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Puzzles	Analogies
Alliteration	Onomatopoeia
Word Power

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

**Puzzles**
Arbor Day Word Search PDF File
Arbor Day Maze PDF File

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Arbor Day Analogies

Complete the following analogies. For analogy help, click here.

Baby is to adult as acorn is to .

Arm is to body as limb is to .

Vacuum is to carpet as rake is to .

Cool is to stream as shade is to .

Straw is to juice as root is to .

Blood is to humans as sap is to .

Hand is to glove as bark is to .

Hammer is to nail as saw is to .

Towel is to dry as paper is to .

Pilgrim is to Thanksgiving as Johnny Appleseed is to .

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Arbor Day Alliteration

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides. For alliteration help, click here.

Example:
Rhyming risky resistant Robert the Root risked restless rivers.
Scratchy scuffy scuzzy Suzy Sap scribbled shabby shapes.

Do your own Arbor Day Alliteration for tree, leaf, bark, sap, branch, limb, wood

Hint:

If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...

______	______	______	______	______	______	______
Adjective	Adjective	Adjective	Noun	Verb	Adjective / Adverb	Noun

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Arbor Day Analogy Answers
Baby is to adult as acorn is to oak; Arm is to body as limb is to tree; Vacuum is to carpet as rake is to yard; Cool is to stream as shade is to tree; Straw is to juice as root is to tree; Blood is to humans as sap is to tree; Hand is to glove as bark is to tree; Hammer is to nail as saw is to wood; Towel is to dry as paper is to pen; Pilgrim is to Thanksgiving as Johnny Appleseed is to Arbor Day.

Arbor Day Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember: Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects. (from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced: on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

Quick ... what sound ...

What sound do leaves make in the wind?
What sound does an apple make when it hits the ground?
What sound does a contented family munching on peaches make?
What sound does a hard-working parent make when planting a tree?

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Arbor Day Word Power (Anagrams)

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Example: The word salvation may be rearranged into the phrase A vital Son.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

Arbor Day ?

stewardship ?

industry ?

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Word Power Answers

Arbor Day

stewardship

industry

**Arbor Day**
3-letter words	baa, bar, bay, boa, boy, dab, day, dry, oar, orb, ray, rob

4-letter words	Arab, bard, boar, brad, bray, drab, road, roar, yard

5-letter words	ardor, array, board, broad, radar

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**stewardship**
3-letter words	ads, air, ape, apt, are, art, ash, ate, awe, dew, ear, eat, era, had, hat, hew, hid, hip, his, hit, its, pad, pat, paw, pea, per, pet, pew, pit, rat, raw, red, rid, rip, sad, sap, saw, sea, set, sew, she, sip, sir, sis, sit, spa, tap, tie, tip, wad, war, was, wed, wet, wit

4-letter words	airs, aped, apes, arts, awed, awes, dare, dart, dash, dish, dirt, drat, draw, drip, ears, east, eats, eras, hair, hard, harp, hash, hate, hats, heat, herd, hews, hide, hips, hiss, hits, pads, part, pass, past, pate, path, pats, paws, pear, peas, peat, pert, pest, pets, pews, pits, rapt, rash, rasp, rats, read, reap, rest, rids, ripe, rips, saps, sash, saws, seas, seat, sets, sews, shed, ship, sips, sirs, spar, spas, spat, sped, spew, spit, star, step, stew, stir, swap, swat, tape, taps, thaw, this, ties, tips, trap, trip, Tsar, wade, wads, ward, warp, wars, wart, wash, wasp, wear, weds, wept, west, wets, what, whip, wish, wisp, with, wits, wrap, writ

5-letter words	aphid, ashes, asset, dares, dashes, darts, depth, dishes, drape, drat, draws, dress, drips, haste, hates, heard, heats, herds, hides, parts, paste, pates, paths, pears, pests, phase, press, rapts, reads, reaps, rests, saith, seats, shade, shape, shard, sharp, sheds, shred, shrew, ships, shirt, spade, spare, spars, spats, spear, spews, spirt, spite, stars, stash, steps, stews, stirs, strap, straw, strew, strip, swaps, swats, swear, sweat, swept, swish, tapes, third, traps, threw, trash, tress, tripe, trips, wades, wards, wares, warps, warts, wasps, waste, water, wears, wheat, whips, whist, width, wisps, wraps, wrath, wrest, wrist, writs

6-letter words	aphids, depart, depths, drapes, pastes, phased, phases, radish, rashes, rasped, rawest, shades, shaped, shapes, shards, shirts, shreds, shrewd, shrews, spades, spared, spares, sparse, spears, spider, spread, straps, straws, strews, stripe, strips, swears, sweats, thirds, thread, washed, washes, waster, wastes, waters, widths, wishes, wither, wrists

7-letter words	departs, hardest, harpest, hatred, radishes, spiders, steward, threads, warship, waspish, withers

8-letter words	starship, warships

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**industry**
3-letter words	din, ins, nut, rid, run, sin, sit, sty, sun, tin, try, urn

4-letter words	dins, dirt, drys, dust, nuts, rids, runs, runt, rust, sins, snit, stun, tidy, tins, tiny, unit, urns

5-letter words	dirty, runts, rusty, units

6-letter words	sturdy, sundry

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