englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources To Guy, my favorite Mr Gump 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., 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 SCHOLASTIC and WORD FAMILY TALES and associated designs are trademarks of Scholastic Inc Illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye Produced by Brown Publishing Network ISBN: 0-439-26253-4 Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Is something broken? Then call Mr Gump! He can fix everything and is never a grump! englishtips.org He can fix a flat tire He uses his pump! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources He can fix a thin pillow He makes it quite plump! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources He can fix a stuffed camel He sews up its hump! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources He can even fix a pogo stick He puts back the jump! englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources One day, Katie Krump called her pal Mr.Gump: “Can you please take a look at my ugly tree stump If you can’t repair it—it’s going to the dump!” englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources “I’m sure I can fix it,” declared Mr Gump (for he hated to see anything go to the dump) englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources So he zoomed right over to Miss Katie Krump’s, who showed him the stump, which was loaded with lumps englishtips.org Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources But he knew he could fix it, that great Mr Gump So he took out his hammer Thump! Thump! Thump! englishtips.org He spackled and sanded and smoothed every bump! englishtips.org 10 Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources And when he was finished, he unveiled the stump englishtips.org 11 Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources “Why, you’ve made a fine table!” cried a thrilled Katie Krump englishtips.org 12 Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources “And it’s just time for tea now, my dear Mr Gump! Tell me, how you take yours— with one or two lumps?” englishtips.org 13 -ump Word Family Riddles Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Listen to the riddle sentences Add the right letter or letters to the -ump sound to finish each one On Saturday I will bring that broken old chair to the ump To get the ball in the basket you have to ump To fix my bike tire I needed a ump My cat eats so much, he has become rather _ump When they cut down the tree all that was left was the _ump englishtips.org 14 I rode on a camel and sat on its ump We had to slow down the car over each speed ump To make the cake batter smooth you must stir out every ump When my dog gets angry he can be such a _ump 10 The book fell from the shelf and landed with a _ump Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Now make up some new riddle sentences using - ump englishtips.org 15 Answers: dump, jump, pump, plump, stump, hump, bump, lump, grump, 10 thump -ump Cheer Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell For all of the words that we can spell With a U, M, and P that make the sound –ump, You’ll find it in bump and lump and jump Three little letters, that’s all that we need To make a whole family of words to read! -ump englishtips.org 16 Make a list of other –ump words Then use them in the cheer! Reading Tips -ump Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -ump sound, made by the letters U, M, and P All these words belong to a group called a word family Ask children to find the -ump word ending at the top of the front cover Review aloud with children the sound these three letters make together Can they find two words in the title with the -ump 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 -ump sound Explain that the story you are about to read includes many more words that end in -ump Can they help you find them? Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations Then reread the book, emphasizing the -ump word ending in the appropriate words Ask children to listen closely and identify all the words that end in -ump (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 -ump words Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card Use a different color for -ump 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 -ump Read each riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with lots of energy 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 -ump family: chump slump clump trump rump ump Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump (-ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources He re are some quick and fun ways to use this story to help children learn the word family –ump ... thrilled Katie Krump englishtips.org 12 Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump ( -ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump ( -ump) © Scholastic... when they feel ready (you might even choose a “cheerleader”) englishtips.org Other words in the -ump family: chump slump clump trump rump ump Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump... englishtips.org 15 Answers: dump, jump, pump, plump, stump, hump, bump, lump, grump, 10 thump -ump Cheer Word Family Tales: The Day Mr Gump Helped Katie Krump ( -ump) © Scholastic Teaching Resources Give