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Give a great holler, a cheer, a yellFor all of the words that we can spell With an I and a P that make the sound -ip , You'll find it in sip and hip and trip.. Two little letters, that's

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Hi, Earthlings, my name is Zip.

Come visit me on Planet Blip.

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We'll zoom around in my spaceship.

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You'll see coo l sights on our little trip!

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We'll drop by to visit my buddy Kip

and have a moonball championship.

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(Just be careful not to dripl)

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You'll meet my pet He's called a pip.

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Instead of barking, he says, "Mip! Mip!" Instead of running, he likes to skip.

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When we curl his hair, he looks really hip.

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We'll hike 'round a

crater-be careful, don't slip!

We'll jump in the middle to toke 0 dip

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then watch the comets whirl and whip.

Oh , please do visit Planet Blip.

You ' ll love it here You ' ll really flip!

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Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter

or letters to the -ip sound to finish each one.

1 During summer vacation my family and I will go

on a lp

2 Don't step on the banana peel or else you might

_ ip !

3 We eat our ice cream cones fast so that they

don't ip

4 She held her hair back with a

hair tp ,

5 I poured a glass of milk and

took a big _ ip

6 On Halloween , I put a fake mustache above

my_ lp

7 My chocolate ch i p cookie only had one ip !

8 In gymnastics, I learned to do a back tp,

9 My dad calls two scoops of ice cream a

double _ ip

10 B e low your waist is your _ ip

Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell

For all of the words that we can spell

With an I and a P that make the sound -ip ,

You'll find it in sip and hip and trip

Two little letters, that's all that we need

To make a whole family of words to read!

Make a list

of other -ip

words Then use them in the cheer!

Here are some q uick and fun ways to us e this

Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -ipsound,

made by the letters I a d P.All these words belong to a gro p called aword family

As children to find the -ip word ending at thetop of the front cover Review aloud with children the sound these two letters make to ether Can they find two words inthe title with the -ip sound?

Flip over the book and read the story summary on the back cover Ask children to point out the

words they hear with the -ip sound Explain that the story you are about to read includes many

more words that end in-ip Can th y help you find them?

Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations Then reread the

book, emp asizing the -ip word ending inthe appropriate words Ask children to listen closely and identify all the words that end in-ip (th y might raise their hand or clap when they hear one, or you might choose avolunteer to point to the word on the p g ) As they do so, make a listo

chart paper of all the -ipwords

Write each of the words from your liston an unlined index card Use adifferent color for -ip th n

the rest of the word Read each word on the cards with children On another reading of the story, distribute the cards to chidren and have them hold up their card astheir word isread

Pages I 4- I5 of the book feature Ia riddles with

answers that require a word ending in-ip Read each

riddle aloud and have chidren volunteer answers

Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with

lots of energy and enthusiasm Invite children tojoin

yo in reciting th cheer when they feel ready (you

might eve choose a"cheerleader")

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: lip unzip : : nip co mic strip :

• quip f i ngertip

: rip sp ortsmanship :

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Jump in our spacesh i p and take a trip

You'll giggle at the wacky

way of life on this

out-of-this-world planet!

••ORD'A~ , "',1" fALlS " are humorous read-alo u d s t or i es created to build

early phonics sk i lls by teach i ng children to recognize " fam i lies " of words that share the same spe l ling pattern This key r eading strategy helps kids decode new words with ease-and become stronger readers , writers , and spellers Set l earners on the path to literacy success with these rib-t i ckling tales-one for each of the top 25 word families!

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