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Week 06 · Puzzle Problems

Tuesday

Try, try again
// Problem and solution
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Try, try again

Riley the Raccoon spreads puzzle pieces on the stump.

One piece does not fit. He turns it around. Click!

"See?" says Riley. "The first try does not always work."

"Characters in stories try again too," says Ferris.

"Let us count the tries in this story."

Learn it: tries

Characters try things to fix a problem.

Sometimes the first try does not work.

Then they think and try again.

Ferris asks: What was the first try? He looks back.

A second basket. But it was too small! So they try again.

Read it
Too Many Books
Ferris the Fox loved his basket of books.
Friends kept bringing new books to share.
Soon the basket was too full.
Books slid out and landed in the grass.
"Where can all these books go?" asked Ferris.
First Riley the Raccoon found a second basket.
But it was too small for the big books.
Then Riley found an old wooden crate by the trail.
He turned the crate on its side.
Now it looked like a little shelf!
Ferris lined up the books in a neat row.
Hazel the Hedgehog painted a sign that said Story Shelf.
CHECK IT: PROBLEM AND TRIES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is the problem?
Why was the basket so full?
What was Riley's first try?
Why did the first try not work?
CHECK IT: THE SOLUTION
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is the solution?
How did Riley make the crate look like a shelf?
What did Hazel do?
STORY ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
SentenceTrue or false?
The second basket was too small.?
The first try worked right away.?
The crate was by the trail.?
The sign said Book Box.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe first try did not work. The sign said Story Shelf.
Try it
Think of a time your first try did not work.
Tell a grown-up what you tried next.

Word Spot: off, or, hard

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Off: O-F-F.

Or: O-R.

Hard: H-A-R-D.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The leaf fell ___ the tree.
Do you want to read ___ draw?
We worked ___ on the project.

Good thinking! Tomorrow the path to the stump is muddy.

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