1st Grade Reading Strategies Handouts (by rating)

This is a 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

Check out thiscolor version where students just circle their choice!

Perfect for Kindergarten and First Grade Students!

Unlock the Magic of Reading with Simple CVC Sentences!

Our Reading Simple CVC Sentences Packet is expertly designed to help young learners master reading through engaging and accessible practice. Ideal for kindergarten and first grade students, this resource focuses on building confidence with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and sentences.

Features:

Simple CVC Sentences: Practice reading straightforward sentences that reinforce CVC word families, making reading a breeze.

Word Families: Emphasize key CVC word families to help students recognize patterns and build their vocabulary.

Repetition and Reinforcement: Multiple opportunities to read similar sentences, improving fluency and comprehension.

Varied Practice: Includes a mix of sentence structures to challenge students and enhance their reading skills.

Need a great, easy-to-use reading log? This was successfully used for many years when we had a time slot cut out for a 30-minute reading time each day. Students earn points towards rewards such as homework passes, computer time, or have your students earn point each six weeks or quarter for a special movie day event.

This phonics book was made with kindergarteners and first graders in mind.

The sounds included are short vowel (cvc), long vowel (cvc silent e), common blends, and digraphs.

Use this journal as you teach different sounds.

After instructing the students have them use the journal to record words that they find while reading. This is particularly good if you use phonics readers / decodable readers. I partner my students up and have them partner read from the reader and record any words that they find at the end of each

page they are reading. This gets the students reading, saying, and discussing the words together! What better practice than that!

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Completely revised product that includes 25 pages of fun for elementary learners to practice parts of speech and inferencing skills. Students use clues to come up with answers for "What's in the Bag?". All can be colored, cut apart, and pasted onto answer sheets. Comes with: Directions for individual, small, whole groups Extra activities and games suggestions How to Use with Student Writings Answer Sheet with Sight Words List of Parts of Speech Inferencing Clues Bag Handouts Bag Handout for My Parts of Speech Excellent for young learners to practice inferencing skills, parts of speech, eye and hand coordination, sight words, use with student writings, and more... Meets CCSS.

This is a 10-page set of worksheets for the story "Purple, Green and Yellow" by Robert Munsch. The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions

* fill in the blanks

* vocabulary practice

* story analysis

* picture practice

* story map

* crossword puzzle

* fallen phrases puzzle

* word search

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Worksheets for stories by Robert Munsch

These Decodable Sentence Pyramids Worksheets are designed for Kindergarten and First Grade students, offering two differentiated activities to cater to varying skill levels. One activity focuses on building sentences from simple words, helping students connect individual words to form complete sentences. The other activity emphasizes comprehension, encouraging students to understand and engage with the sentences they create to develop confidence and fluency in reading. Focusing on CVC words and sight words, which are foundational for early literacy, these worksheets gradually increase sentence complexity to help students enhance their decoding skills, improve comprehension, and build a solid foundation for reading success.

Benefits

• Develop confidence and fluency in reading
• Focus on CVC words and sight words
• Enhance decoding skill
• Improve comprehension
• Build a solid foundation for reading success

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be used in small group, whole class, or individually. Teachers can incorporate them into their reading lessons to help students practice reading decodable sentences and improve their literacy skills.

Testimonials

"My students loved using these worksheets to practice their reading skills. It really helped improve their fluency and confidence!" - Adams

This is a 2-page reading passage (informational newsletter) that gives information on the Desert Habitat.

This Desert Newsletter is a comprehensive and student-friendly nonfiction research newsletter designed to empower students with valuable resources for academic exploration.

Student-Centric Content: Recognizing the unique needs of students, our newsletter focuses on content that is not only academically rigorous but also accessible and engaging. We bridge the gap between complex research and student comprehension, making it easier for learners to incorporate information into their work.

It gives information on...

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➡️ Weather

➡️ Animals

➡️ Plants

➡️ Geography

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Enhance your students reading experience with these vibrant and adorable Monster Bookmarks pack. These cute and fun printable bookmarks will be the perfect Back to School or End of Year gift for your students. This printable pack includes 10 unique bookmarks, each featuring an adorable monster and an inspiring quote. These colorful bookmarks can be printed and laminated, making them durable and perfect for use as rewards, classroom incentives, or gifts for the first or last day of school. Teachers can use these monster bookmarks to encourage reading engagement and provide a fun visual aid during reading activities. The captivating quotes like Reading with monsters is monstrously fun! and Join the monster reading club and embark on extraordinary journeys will spark enthusiasm and curiosity among students. Give your students a whimsical companion as they dive into the pages of their favorite books and discover the joy of reading with these delightful monster bookmarks.

You can use these Monster bookmarks in your classroom in various ways:

1. Reading Incentives: Use bookmarks as rewards or incentives for students who reach reading goals, complete book reports, or participate in reading challenges.
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Do you have literacy buddies with a younger class? Do you sometimes find your students off topic when they should be reading? Want to make life easier for yourself...and your buddy teacher? This package is for you.

This Literacy Buddy Handbook has been classroom tested and worked very well with my grade 6 class, working with a grade 3 class.

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Unlock the power of literacy with our "Building Reading Fluency Using Short A Words" program!

This comprehensive and engaging resources is designed to help early readers master the fundamentals of reading by focusing on short "a" vowel sounds

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This is a both the 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet and full color worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color or circle your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

Cause and effect sequencing frames with pictures to help students paste and cut, put in order, and storytell, video, or write about. Comes with: CCSS Alignment Links 10 Activities 1 Blank Sequencing Sheet Extensions Differentiation Suggestions Fun for group or individual learning, creating group stories, real life connections, coordination skills, inferencing, phonics, writing and much more!

This is a 10-page set of worksheets for the story "Thomas' Snowsuit" by Robert Munsch. The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions

* fill in the blanks

* vocabulary practice

* story analysis

* picture practice

* story map

* crossword puzzle

* fallen phrases puzzle

* word search

An answer key is included at the end of the PDF file.

Please click here for more worksheets for Robert Munsch stories:

Worksheets for stories by Robert Munsch

This Decodable Sentence Pyramids Worksheet are designed for Kindergarten and First Grade students, offering two differentiated activities to cater to varying skill levels. One activity focuses on building sentences from simple words, helping students connect individual words to form complete sentences. The other activity emphasizes comprehension, encouraging students to understand and engage with the sentences they create to develop confidence and fluency in reading. Focusing on CVC words and sight words, which are foundational for early literacy, these worksheets gradually increase sentence complexity to help students enhance their decoding skills, improve comprehension, and build a solid foundation for reading success.

Benefits

• Develop confidence and fluency in reading
• Focus on CVC words and sight words
• Enhance decoding skill
• Improve comprehension
• Build a solid foundation for reading success

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

This worksheet can be used in small group, whole class, or individually. Teachers can incorporate them into their reading lessons to help students practice reading decodable sentences and improve their literacy skills.

Testimonials

"My students loved using these worksheets to practice their reading skills. It really helped improve their fluency and confidence!" - Adams

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Have some Super Bowl fun with ten bingo sheets ready to be colored. Includes related football themed sight words and images: BALL FAN GO RUN TEAM WIN Images: Coach Fan Football Football Players Cheerleaders Watch Whistle, and more... Also, includes: Directions Symbol Sheets Sight Word Sheet Excellent for incorporating the big game into classroom learning! Work on basic skills such as: letters, motor skills, shapes, and sight reading. Fun and educational!

This is a set of 10 wonderful worksheets for the story "A Promise is a Promise" by Robert Munsch.

The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions

* fill in the blanks

* vocabulary practice

* story analysis

* picture practice

* story map

* crossword puzzle

* fallen phrases puzzle

* word search

There is an answer key included at the end of the PDF file.

Please click here for more worksheets for Robert Munsch stories:

Worksheets for stories by Robert Munsch

These Decodable Sentence Pyramids Worksheets are designed for Kindergarten and First Grade students to develop confidence and fluency in reading. Focusing on CVC words and sight words, which are foundational for early literacy, these worksheets gradually increase sentence complexity to help students enhance their decoding skills, improve comprehension, and build a solid foundation for reading success.

Benefits

• Develop confidence and fluency in reading
• Focus on CVC words and sight words
• Enhance decoding skill
• Improve comprehension
• Build a solid foundation for reading success

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be used in small group, whole class, or individually. Teachers can incorporate them into their reading lessons to help students practice reading decodable sentences and improve their literacy skills.

Testimonials

"My students loved using these worksheets to practice their reading skills. It really helped improve their fluency and confidence!" - Adams