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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2.

3.

4.

5.

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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.

1

211

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

212

nose

teeth

eyes

lips

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Created by Smarterville Productions LLC Producer: TJ Trochlil McGreevy Producer & Editorial Direction: The Linguistic Edge Writers: Christina Roll, (Reading Skill Builders), Sandy Damashek (Spelling Games & Activities), Margaret Crocker (Vocabulary Puzzles) Cover and Interior Illustrations: Duendes del Sur Layout and Art Direction: SunDried PenguinArt Manager: Adina Ficano

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