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For Alex –
You’re the TOP!
Word Family Tales: Bop, Bop, at the Bunny Hop (-op) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
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Illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki.
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ISBN: 0-439-26261-5
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All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Put down your work,
it’s time to stop.
And tap your toes
at the Bunny Hop!
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Hip! Hop! Hip! Hop!

Horses are hoofing at the Bunny Hop.
They do the purple-pony.
They just can’t stop!
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Dip! Dop! Dip! Dop!
Doggies are dancing at the Bunny Hop.
They do the beagle-boogie.
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Tip! Top! Tip! Top!

Tigers are twisting at the Bunny Hop.
They do the jungle-jive.
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Flip! Flop! Flip! Flop!
Frogs are flying at the Bunny Hop.
They do the ribbit-rumba.
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Plip! Plop! Plip! Plop!

Penguins are prancing at the Bunny Hop.
They do the tuxedo-tango.
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Glip! Glop! Glip! Glop!
Goldfish are grooving at the Bunny Hop.
They do the minnow-mambo.
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Zip! Zop! Zip! Zop!

Zebras are zooming at the Bunny Hop.
They do the ziggy-zag.
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Bip! Bop! Bip! Bop!
Bees are buzzing at the Bunny Hop.
They do the buggy-bumble.
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Hop! Dop! Top! Flop!
Plop! Glop! Zop! Bop!
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until they drop.
They’ll dance all night,
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Just grab a mop!
Don’t have a partner?
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Everyone’s hip at the Bunny Hop!
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-op Word Family Riddles
Listen to the riddle sentences. Add the right letter
or letters to the -op sound to finish each one.
1 A horse can gallop, a bird can fly, a bunny

can __op.
2 A yellow traffic light means slow, green means

go, and red means ___op.
3 To sweep the floor I use a broom. To wash the

floor I use a __op.
4 As a gray cloud covered the sky,

I felt a rain___op.
5 To get a new tire I went to

the bike ___op.
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6 When Juan jumped on the balloon, it made
a loud __op.
7 My cat’s ears stand up but my dog’s

ears ___op.
8 The sunflower is so tall I can barely see

the __op.
9 For supper last night, I had a pork ___op.
10 The rock fell into the water with a loud ___op.
Now make up some new riddle sentences using - op
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Answers: 1. hop, 2. stop, 3. mop, 4. drop, 5. shop, 6. pop, 7. flop, 8. top, 9. chop, 10. plop
-op Cheer
Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell
For all of the words that we can spell
With an O and a P that make the sound –op,

You’ll find it in hop and mop and stop.
Two little letters, that’s all that we need
To make a whole family of words to read!
- op
Make a list
of other –op
words. Then
use them in
the cheer!
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Reading Tips -op
Here are some quick and fun ways to use this
story to help children learn the word family -op.
Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -op sound,
made by the letters O and P. All these words belong to a group called a word family.
Ask children to find the -op word ending at the top of the front cover. Review aloud with children the
sound these two letters make together. Can they find two words in the title with the -op sound?
Flip over the book and read the story summary on the back cover. Ask children to point out the
words they hear with the -op sound. Explain that the story you are about to read includes many
more words that end in -op. Can they help you find them?
Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations. Then reread the
book, emphasizing the -op word ending in the appropriate words. Ask children to listen closely
and identify all the words that end in -op (they might raise their hand or clap when they hear one,
or you might choose a volunteer to point to the word on the page). As they do so, make a list on
chart paper of all the -op words.
Write each of the words from your list on an unlined

index card. Use a different color for -op than the rest Other words in
of the word. Read each word on the cards with
children. On another reading of the story, distribute
the -op family:
the cards to children and have them hold up their
card as their word is read. chop Aesop nonstop
cop bellhop raindrop
Pages 14–15 of the book feature 10 riddles with crop blacktop rooftop
answers that require a word ending in -op. Read each
lop doorstop shortstop
riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers.
pop eavesdrop eardrop
Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with prop gumdrop tiptop
lots of energy and enthusiasm. Invite children to join treetop
shop hilltop
you in reciting the cheer when they feel ready (you
might even choose a “cheerleader”). slop kerplop workshop
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SCHOLASTIC and WORD FAMILY TALES

Illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki.

Produced by Brown Publishing Network.

Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc.

All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

Hip! Hop! Hip! Hop!

Tip! Top! Tip! Top!

Plip! Plop! Plip! Plop!

Zip! Zop! Zip! Zop!

1 A horse can gallop, a bird can fly, a bunny

2 A yellow traffic light means slow, green means

3 To sweep the floor I use a broom. To wash the

4 As a gray cloud covered the sky,

5 To get a new tire I went to

7 My cat’s ears stand up but my dog’s

8 The sunflower is so tall I can barely see

9 For supper last night, I had a pork ___op.

10 The rock fell into the water with a loud ___op.

Now make up some new riddle sentences using - op

With an O and a P that make the sound –op,

Write each of the words from your list on an unlined

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