RondeauBella Blew
BlueBubbles
ABDO
Amanda Rondeau
Books in this series:Bella Blew Blue Bubbles
The Knight Waits at NightMy Deer Is a Dear
The Prince Left His PrintsSue Threw the Goop Through the Hoop
We Have a Wee Whale
Books in this series:Bella Blew Blue Bubbles
The Knight Waits at NightMy Deer Is a Dear
The Prince Left His PrintsSue Threw the Goop Through the Hoop
We Have a Wee Whale
RondeauBella Blew
Blue Bubbles
Homophones are words that sound alike but arespelled differently and have different meanings.
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Amanda Rondeau
Bella BlewBlue BubblesBella Blew
Blue Bubbles
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Published by SandCastle™, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company, 4940 Viking Drive, Edina,Minnesota 55435.Copyright © 2002 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in allcountries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permissionfrom the publisher. SandCastle™ is a trademark and logo of ABDO Publishing Company.Printed in the United States.Cover and interior photo credits: Digital Vision, Eyewire Images, PhotoDisc,
Rubberball Productions
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rondeau, Amanda, 1974-Bella blew blue bubbles / Amanda Rondeau.
p. cm. -- (Homophones)Includes index.Summary: Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike
but are spelled differently and have different meanings.ISBN 1-57765-784-51. English language--Homonyms--Juvenile literature. [1. English language--Homonyms.]
I. Title. II. Series.
PE1595 .R66 2002428.1--dc21
2001053374
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About SandCastle™
Nonfiction books for the beginning reader
9 Basic concepts of phonics are incorporated with integrated language methodsof reading instruction. Most words are short, and phrases, letter sounds, andword sounds are repeated.
9 Book levels are based on the ATOS™ for Books formula. Other considerationsfor readability include the number of words in each sentence, the number ofcharacters in each word, and word lists based on curriculum frameworks.
9 Full-color photography reinforces word meanings and concepts.
9 “Words I Can Read” list at the end of each book teaches basic elements ofgrammar, helps the reader recognize the words in the text, and builds vocabulary.
9 Reading levels are indicated by the number of flags on the castle.
SandCastle uses the following definitions for this series:
9 Homographs: words that are spelled the same but sound different and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-graph”= same look
9 Homonyms: words that are spelled and sound the same but have differentmeanings. Easy memory tip: “-nym”= same name
9 Homophones: words that sound alike but are spelled differently and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-phone”= sound alike
Level 1(one flag)
Grades Pre-K to K5 or fewer words per page
Level 2(two flags)
Grades K to 15 to 10 words per page
Level 3(three flags)
Grades 1 to 210 to 15 words per page
Look for more SandCastle books in these three reading levels:
Note: Some pages in this book contain more than 10 words in order to more clearly convey the concept of the book.
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Homophones
bass base
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Homophones
Homophones are words thatsound alike but are spelleddifferently and havedifferent meanings.
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Homophones
The big brown bear caught a fish.
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Homophones
Matt is not wearing a shirt.
His back is bare.
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Homophones
Martha removes nails from a board.
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Homophones
Amalia is bored.
She wants to play.
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Homophones
Aki took a bow at the end of the dance.
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Homophones
Two raccoons sit on thebough of a tree.
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Homophones
We like to build sand castles.
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Homophones
The doctor billed us for the visit.
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Homophones
Bill and Brian take a break.
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Homophones
Dad is teaching Jill to brake.
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Homophones
Sofia beats the eggs for a cake.
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Homophones
Beets are red and growunderground.
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Homophones
Jan buries the roots of theplant in dirt.
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Homophones
These berries are covered in snow.
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Homophones
Lauren is wearing a bridal gown.
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Homophones
What kind of animal wears a bridle? (horse)
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Words I Can ReadNouns
A noun is a person, place, or thing
Plural NounsA plural noun is more than one
person, place, or thing
beets (BEETSS) p. 17berries (BER-eez)
p. 19castles (KASS-uhlz)
p. 12
eggs (EGZ) p. 16homophones
(HOME-uh-fonez)p. 5
meanings (MEE-ningz) p. 5
nails (NAYLZ) p. 8raccoons
(ra-KOONZ) p. 11roots (ROOTSS) p. 18words (WURDZ) p. 5
animal (AN-uh-muhl)p. 21
back (BAK) p. 7base (BAYSS) p. 4bass (BAYSS) p. 4bear (BAIR) p. 6board (BORD) p. 8bough (BOU) p. 11bow (BOU) p. 10break (BRAYK) p. 14
bridle (BRYE-duhl) p. 21
cake (KAYK) p. 16dance (DANSS) p. 10dirt (DURT) p. 18doctor (DOK-tur)
p. 13end (END) p. 10fish (FISH) p. 6gown (GOUN) p. 20
horse (HORSS) p. 21kind (KINDE) p. 21plant (PLANT) p. 18sand castle
(SAND KASS-uhl)p. 12
shirt (SHURT) p. 7snow (SNOH) p. 19tree (TREE) p. 11visit (VIZ-it) p. 13
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Proper NounsA proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing
VerbsA verb is an action or being word
AdjectivesAn adjective describes something
alike (uh-LIKE) p. 5bare (BAIR) p. 7big (BIG) p. 6bridal (BRYE-duhl)
p. 20
brown (BROUN) p. 6different
(DIF-ur-uhnt) p. 5his (HIZ) p. 7
red (RED) p. 17these (THEEZ) p. 19two (TOO) p. 11
are (AR) pp. 5, 17, 19beats (BEETSS) p. 16billed (BILD) p. 13bored (BORD) p. 9brake (BRAYK) p. 15build (BILD) p. 12buries (BER-eez) p. 18caught (KAWT) p. 6covered (KUHV-urd)
p. 19
grow (GROH) p. 17have (HAV) p. 5is (IZ) pp. 7, 9, 15, 20like (LIKE) p. 12play (PLAY) p. 9removes
(ri-MOOVZ) p. 8sit (SIT) p. 11sound (SOUND) p. 5spelled (SPELD) p. 5
take (TAYK) p. 14teaching (TEECH-ing)
p. 15took (TUK) p. 10wants (WONTSS)
p. 9wearing (WAIR-ing)
pp. 7, 20wears (WAIRZ) p. 21
Aki (AH-kee) p. 10Amalia
(uh-MAH-lee-uh) p. 9
Bill (BIL) p. 14
Brian (BRYE-uhn) p. 14Dad (DAD) p. 15Jan (JAN) p. 18Jill (JIL) p. 15Lauren (LOR-en) p. 20
Martha (MAR-thuh) p. 8
Matt (MAT) p. 7Sofia (soh-FEE-uh)
p. 16
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barebear
berriesburies
boughbow
bridalbridle
Match these homophones to the pictures
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