The ope Family

by Cherry Carl

Artwork: ©Toonaday.com

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--ooppee WWoorrdd FFaammiillyy LLiisstt cope pope envelope

dope rope microscope

grope scope* periscope

hope slope stethoscope

lope elope telescope

mope tightrope

nope antelope

I Hope! I Hope! I Hope! (Tune: A Hunting We Will Go)

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I hope! I hope! I hope!

to get a telescope,

or maybe there’s a microscope!

I hope! I hope! I hope!

I see some envelopes,

but not a telescope!

Maybe I should mope and mope!

How about a stethoscope?

Cut and Paste: ope

slope telescope

rope hope

mope rope

tightrope envelopes

Configuration Station: ope

Word Bank

mope scope hope rope

nope lope cope slope

Cloze the Gap! (ope)

Read the following sentences, saying the word “scope”

when you come to a blank space. Use words from the

ope family to fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread

your sentences to double check your choices!

1. I that you feel better soon.

2. Mom says that I should not around the house.

3. Another word for no is .

4. A horse has a smooth and easy when it runs.

5. I like to jump with my friends at recess.

6. A can help you see the stars.

7. We use a in our science class.

8. Did you put the in the mail?

9. Cowboys use a to catch a cow.

10. We saw an acrobat on a at the circus.

11. Submarines have a to see things above the

water.

Word Bank

rope periscope lope hope microscope

nope envelopes mope rope telescope

tightrope

Finish and Write Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the –ope family and rhymes with scope,

add –ope to finish writing the word.

m

dr

sc

m

sl

r

r

st

h

X’s and O’s

Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the –ope

rime. They make an x on each picture that does not end with the ope rime.

More X’s and O’s

Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the -ope rime and

write the word in the box. If the picture does not end with the –ope rime, students make an x

over the picture.

1

7

2

8

3

9

4

10

5

11

6

12

WORD BANK scope hope rope nope slope telescope

mope Pope lope cope grope elope

Alphabet Avenue

Place the words below in alphabetical order.

Circle and Write

Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write the word on

the lines.

1.

mope

mop

2.

slop

slope

3.

scope

scrape

4.

ripe

rope

5.

hop

hope

More Circle and Write

Say the name of each picture. Read the words and circle the word that names the

picture. Write the word underneath the picture. Make a picture for the last word.

ripe rope

scope scrap

hop hope

slope slip

hip hope

rope ripe

lop lope

mope mop

nope

ope Word Search s c o p e d f e a m

l o p e z w g l b i

o a d r v y n o f c

p f b i x r o p e r

e g z s u v o e a o

w m y c o p e d b s

a o b o w z g h f c

d p f p v a w o z o

t e l e s c o p e p

e n v e l o p e a e

mope microscope slope hope periscope

scope envelope nope cope telescope

rope elope lope

ope Crossword Puzzle

1 2 3 4

5

6

7 8

9

Across Down 1. tools in science for seeing small things 1. pout

5. leader of the Catholic church 2. twine or cord

7. wish for; expect 3. the slant of a hill

8. a gentle running motion 4. span or range of possibility

9. paper wrapping for mail 6. another word for no

Word Bank mope rope microscope hope slope nope

scope Pope envelope lope

See, Say, Spell and Write

lope

ope Partner Puzzle.

sc ope

r ope

h ope

l ope

sl ope

r ope

Score With Scrabble! SCORE

Cope

Grope

Hope

Lope

Mope

Nope

Pope

Rope

Scope

slope

ope Family Word Slide

ope

ope Family Word Slide

(Sound Blending)

Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left

of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and

say new words.

c

d

gr

h

l

m

n

r

sc

sl

slope

rope

cope

mope

mope

hope

telescope

envelopes

lope

lope

scope

tightrope

ope Words and Pictures for Sorts

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

slope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

rope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

cope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

lope

ope Words and Pictures for Sorts

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

mope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

mope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

hope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

lope

ope Words and Pictures for Sorts

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

envelopes -ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

telescope

-ope Pictures and Words

-ope Pictures and Words

tightrope

ope ope

ope ope

ope ope

ope Stationery

Write sentences or a story with –ope words of your choice.

cope, grope, hope, lope, mope, nope, Pope, rope, scope,

slope, elope, tightrope, antelope, envelope, telescope

My ope Book

My ope Book