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Reading Skill Builders Contents
Letter Sounds
1 Beginning Sounds 2
2 “C” and “G” 12
3 Ending Sounds 14
4 Middle Sounds 18
5 Two Letters, One Sound! 20
6 Short Vowels 22
7 Long Vowels 32
8 Why “Y”? 42
All about Words
9 Compound Words 44
10 Contraction Action 48
11 Syllables 50
12 Plurals 54
13 Words to Know 60
14 More Words to Know 64
15 Words That Go Together 68
Reading Comprehension
16 The Big Idea 74
17 It’s All in the Details 80
18 Order of Events 86
19 Reading between the Lines 92
20 Making Predictions 98
21 Facts and Opinions 102
Review 106
Answers 108
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Spelling Games & Activities Contents
1 Spell Short A 114
2 Spell Short E 120
3 Spell Numbers 126
4 Spell Short 128
5 Spell Short O 134
6 Spell Short U 140
7 Spell Color Words 146
8 Spell Long A 148
9 Spell Long E and 152
10 Spell Long O and U 156
11 Spell Opposites 160
12 “C” or “K”? 162
13 “B” or “D”? 164
14 “B” or “P”? 166
15 “S” or “Z”? 168
16 “M” or “N”? 170
17 “V” or “W”? 172
18 “D” or “T”? 174
19 Spell with Double Letters 176
20 Spell Action Words 178
21 Spell with “–Ed” Endings 180
22 Spell with “– ng” Endings 184
23 Spell with “–Ly” Endings 188
24 Spell Animal Words 190
25 Spell Plurals 192
26 People Words with “–Er” 196
27 Comparing Words 200
28 More People 202
Review 204
Answers 206
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Vocabulary Puzzles Contents
1 Parts of the Body 210
2 Family Tree 214
3 What’s Cooking? 218
4 Put It On! 222
5 What Do You Do? 226
6 How Do You Feel? 230
7 Animals 234
8 At the Zoo 238
9 Animal Actions 242
10 What Do You See? 246
11 Yours, Mine, and Ours 250
12 People 254
13 Places to See 258
14 On the Go 262
15 People Actions 266
16 Where Is It? 270
17 It’s Time for Time 274
18 Days of the Week 278
19 Months of the Year 282
20 Time of Day 286
21 Let’s Eat! 290
22 Actions All Day Long 294
23 What’s the Weather? 298
Review 302
i Index 305
Answers 307
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1st GradeReading Skill Builders
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Starting LineSAY the name of each picture and LISTEN to its beginning sound. WRITE the letter to complete each word. Then READ each word out loud.
Beginning Sounds
ike esk
ed us
ish ork
oat oll
og um
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
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Beginning Sounds
Maze Crazy!Help the bee get to the hive. DRAW a line through the maze to connect the pictures whose names begin with the b, d, or f sound.
3
1
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Sounds and Words SAY the name of the picture in each row and LISTEN to its beginning sound. CIRCLE the word or words in the row that have the same beginning sound.
Beginning Sounds
quick
jeans
kite
mop
gas
quit
gum
kick
fan
keep
fun
jam
goat
hand
zip
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1st GradeSpelling Games & Activities
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Slide WordsLet’s make words that have a short a sound. DRAW a line between each picture and the ending that matches. Then WRITE the first letter of each word.
Spell Short A
ap anram at1 2 3 4
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Spell Short A
Fast WordsCan you SAY this sentence three times fast? Try it!
Now WRITE your own sentence. Use these words or other short a words. You can use words more than once. Then SAY the sentence three times fast!
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1
Pat’s fat cat sat.
ran and the ram man
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Letter LadderLet’s make more words with the short a sound. IDENTIFY the pictures on the ladder. Then WRITE the words next to the pictures.
HINT: You can change just one letter to make each new word.
Spell Short A
ram
a
a
a
1
2
3
4
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1st Grade Vocabulary Puzzles
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Around We Go!CIRCLE the things that have a short u sound.
Explore Short u Sounds Parts of the Body
Read and TraceREAD the words and TRACE them. Do you know what they mean?
body nose
teeth
bone
210
finger
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Parts of the Body
Picture PointersWRITE the word for each picture clue in the grid.
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q
q
u
bone
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Around We Go!CIRCLE the things that have a short u sound.
Explore Short u Sounds Parts of the Body
Draw ItHelp finish the picture! DRAW parts of the face to match the words.
face
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nose
teeth
eyes
lips
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