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First Grade Reading Skill Builders by Sylvan Learning - Excerpt
First Grade Reading Skill Builders by Sylvan Learning - Excerpt
First Grade Reading Skill Builders by Sylvan Learning - Excerpt
Letter Sounds
1 Beginning Sounds 2 13 Words to Know 68
2 “C” and “G” 12 14 More Words to Know 72
Review 14 15 Words That Go Together 76
3 Ending Sounds 16 Review 82
4 Middle Sounds 20 Reading Comprehension
5 Two Letters, One Sound! 22 16 The Big Idea 84
Review 24 17 It’s All in the Details 90
6 Short Vowels 26 18 Order of Events 96
7 Long Vowels 36 19 Reading between the Lines 102
8 Why “Y”? 46 20 Making Predictions 108
Review 48 21 Facts and Opinions 112
All about Words Review 116
9 Compound Words 50 Answers 119
10 Contraction Action 54
11 Syllables 56
12 Plurals 60
Review 66
Starting Line
SAY the name of each picture and LISTEN to its beginning sound. WRITE the letter to
complete each word. Then READ each word out loud.
ike
1
esk
6
2
ed 7
us
3
ish ork
8
oat
4 9
oll
5
og um
10
Maze Crazy!
1
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.
What’s My Word?
1
SAY the name of each picture. CIRCLE the word that matches the picture.
1. 2.
l m n p
nose
Picture Match
1
READ each sentence and FIND the matching picture. WRITE the correct number in the box.
Starting Line
SAY the name of each picture and LISTEN to its beginning sound. WRITE the letter to
complete each word. Then READ each word out loud.
ent
1
eal
6
ing
2 7
ix
ooth3 8
ed
ooster
4 9
ub
omato
5
aw
10
Double Cross
1
SAY the name of each picture and LISTEN to its beginning sound. DRAW a line from
each picture to its name.
rake rose
sun tape
tooth top
sink rock
tie rug
sock seal
9
v w y z
10
Word Connection
1
SAY the name of the picture. Circle the letters that make its name. WRITE the word.
Then READ the word out loud.
ve t m e s b w i mf
ca n v u p t t o n g
van 1 2 3
x- l a y g e r n z e p u
h r u p y a m c s i r o
4 5 6
11
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