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A, An, and The in a Snow Leopard Letter

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A, An, and The in a Snow Leopard Letter

Use a, an, and the before naming words.

Read the letter

Read Aunt Mei's letter. Then answer the questions.

A Letter from the Mountains

1Dear Jonah,
I am at a camp high in the mountains. Yesterday, I saw a snow leopard! The snow leopard sat on a big rock. It had thick gray fur with dark spots.

2The leopard had a long tail. It wrapped the tail around its body like a blanket. Then it jumped to an icy ledge and ran off.

3Later, I saw an eagle in the sky. The eagle flew in slow circles over the camp.

4I took a picture of the leopard with an old camera. I will mail the picture to you soon.
Love,
Aunt Mei

1.
Read paragraph 1. Aunt Mei first writes a snow leopard. Underline the sentence where she writes the snow leopard.

2.
Read paragraph 1. Why does Aunt Mei write the snow leopard when she tells where it sat?
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3.
Read paragraph 2. Aunt Mei writes an icy ledge. Why does she write an and not a?
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4.
Use the word bank. Write the little word that finishes each sentence from the letter.

The leopard had long tail.
Later, I saw eagle in the sky.
eagle flew in slow circles over the camp.

A or an?

Use a before a word that starts with a consonant sound. Use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound.

5.
Which word goes before each naming word: a or an? Sort the words.
6.
Which sentence uses a or an the right way?
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A or the?

Use a for something new. Use the for something you already told about.

7.
Use the word bank. Write a or the in each blank.

Tenzin saw yak and bird by the path. bird sat on yak's back!

8.
Jonah writes back: "I saw a squirrel in the park." Which sentence tells more about that same squirrel?
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9.
Write two sentences to Aunt Mei about an animal you have seen. Use a in the first sentence. Use the in the second sentence.