englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources To Ingrid Kemperman— A friendship with zing is a wonderful thing! 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 Ellen Joy Sasaki Produced by Brown Publishing Network ISBN: 0-439-26260-7 Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A englishtips.org Yippee! It’s spring in the Kingdom of Ying! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources The striped bells of the tower begin to ring englishtips.org The polka-dot bullfrogs all start to sing englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources The courteous cows push pigs on a swing englishtips.org The teeny-weeny raindrops whisper, “ping, ping, ping.” englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources The very happy honeybees decide not to sting englishtips.org Two dogs make bouquets from the daisies cats bring englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources The rooster unwinds his great ball of string, englishtips.org sending his kite up in the air on a fling, englishtips.org Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources beckoning the blue jay to wave “Hi” with her wing, englishtips.org 10 bringing a smile to the face of the king englishtips.org 11 Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources For all of the land is loaded with zing— englishtips.org 12 what a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing! englishtips.org 13 Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources -ing Word Family Riddles Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter or letters to the -ing sound to finish each one You should curtsy or bow when you greet the ing Early in the morning the birds like to ing My kite is attached to a long piece of ing Listen! Can you hear the telephone ing? The winter is over Now it is ing englishtips.org 14 If you frighten a bee, it may try to _ing We can tie this tire to a branch to make a great _ing I’ve been invited to a party What shall I _ing? The rubber band snapped with a ing 10 A duck can sleep with its head under its ing Now make up some new riddle sentences using - ing englishtips.org Answers: king, sing, string, ring, spring, sting, swing, bring, ping, 10 wing 15 Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources -ing Cheer Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources For all of the words that we can spell With an I, N, and G that make the sound –ing, You’ll find it in king and ring and sing Three little letters, that’s all that we need To make a whole family of words to read! -ing englishtips.org 16 Make a list of other –ing words Then use them in the cheer! Reading Tips -ing Here are some quick and fun ways to use this story to help children learn the word family -ing Ask children to find the -ing word ending at the top of the front cover Review aloud with children the sound these three letters make together Can they find three words in the title with the -ing 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 -ing sound Explain that the story you are about to read includes many more words that end in -ing Can they help you find them? Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations Then reread the book, emphasizing the -ing word ending in the appropriate words Ask children to listen closely and identify all the words that end in -ing (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 -ing words Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card Use a different color for -ing 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 -ing 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”) Other words in the -ing family: cling ding sling Beijing earring shoestring something anything ding-a-ling everything Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming (-ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -ing sound, made by the letters I, N, and G All these words belong to a group called a word family ... words in the -ing family: cling ding sling Beijing earring shoestring something anything ding-a-ling everything Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming ( -ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources... englishtips.org Answers: king, sing, string, ring, spring, sting, swing, bring, ping, 10 wing 15 Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming ( -ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources -ing Cheer Give a... 13 Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming ( -ing) © Scholastic Teaching Resources -ing Word Family Riddles Word Family Tales: Spring in the Kingdom of Ming ( -ing) © Scholastic Teaching