Animal Kingdom
Short Vowels
Digraphs
MYSTERY!
100
This animal is covered in hair, fur, or layers of fat. What am I?
Mammal
100
Rat
Zac
Mac
Did you read all three with a medial short-a sound?
100
What sound does /sh/ make together?
Shhhhhh!
100
What time is it?
5:00!
200
This animal is cold-blooded, has gills, and has a vertebrate. What am I?
Fish
200
Men
Pet
Hen
Ten
Did you read all four with a medial short-e sound?
200
What digraph is in this word?
Cheese
/ch/
200
Use the magical silent-e to read:
Rake
Lake
300
This cold-blooded animal is covered in scales and has a vertebrate, but it does not have gills. This animal has lungs. What is it?
Reptile
300
Mox
Fox
Box
Top
Hop
Shop
Did you read all six with a medial short-o sound?
300
Pay attention to these digraphs and read these words out loud!
When
Where
Why
Did you read all three words correctly?
300
What is the difference between a salamander and a lizard?
Salamanders are amphibians, lizards are reptiles.
400
A starfish, a sponge, and a snail all have what in common?
They have no backbones (invertebrates!)
400
Tin
Pin
Win
Kin
Fin
Zip
Lip
Did you read all seven with a medial short-i sound?
400
/th/ makes what sound?
Name a word with the /th/ sound!
Did you get it right?
400
What time is it?
12:30
500
Name one fact each about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Did you get it right?
500
Gus
Mud
Run
Fun
Sun
Bun
Duck
Luck
Did you read all eight words?
500
Read the following words with the correct digraphs:
The
Chat
Shop
What
Duck
You got it!
500
What is the life cycle of a caterpillar?
