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Student's Response Sheets for the 1st Seven Lessons from

If it is to be it is up to me

Print this page to use with your student.  The first group will have what you read to your student.  The second group will be for him so he will fill in the blank with his spelling of the word.  If he gets it right.  Praise him.   If he misses it, praise him for what he got right and then give him the correct spelling.  He is to erase his error.  Spell it correctly and then write it just one more time (NOT 15 TIMES!)  in the blank to the left.  But before you start, ask your student to attempt to spell the word "scattered" as in:  My brother scattered my tools all over the place.  Keep his spelling so you can show him how he learned how to spell the word without ever once seeing or studying it.

Lesson One

Target Word Sentence to be read in natural "sloppy" speech.

at

   1. What are you looking at?
bat   2. Sammy Sosa broke his bat.
rat   3. Who said, "Okay, you dirty rat.
brat   4.  The kid across the street is a little brat.

Lesson Two
bats   1.  Would you like some bats for pets?
rats   2.  I won't let you have rats for pets.
brats   3.  You shouldn't call those kids brats even if they are.

flat

  4.  Everybody falls flat on their face once in a while.

flatter

   5.  I like people to flatter me once in a while.

spat

   6.  A little fight is often called a spat.

Lesson Three
batted   1. Babe Ruth batted in the winning run many times.
ratted   2.  My sister ratted her hair.
batter   3.  I would like to be the first batter up.
flats   4.  Flats are what some people call apartments.
flatters   5.  The dress you bought your mother really flatters her.
spats   6.  We never have fights in our family--just little spats.
mat   7. Do you think we should have a welcome mat?
matter   8.  What's the matter with me.
hat   9.  The Cat in the Hat has the silliest hat.

Lesson Four
batting   1.  I think batting practice is more fun than fielding practice.
ratting   2.  My sister is always ratting her hair (or ratting on me).
batters   3. Their team doesn't have any real good batters.
pat   4.  Everybody needs a pat on the back once in a while.
flattered   5.  Men enjoy being flattered just as much as women do.
spatter   6.  I don't like to have hot grease spatter all over me.
mats   7.  Maybe we should have a couple "STAY AWAY!" mats.
matters   8.  What matters the most to me is that you try your best.
spats   9.  Not very many men wear spats anymore.
cat 10. Who ever heard of a cat wearing a hat?
scat 11. Tell the crazy cat to go scat.
scatter 12. You shouldn't scatter your tools all over the place.

Lesson Five
chat   1.  It's about time we sat down and had a little chat.
chatter   2.  Nat just likes to chatter.  I think he talks too much.
battered   3.  It's no fun to see someone who has been badly battered.
patted   4.  He patted himself on the back so hard he broke his arm.
flattering   5.  That dress looks real flattering on your mother.
spatters   6.  It isn't funny when hot grease spatters all over you.
gnat   7.  There is a dumb bug called a gnat.  But how can you look up the word gnat if you don't know that gnat starts with the dumb letter g?
matters   8. It really matters a lot to your mother.
tat   9.  How did the saying, "tit for tat" get started?
cats 10.  Why does it rain cats and dogs?  Why not horses and cows?
scats 11.  When a cat scats it runs.  When a singer scats, that's something else.
scatters 12.  If your brother scatters your toys, just tell me about it.  Don't beat him up.

rag

 13.  Can you find a clean rag for me?
bag 14.  We always used to have a rag bag to keep our clean rags.

brag

 15.  If you are really good, you don't have to brag.

Lesson Six
chats   1.  She stops by for a cup of coffee and chats with me.
Nat's   2.  Did you ever see a car like Nat's car?
battering   3.  They used to use battering rams to knock down doors.
patted   4.  She patted herself on the back so hard she broke her arm.
flattery   5.  Everybody enjoys a little honest flattery.
spattered   6.  The hot grease spattered all over me--and did it burn!
gnats   7.  I hate gnats.  They are dumb bugs that start with g!
mattering   8.  Something is always mattering to my sister.
tats   9.  I can't believe that she tats for a living (Makes lace!).
vat 10.  Pickles are pickled in a vat.  Beer is brewed in a vat.
cat's 11.  My cat's tail tickles.
scattered 12.  My dog's tail hit the cards and scattered them all over.
Check your student's spelling of the word scattered.  If he has it right, show him his misspelling that you saved.  Praise him for learning a word without ever having had it shown to him.  If by chance, your student goofed, just have him correct his spelling.  Wait until tomorrow when he gets to spell the word scattering.  We bet he will have learned it by then.  Praise him.  Let him know that he is learning the natural way, by correcting his own mistakes.
rags 13.  We need a place to keep clean rags.
bags 14.  We don't need a dozen bags to keep rags.
brags 15.  Nancy brags about how she beat me once in checkers.
lag 16.  I used to lag pennies up to a line pretty good.
flag 17.  I love to see a flag flying.
wag 18.  You don't have to teach a dog how to wag its tail.

Lesson Seven
chatted   1.  Don chatted with us for over an hour.
Rats   2.  Rats and snails and puppy dog tails.   That's what little girls are made of.  Right?  Okay, so I got it wrong.   So what?
battery   3.  I think this flashlight needs a new battery.
patting   4.  She is always patting herself on the back.
chattering   5.  I love to hear little squirrels chattering.
spattering   6.  Don't get close to the stove when the grease is spattering.
drats   7.  I have never heard anyone say, "Oh, drats!"
smattering   8.  I have learned a smattering of this and that.
mattering   9.  Can you find the word mattering in smattering?
tatting 10.  She tatted that with a special needle made for tatting (Making lace.)
vats 11.  Pickles, beer, and whiskey are made in vats.
slat 12.  Go fix that broken slat on the bench before someone gets hurt.
scattering 13.  She is always scattering her clothes around the room.
tattered 14.  I don't like a shirt that looks real tattered.
bagged 15.  My brother went hunting but he never bagged a thing.
lags 16.  A good putter lags the golf ball close to the cup.
flags 17.  There must be thousands of different flags.
hag 18.  It's not nice to call your sister an old hag.
Jag 19.  Jag was originally a load.
Mag 20.  Do you know anybody by the name of Mag?
zag 21.  If you know how to zig, do you know how to zag.

From this point on, all of the remaining 180 lessons have 21 words.

Now for the student pages.

 

Lesson One

__________

   1. What are you looking __________?
__________   2. Sammy Sosa broke his __________.
__________   3. Who said, "Okay, you dirty __________.
__________   4.  The kid across the street is a little __________.

Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn

Lesson Two
__________   1.  Would you like some __________ for pets?
__________   2.  I won't let you have __________ for pets.
__________   3.  You shouldn't call those kids __________ even if they are.

__________

  4.  Everybody falls __________ on their face once in a while.

__________

   5.  I like people to __________ me once in a while.

__________

   6.  A little fight is often called a __________.

Mistakes are Opportunties to Learn

Lesson Three
__________   1. Babe Ruth __________ in the winning run many times.
__________   2.  My sister __________ her hair.
__________   3.  I would like to be the first __________ up.
__________   4.  __________ are what some people call apartments.
__________   5.  The dress you bought your mother really __________ her.
__________   6.  We never have fights in our family--just little __________.
__________   7. Do you think we should have a welcome __________?
__________   8.  What's the __________ with me.
__________   9.  The Cat in the __________ has the __________ hat.

Lesson Four
__________   1.  I think __________ practice is more fun than fielding practice.
__________   2.  My sister is always __________ her hair (or __________ on me).
__________   3. Their team doesn't have any real good __________.
__________   4.  Everybody needs a __________ on the back once in a while.
__________   5.  Men enjoy being __________ just as much as women do.
__________   6.  I don't like to have hot grease __________ all over me.
__________   7.  Maybe we should have a couple "STAY AWAY!" __________.
__________   8.  What __________ the most to me is that you try your best.
__________   9.  Not very many men wear __________ anymore.
__________ 10. Who ever heard of a __________ wearing a __________?
__________ 11. Tell the crazy __________ to go __________.
__________ 12. You shouldn't __________ your tools all over the place.

Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn

Lesson Five
__________   1.  It's about time we sat down and had a little __________.
__________   2.  Nat just likes to __________.  I think he talks too much.
__________   3.  It's no fun to see someone who has been badly __________.
__________   4.  He __________ himself on the back so hard he broke his arm.
__________   5.  That dress looks real __________ on your mother.
__________   6.  It isn't funny when hot grease __________ all over you.
__________   7.  There is a dumb bug called a __________.   But how can you look up the word __________ if you don't know that __________ starts with the dumb letter g?
__________   8. It really __________ a lot to your mother.
__________   9.  How did the saying, "tit for __________" get started?
__________ 10.  Why does it rain __________ and dogs?  Why not horses and cows?
__________ 11.  When a __________ __________ it runs.  When a singer __________, that's something else.
__________ 12.  If your brother __________ your toys, just tell me about it.  Don't beat him up.

__________

 13.  Can you find a clean __________ for me?
__________ 14.  We always used to have a __________ __________ to keep our clean __________.

__________

 15.  If you are really good, you don't have to __________.

Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn

Lesson Six
__________   1.  She stops by for a cup of coffee and __________ with me.
__________   2.  Did you ever see a car like __________ car?
__________   3.  They used to use __________ rams to knock down doors.
__________   4.  She __________ herself on the back so hard she broke her arm.
__________   5.  Everybody enjoys a little honest __________.
__________   6.  The hot grease __________ all over me--and did it burn!
__________   7.  I hate __________.  They are dumb bugs that start with g!
__________   8.  Something is always __________ to my sister.
__________   9.  I can't believe that she __________ for a living (Makes lace!).
__________ 10.  Pickles are pickled in a __________.  Beer is brewed in a __________.
__________ 11.  My __________ tail tickles.
__________ 12.  My dog's tail hit the cards and __________ them all over.
Check your student's spelling of the word scattered.  If he has it right, show him his misspelling that you saved.  Praise him for learning a word without ever having had it shown to him.  If by chance, your student goofed, just have him correct his spelling.  Wait until tomorrow when he gets to spell the word scattering.  We bet he will have learned it by then.  Praise him.  Let him know that he is learning the natural way, by correcting his own mistakes.
__________ 13.  We need a place to keep clean __________.
__________ 14.  We don't need a dozen bags to keep __________.
__________ 15.  Nancy __________ about how she beat me once in checkers.
__________ 16.  I used to __________ pennies up to a line pretty good.
__________ 17.  I love to see a __________ flying.
__________ 18.  You don't have to teach a dog how to __________ its tail.

Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn

Lesson Seven
__________   1.  Don __________ with us for over an hour.
__________   2.  __________ and snails and puppy dog tails.   That's what little girls are made of.  Right?  Okay, so I got it wrong.   So what?
__________   3.  I think this flashlight needs a new __________.
__________   4.  She is always __________ herself on the back.
__________   5.  I love to hear little squirrels __________.
__________   6.  Don't get close to the stove when the grease is __________.
__________   7.  I have never heard anyone say, "Oh, __________!"
__________   8.  I have learned a __________ of this and that.
__________   9.  Can you find the word __________ in __________?
__________ 10.  She __________ that with a special needle made for __________ (Making lace.)
__________ 11.  Pickles, beer, and whiskey are made in __________.
__________ 12.  Go fix that broken __________ on the bench before someone gets hurt.
__________ 13.  She is always __________ her clothes around the room.
__________ 14.  I don't like a shirt that looks real __________.
__________ 15.  My brother went hunting but he never __________ a thing.
__________ 16.  A good putter __________ the golf ball close to the cup.
__________ 17.  There must be thousands of different __________.
__________ 18.  It's not nice to call your sister an old __________.
__________ 19.  __________ was originally a load.
__________ 20.  Do you know anybody by the name of __________?
__________ 21.  If you know how to zig, do you know how to __________.

 

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