Word family tales the day mr gump ump

Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell For all of the words that we can spell With a U, M, and P that make the sound –ump , You’ll find it in bump and lump and jump.. Three little letters,

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To Guy, my favorite Mr Gump

Is something broken? Then call Mr Gump!

He can fix everything and is never a grump!

He can fix a flat tire

He uses his pump!

He can fix a thin pillow.

He makes it quite plump!

He can fix a stuffed camel.

He sews up its hump!

He can even fix a pogo stick

He puts back the jump!

One day, Katie Krump called her pal Mr.Gump:

“Can you please take a look at my ugly tree stump.

If you can’t repair it—it’s going to the dump!”

“I’m sure I can fix it,” declared Mr Gump

(for he hated to see anything go to the dump).

So he zoomed right over

to Miss Katie Krump’s, who showed him the stump, which was loaded with lumps.

But he knew he could fix it, that great Mr Gump.

So he took out his hammer

Thump! Thump! Thump!

He spackled and sanded and smoothed every bump!

And when he was finished,

he unveiled the stump

“Why, you’ve made a fine table!” cried a thrilled Katie Krump.

“And it’s just time for tea now,

my dear Mr Gump!

Tell me, how do you take yours—

with one or two lumps?”

W ord F amily R iddles

W ord F amily R iddles

Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter

or letters to the -ump sound to finish each one

1 On Saturday I will bring that broken old chair

to the ump

2 To get the ball in the basket you have to ump

3 To fix my bike tire I needed a ump

4 My cat eats so much, he has become rather

_ ump

5 When they cut down the tree all that

was left was the _ ump

-ump

Now make up some new riddle sentences using - ump

I rode on a camel and sat on its ump

We had to slow down the car over each

speed ump

To make the cake batter smooth you must

stir out every ump

When my dog gets angry he can be such

a _ ump

The book fell from the shelf and landed

with a _ ump

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Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell For all of the words that we can spell With a U, M, and P that make the sound –ump , You’ll find it in bump and lump and jump

Three little letters, that’s all that we need

To make a whole family of words to read!

Make a list

of other –ump words Then use them in the cheer!

-ump

He re are some quick and fun ways to use this

story to help children learn the word family –ump.

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

made by the letters U, M, and P All these words belong to a group called a word family.

Ask children to find the -ump word ending at the top of the front cover Review aloud with children the

sound these three letters make together Can they find two words in the title with the -ump 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 -ump sound Explain that the story you are about to read includes many

more words that end in -ump Can they help you find them?

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

book, emphasizing the -ump word ending in the appropriate words Ask children to listen closely

and identify all the words that end in -ump (they might raise their hand or clap when they hear

one, or you might choose a volunteer to point to the word on the page) As they do so, make a

list on chart paper of all the -ump words

Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card Use a different color for -ump

than the rest of the word Read each word on the cards with children On another reading of the

story, distribute the cards to children and have them hold up their card as their word is read

Pages 14–15 of the book feature 10 riddles with

answers that require a word ending in -ump Read

each riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers

Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times,

with lots of energy Invite children to join you in

reciting the cheer when they feel ready (you might

even choose a “cheerleader”)

Other words in the -ump family:

chump clump rump

slump trump ump

-ump

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