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englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources For Catherine, my twin within No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 SCHOLASTIC and WORD FAMILY TALES and associated designs are trademarks of Scholastic Inc Illustrated by Cary Pillo Produced by Brown Publishing Network ISBN: 0-439-26270-4 Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources My name is Lindy, but they call me Lin My name is Mindy, but they call me Min englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Each of us is an identical twin We have the same nose and we have the same chin englishtips.org And when we feel silly, we have the same grin englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources We’re both kind of tall and a little bit thin We each have eleven freckles on our skin! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources We love to go bowling We both play to win And can you believe it— we knock down the same pin! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Our town has a parade that we’re always in We both twirl batons— we really make them spin! englishtips.org englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources We both have a goldfish with one purple fin They’re named after us: Little Lin, Little Min englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources But there are ways you can tell which twin is which twin Do you really want to know? Okay, let’s begin englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Min plays music on the violin and sometimes she wears a dinosaur pin englishtips.org 10 Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources And Lin collects shells in a little tin She’s a basketball star—she gets it right in! englishtips.org 11 Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Yes, each of us is an identical twin We’re the same outside, but a bit different in englishtips.org 12 Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources And here’s one more fact that really makes us grin— We both love each other through thick and through thin! englishtips.org 13 - in Word Family Riddles Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter or letters to the -in sound to finish each one My sister looks exactly like me She is my _in My dad is good at bowling He knocks down every _in We thought we saw a shark at sea, but it was a dolphin’s _in We put our toys away in a big plastic _in Many basketball players are tall and _in englishtips.org 14 As I march in the parade I make my baton twirl and _in Last time we played against this team we lost I hope this time that we will _in An elephant is huge and has wrinkled _in That silly joke really makes me _in 10 A mustache grows above the lip A beard grows on the _in Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Now make up some new riddle sentences using - in englishtips.org Answers: twin, pin, fin, bin, thin, spin, win, skin, grin, 10 chin 15 - in Cheer Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources For all of the words that we can spell With an I and an N that make the sound –in, You’ll find it in win and pin and twin Two little letters, that’s all that we need To make a whole family of words to read Make a list of other –in words Then use them in the cheer! englishtips.org 16 –in Reading Tips -in Here are some quick and fun ways to use this story to help children learn the word family -in Ask children to find the -in word ending at the top of the front cover Review aloud with children the sound these two letters make together Can they find three words in the title with the -in 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 -in sound Explain that the story you are about to read includes many more words that end in -in Can they help you find them? Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations Then reread the book, emphasizing the -in word ending in the appropriate words Ask children to listen closely and identify all the words that end in -in (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 so, make a list on chart paper of all the -in words Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card Use a different color for -in 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 -in Read each riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with lots of energy and enthusiasm Invite children to join you in reciting the cheer when they feel ready (you might even choose a “cheerleader”) englishtips.org Other words in the -in family: bin din kin shin sin sheepskin snakeskin mandolin Rumpelstiltskin Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins (-in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -in sound, made by the letters I and N All these words belong to a group called a word family  ... Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins ( -in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Min plays music on the violin and sometimes she wears a dinosaur pin englishtips.org 10 Word Family Tales: Lin and. .. using - in englishtips.org Answers: twin, pin, fin, bin, thin, spin, win, skin, grin, 10 chin 15 - in Cheer Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins ( -in) ... chin englishtips.org And when we feel silly, we have the same grin englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Lin and Min are Twins ( -in) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Lin and Min