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Reading Comprehension and Skills: Grade 1

Table of ContentsRecognizing First and Last LettersFirst Letter .............................................4Last Letter .............................................8First and Last Letter .........................12

Word Endings-s Ending ..............................................14-es Ending ............................................16-s or -es Ending ..................................18-er Ending ............................................19-ed Ending .......................................... 20-er or -ed Ending ...............................21

ClassifyingSynonyms ........................................... 23Antonyms ........................................... 25What Is It? ............................................27What Am I? ......................................... 29What Does Not Belong? .................31Yes or No? ............................................33Rhymes .................................................35

Using ContextMultiple Meanings ...........................37Find the Right Word ........................ 38

Beginning Reading Comprehension IPat ..........................................................42Tad .........................................................43Jim ......................................................... 44Ms. Fry...................................................45My School ........................................... 46My Dad .................................................47Fun at School .................................... 48The Race ...............................................49Best Friends ....................................... 50Our Small Kitten ................................51

Following DirectionsHere Is a Dog ......................................52Here Is a Box .......................................53Here Are Three Boxes ..................... 54Here Is a Bell .......................................55Draw a House .................................... 56Draw a Tent .........................................57

Beginning Reading Comprehension IIDan and Jill ......................................... 58The Big Bug .........................................59Judy’s New Doll ................................ 60The Red Truck ....................................61Linda’s Tea Party ...............................62The Dog ...............................................63The Clown .......................................... 64The Zoo ................................................65The Store ............................................. 66Trip to Grandma’s .............................67

Reading FictionSally and Beth ................................... 68Chuck’s Sad Day ................................69The New Car .......................................70Visiting Zuru .......................................71Libby’s Pet Fish ................................. 72Tina’s Book ......................................... 73Leo .........................................................74The Fair .................................................75Digging Is Fun ....................................76The Painting ...................................... 77

Reading NonfictionTigers ....................................................78Butterflies ............................................79Pecan Trees ........................................ 80The Moon ............................................81Skunks ..................................................82Glass ..................................................... 83Games .................................................. 84Shoes .................................................... 85The Beach ........................................... 86Rain ........................................................87

SequencingFeeding the Dog .............................. 88Cooking Soup ................................... 89Washing Clothes .............................. 90The Big Dance ....................................91Painting a Room ................................92Emmy’s Hamster ...............................93Mailing a Postcard ........................... 94Time for School .................................95Bedtime Story ................................... 96Playing Tag ..........................................97Fun at the Beach .............................. 98Picking a Puppy ................................ 99Our Picnic ......................................... 100Zak’s Sister........................................ 101After School ..................................... 102Stan’s Party....................................... 103

Answer Key..................................... 104

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This book was developed to help students master the basic skills necessary to become competent readers. The stronger their foundation in reading basics, the faster and easier children will be able to advance to more challenging texts.

Mastering the skills covered within the activity pages of this book is paramount for successful reading comprehension. The activities at the beginning of the book aim to build and reinforce vocabulary, the foundation of reading comprehension. These activities lead to practice with more advanced comprehension skills such as categorizing and using context to understand words. Then, at the end of the book, students begin to practice answering comprehension questions about progressively longer stories.

All children learn at their own rate; therefore, use your judgment to introduce concepts to children when developmentally appropriate.

Hands-On LearningHands-on learning reinforces the skills covered within the activity pages and improves students’ potential for comprehension. One idea for a hands-on activity is to use the removable flash cards at the back of this book to play a game of bingo. To do this, make a copy of the bingo card on the next page for each student. Write the flash card words on the board and have students choose 24 of the words and write them in the empty spaces of their bingo cards in any order. When students have finished writing on their cards, gather the flash cards into a deck. Call out the words one at a time. Any student who has a word that you call out should make an X through the word on her card to cross it out. The student who crosses out five words in a row first (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins the game by calling out, “Bingo!” To extend the game, you can continue playing until a student crosses out all of the words on his bingo card.

Comprehension Checks and DiscussionIn addition to the activities in this book, you can support reading comprehension growth when you read stories in the classroom. After a story—or part of a story—is read, ask your students questions to ensure and enhance reading comprehension. The first type of question you might ask is a factual question. A factual question includes question words such as who, what, when, where, how, and why. For example, How old is the character?, Where does the character live?, What time was it when ?, or any other question that has a clear answer. You might also ask open-ended questions. These types of questions do not have a clear answer. They are based on opinions about the story, not on facts. For example, an open-ended question might be, Why do you think the character acted as he did?, How do you think the character felt about her actions or the actions of others?, What do you think the character will do next?, or What other ways could this story have ended?

Ready-to-Use Ideas and Activities

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