Today we are going to study this very cute book:
It might take more than one lesson to finish this book, but it is worth it!
Rachael Alice Orbach
Professional On-line English teacher
Contact Rachael to set up your English lessons! Ages 6-Adult
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Talk about it:
Look at the pictures:
What is Worm's report card, good or bad?
What did Spider draw for him?
How does baby Worm feel in his picture?
How do all the other worms feel on their first day of school?
Where did the family go on vacation?
March 20
What are the three rules that Mom told him?
Which ones apply to both humans and worms?
New Words to Know:
remember
tunnel
earth
Write sentences for these new words
1
2
3
March 29
What did Worm try to teach Spider?
What happened to Spider?
Write the three things:
1
2
3
New words to know
dig
stuck
upside down
ankle
Write sentences with these new words
1
2
3
What rhymes with dig
dig dog pig pencil
What rhymes with stuck?
stuck scissors clay tuck
Make a Sentence:
stuck His got his
________________________
swallowed a He bunch dirt of
________________________________
March 30
What can't worms do?
How do we know that worm doesn't like this?
April 4
What happened in his garden?
Who wants to catch worms? Why?
What is bait?
Words to know
bait
dug
deeper
Put in the missing vowel(s)
b_ _ t d _ g d_ _ p _ r
Which words rhyme? Circle them.
dug dig bug big
bait say wait deep
Family Members
Mother, Father, son, daughter, Grandpa, Grandma
Make a family tree:
April 10
What happened in Worm's garden?
Where did all the worms gather?
What game is very dangerous for them?
Make sentences:
rained all It night
_________________________
ground soaked The was
__________________________
is dangerous very Hopscotch
___________________________
Words to know
soaked
rained
dangerous
sidewalk 
Make up new sentences with these words:
1_______________________________
2_______________________________
3_______________________________
4. ______________________________
April 15
What did Worm forget to bring to school?
What did he do instead?
How did the teacher feel about that?
What did the teacher make Worm do?
What did he do after that?
Words to know:
forgot
lunch
hungry
Past tense,it happened already and Present tense happening now
forgot forget
dug dig
ate eat
Write a sentence using the word forgot:
_______________________________
Write a sentence using the word forget:
________________________________
Write a sentence using the word dug:
_______________________________
Write a sentence using the word dig:
_______________________________
Write a sentence using the word ate:
________________________________
Write a sentence using the word eat:
________________________________
April 20
What did Worm do to the kids in the park?
How does he feel about that?
Words to know:
snuck
sneek
wriggle
wriggled
scream
scramed
Make sentences:
snuck I on up kids some
________________________
didn't me hear They coming
_________________________
didn't = did not
can't = can not or cannot
I can go to the party
I can't go to the party
Now you write sentence using did and didn't:
____________________________
____________________________
Make these words into the past tense:
did __________________
wriggle __________________
scream __________________
May 1
What did Grandpa tell his grandchildren?
What did Worm do?
How many good mornings did he say?
Words to know
teach
taught
manners
important
stood
stand
Match present tense to past tense
teach dug
dig stood
stand wriggled
scream snuck
wriggle taught
sneek screamed
Make sentences
I all stood day
______________________________
see you Nice to
______________________
May 8
What dream did Worm have?
What did Mom tell him?
Words to know:
garbage
giant
birds
hopscotch
Write sentences using these words:
____________________________ garbage
______________________giant
_____________________________ birds
_______________________hopscotch
Make a sentence
play hopscotch birds Giant
______________________________
garbage stop eating bed before
______________________________________
May 15
What happened between Worm and Spider? Why?
What do you need legs to do?
Can Worm run? Why or why not?
Is Spider right or wrong?
Words to know:
fight
told
cool
ran
right
Put in the correct vowels:
t_ld c_ _ l r_n
Which words rhyme? Draw a line between the rhyming words.
fight tool
ran told
cold tan
cool right
Make a sentence
Spider I fight had
________________________
May 16
What was so funny?
What happened to Spider?
What noise did Worm hear? Why?
How did Spider feel?
Words to know:
laugh hard
fell
out of his tree
legs
need
Make sentences:
laugh I spider make
_______________________________
fell out tree He his of
________________________________
needs Who legs
________________________________?
May 28
We can sing the song! 
And if you want to watch a video:
Words to know
head
in
out
yourself
turn
about
Put the vowels in the right place:
_n _ _ t h _ _ d
Make a sentence:
You in your put head
_____________________
turn about yourself You
_________________________
June 5
What did the students make during Art class?
What did Worm do with his when he got home?
Do you like to eat macaroni?
Do you like to eat macaroni?
Words to know
macaroni - a type of noodle
art class - a class where you learn art.
mine - something that you have.
home - a place to live
ate - past tense of eat
dinner - food to eat in the evening.
Put in the missing word from the Words to know list:
We made ___macaroni _______________________ necklaces in Art class.
I brought mine home_______ and we ate it for _dinner________________.
Put in the correct vowels
_t_ _ r t d _ n n _ r c l _ s s m _ n _
ate art dinner class mine
Possessive pronouns: this means something belongs to you.
Mine I
his he
hers she
yours your
ours our we
their theirs
Choose the correct pronoun and write it in the blank:
I ate ______ .
You ate _______.
He ate ________.
She ate ______.
We ate ________.
They ate ________.
June 15
What does big sister like to do all the time?
What did Worm tell her?
Who thought it was funny?
Who didn't?
Words to know:
pretty
mirror
looking
face
rear end
funny
Put the vowels in the right place:
pr_tty m_rr_r l_ _ k _ ng f_ce f_nn_
Make a sentence:
thinks She pretty so is she
_______________________
thought Spider was that funny really
___________________________________
not Mom did
_______________________________
Put in the correct word in the correct sentence: Use these words if you can: funny, pretty, mirror, face.
She is _____________________________
Look in the __________________________
It is very ____________________________
JULY 4
This is the National Independence Day in the USA but Worm is thinking about something else!
What does Worm want to do when he grows up?
Why is this a dangerous job?
Words to know
dangerous
job
step
careful
Put in the missing letters:
d _ nger_us
c_r_f_l
ste_
_ob
Make sentences
want I Secret agent to a be Services
_____________________________________________
President step might me on The
__________________________________________
dangerous job it's a
__________________________________________
words with full at the end:
The full makes the word mean "full of _____ "
careful - full of care.
wonderful - full of wonder
beautiful - full of beauty
Make up sentences using these words.
1.
2.
3.
July 28
What are the three things that Worms doesn't like?
Look carefully at the pictures, Which homework doesn't he like?
Words to know:
bubble gum
long lasting
have
homework
digging
compost
soil
Fill in the missing letters:
h_v_
l_ng
s__ __ l
Make sentences:
I gum chew can't
__________________________________________
dog I have can't a
__________________________________________
homework that All
__________________________________________
Make up a sentence with
homework__________________________________________
digging__________________________________________
bubble gum __________________________________________
July 29
What are the three things that he likes about being a Worm?
1.
2.
3.
Where did he go to get his "teeth" checked?
Why doesn't get in trouble about mud?
Why doesn't he take baths?
Words to know:
dentist
cavities
teeth
mud
tracking
grubby
Put in the missing letters:
d_nt_st c_v_t_ _ s t_ _ th m_d tr_ck_ng gr_bb_
Make sentences:
good a things Three worm about being
_____________________________
never to I dentist to dentist go have
_____________________________
track I through house mud the
_____________________________
my little grubby Who's boy
_____________________________
Make your own sentences with these words:
teeth _____________________________
mud _____________________________
dentist _____________________________
August 1
What is one of the problems about being a worm?
Where do they live?
What do they do for the Earth?
Look at the pictures, which one is your favorite? Why?
Words to know
bee
stung
rock
awesome
anniversary
slumber party
comic
pile
Put in the missing letters:
b _ _ r_ ck st_ng c_ m _ c p_l_
Make sentences
me stung Bee
___________________________________
found a I rock
___________________________________
awesome this Isn't this
___________________________________
slumber sister's party My
___________________________________
dirt My pile favorite
___________________________________
Make up your own sentences using these words:
awesome ___________________________________
comic ___________________________________
pile ___________________________________
Congratulations on finishing this book! You get the Worm Prize! 
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