: 0-439-45861-7\u003Cbr>Copyright © 2008 by Linda B. Ross\u003Cbr>All rights reserved.\u003Cbr>Printed in the U. S. A .\u003Cbr>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nFill-in-the-Blank Stories: Word Families © Linda B. Ross, Scholastic Teaching Resources  \n| \u003Cbr> | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Introduction  ........................................ 4\u003Cbr>Activities to Use With Any Story  ......................... 7\u003Cbr>Answer Key  ........................................ 10\u003Cbr>The Big Race (ace)  .............. 15\u003Cbr>Quack! Quack! (ack)  ............ 16\u003Cbr>Sail Away! (ail)  ................ 17\u003Cbr>A Train to Grandpa’s House (ain, ane)  . 18\u003Cbr>Birthday Cake (ake)  ............. 19\u003Cbr>A Cap for Dale (ale)  ............. 20\u003Cbr>A Fall Day (all)  ................ 21\u003Cbr>I Am Sam (am)  ................ 22\u003Cbr>It’s a Shame! (ame)  ............. 23\u003Cbr>In the Van (an)  ................ 24\u003Cbr>A Grand Day (and)  ............. 25\u003Cbr>A Trip to the Bank (ank)  ......... 26\u003Cbr>Snap and Clap (ap)  ............. 27\u003Cbr>Crash! (ash)  ................... 28\u003Cbr>A Flat Hat! (at)  ................ 29\u003Cbr>A Date to Skate (ate)  ............ 30\u003Cbr>Brave Dave (ave)  ............... 31\u003Cbr>A Fawn on the Lawn (aw, awn)  .... 32\u003Cbr>A Fun Day! (ay)  ................ 33\u003Cbr>Grandpa’s Treat (eat)  ............ 34\u003Cbr>Three Lost Sheep (eep)  .......... 35\u003Cbr>In the Well (ell)  ................ 36\u003Cbr>A Letter From Ben (en)  .......... 37\u003Cbr>The Best Nest (est)  .............. 38\u003Cbr>At the Vet (et)  ................. 39\u003Cbr>Rice Is Nice! (ice)  ............... 40\u003Cbr>A Sick Day (ick)  ................ 41\u003Cbr>Slide Down! (ide)  ............... 42\u003Cbr>The Night Sky (ight)  ............ 43\u003Cbr>A Pile of Leaves (ile , ime)  ......... 44\u003Cbr>Jack and Jill (ill)  ............... 45\u003Cbr>Can Tim Swim? (im)  ............ 46\u003Cbr>Twin Skaters (in)  ............... 47\u003Cbr>Let’s Dine! (ine)  ................ 48\u003Cbr>Spring (ing)  ................... 49\u003Cbr>Did It Shrink? 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