T words

Beginning Middle Ending

teeth button bat
tire guitar boat
toast kitten cat
toy mittens fruit

teacher potato goat

two eighteen hat
toad rotten coat
tiger hotel light
turkey cotton nut

taco motel chocolate

tool (Hard "T" sound, can eat
tooth sound like "d" sound, bite
toe depending on how you cut
talk say it) cute

towel feet
turtle beauty get
team better sit
take city right
tall butter not

taste little late

tub butterfly kite
touch tomato hot
top biting hat
tongue Saturday wet

time water white

 Initial T by syllables
2 3 4 5
Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable
table tablecloth table tennis technicality

taken talented tape recorder tuberculosis

talent talkative telephone book
teacher
tangerine telephone booth
teamwork
teachable telephone pole
tennis
teacher's aide television
Texas
teddy bear temperature
ticket

tiny teenager territory

tired telephone

tissue tennis ball

toaster tennis court
today
tennis shoes
toilet
terrific
tonight
together
toothpaste
tomorrow
towel
tornado
T-shirt

turkey tortilla

turtle typical
 Medial T by syllables
2 3 4 5
Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable
batter attitude alligator denominator

beauty beautiful baby sitter deteriorate

better bike safety
beauty salon hippopotamus
brighter bus saftety
boating safety hot water bottle
Britain huttonhole

butter computer calculator hot water heater

button cottage cheese competitor potato salad

cheetah excited
educator refrigerator
daughter fairy tale
elevator saltwater taffy
eating forgotten
escalator
guitar hospital

heater hot water peanut butter

hotel invited potato chips

hotter Jupiter
thermometer
kitten photograph
United States
lettuce potato
vegetables
photos Saturday

pretty talkative vitamin C

sweater tomato walking safety

written visitor
water safety
 Final T by syllables
2 3 4
Syllable Syllable Syllable
about accurate accelerate

basket alphabet accumulate

Boy Scout apricot cooperate

bracelet astronaut Easter basket

closet calculate refrigerate

concrete celebrate shopping basket

create chocolate supermarket

delete coconut unfortunate

exit cookie sheet

flashlight cowboy boot

forget educate

grapefruit hibernate

jacket incomplete

minute laundromat

parrot parking lot

peanut riverboat

pocket roller skate

quiet substitute

rabbit thermostat

toilet violet
 Initial T Phrases and Sentences
dining table They had dinner at the table.

crunchy taco He wants 3 tacos.

tall building That building is so tall.

classroom teacher She is our 5th grade teacher.

soccer team The team has their first game today.

pretty teeth She has very white teeth.

tennis ball Tennis is her favorite sport.

big tiger We saw a tiger at the zoo.

so tired He is tired from working hard.

soft tissue Blow your nose with a tissue.

red tongue Stick your tongue out and say "ahhh".

green toothpaste Using toothpaste will keep your teeth clean.

scary tornado The tornado destroyed many homes.

flour tortilla Will you use a corn or flour tortilla?

bath towel The baby snuggled in his towel.

clean tub Hop in the tub before bed time.

male turkey A turkey sounds funny when it gobbles.

number two My address is two Bower Street.

 Medial T Phrases and Sentences
big log He made the seat out of a log.

shrimp and butter I dip my shrimp in butter.

round button I sewed my button onto the shirt.

solar calculator He used his calculator in class.

fast cheetah A cheetah can run as fast as a car.

library computer There was a computer for everyone.

wonderful daughter The daughter loves her mother.

eighteen years old She was happy when she turned eighteen.

elevator door The elevator was going up.

play guitar Can I play your guitar?

big hospital We are going to the hospital tonight.

green lettuce The farmer grows lettuce.

full potato My baked potato smells good.

Saturday morning The game is on Saturday morning.

red sweater She will buy the red sweater.

red tomato Cut up one tomato and add it to the stew.

basket of vegetables He picked the vegetables from his garden.

pour water Cold water is refreshing on a hot day.

 Final T Phrases and Sentences
hanging bat The bat hung upside down in the tree.

fishing boat They went out on the boat for a day of fishing.

nice cat The cat was going to sneak away.

snow coat The coat is for sale.

Battery flashlight The flashlight lit up the room.

fruit mix They had their choice of fruit.

baby goat The baby goat stayed by it's mom.

cowboy hat She left her hat in the barn.

rain jacket She wore a rain jacket in case it rained.

high kite The kite flew high.

hanging light Turn the light on please.

talking parrot How does a parrot talk?

peanut shell He took off the peanut shell.

white pocket He has nothing in his pocket.

be quiet Be quiet so we don't wake her up.

cute rabbit I see a rabbit in the grass.

sit down She would sit and wait every day for the bus.

write it down She writes in her journal every week.

 T Reading Paragraphs

Terry's Taco House

Growing up in Texas can be hot in the summertime. Our family likes to get
milkshakes to cool off. Tonight our family is going to get Texas toast, tacos,
and milkshake's at "Terry's Taco House".My dad came home from work last
night and said he was craving a taco from Terry's. It is the most terrific taco
place in town.
Everyone will get a taco except for my sister Tia, she will probably get a
hamburger. Don't get me wrong, Terry's makes good hamburgers, but their
tacos taste much better in my opinion. Tia just isn't a big taco fan.
Most of the time she would rather find an exit than eat a taco. But when she
wants a taco, she gets really excited about it. She is like my dad. Dad doesn't
want to eat tacos very often. But when he does, move out of his way because
he will run faster than a cheetah to get a taco.
When we go to Terry's tonight, I will find us a table by the window. Terry's
restaurant sits right next to a busy street and I like to watch different things
that happen while we eat our tacos. I've watched people change their car
tires, drive with towels on top of their car, and find a turtle in the grass.
I always look forward to being together with my family and eating at Terry's. It
is fun.

Teaching Dreams

So far my list of things I want to teach about include: Jupiter and planets,
writing fairy tales, growing potatoes and tomatoes, playing tennis, boat safety,
and working in a hospital. Last week our class learned about alligators - this
made me want to teach about animals. Then this week, I have learned about
tools and building and that makes me want to teach about construction.
My mom also asked me if I would like to learn to play the guitar a few days
ago.
"Of course I do. I want to learn everything so I can teach anything," I said. I
tell my parents about how cool teaching is all the time. They won't tell me, but
I think they get tired hearing about all of the different things I want to teach
about.
They tell me I should definitely become a teacher if I love it so much. My plan
is to teach high school classes in six different subject areas. I am starting to
prepare now by learning as much as I can. I read a ton. I do a lot of
interviewing too. Asking people what they do has taught me so much about
things I can teach.

Teacher Trouble

I took her coat and hat at the door and timidly showed her into the dining
room to meet my dad, Tom. He stood up so quickly that he knocked his
calculator and notebook off his lap and onto the carpet. He shook her hand
and said, "Well now aren't you as pretty as a parrot. I'm sure my son is as bad
as two - no ten, tigers in your classroom." And at that, I started choking on the
peanuts I had taken from my pocket and stuffed in my mouth so I wouldn't
have to talk.
I ran to the bathroom as quick as a cheetah and spit the peanuts into the tub.
I was trying to wash them down with water, but I was still choking. There were
tears in my eyes and my tummy started to turn. I turned around and spit the
rest of the peanuts into the toilet. I quickly used some toothpaste to brush up
and a tissue to wipe my face. I returned to the dining room and took my seat.
Then the rest of the disaster happened.
My mom served tortillas filled with turkey, potatoes, lettuce, and butter. My
teacher ate them with her tongue half-way out. I don't think she liked them.
And for dessert we had what my mom calls, fruit tacos - fruit in a hard tortilla
shell topped with tangerine syrup and fried in butter. They were actually pretty
good. But on the last bite, my teacher turned green, swayed a little and fell on
the floor.
We called the hospital and they came and got her. I took her coat and hat and
laid them on top of her as they wheeled her out on a stretcher. I did not want
anything left behind to remember this awful night when we had my teacher
over for dinner.