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    First Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section within First Grade Language Arts Success uses activities and practice tools to improve your child’s reading skills. The exercises in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook include spelling games and activities, vocabulary puzzles, and reading skill builders that will establish a strong foundation in the language arts and engage your child in learning.

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    First Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section within First Grade Language Arts Success uses activities and practice tools to improve your child’s reading skills. The exercises in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook include spelling games and activities, vocabulary puzzles, and reading skill builders that will establish a strong foundation in the language arts and engage your child in learning.

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    Reading Skill Builders Contents

    Letter Sounds 13 Words to Know 60


    1 Beginning Sounds 2 14 More Words to Know 64
    2 “C” and “G” 12 15 Words That Go Together 68
    3 Ending Sounds 14 Reading Comprehension
    4 Middle Sounds 18 16 The Big Idea 74
    5 Two Letters, One Sound! 20 17 It’s All in the Details 80
    6 Short Vowels 22 18 Order of Events 86
    7 Long Vowels 32 19 Reading between the Lines 92
    8 Why “Y”? 42 20 Making Predictions 98
    All about Words 21 Facts and Opinions 102
    9 Compound Words 44 Review 106
    10 Contraction Action 48 Answers 108
    11 Syllables 50
    12 Plurals 54

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    Spelling Games & Activities Contents
    1 Spell Short A 114 16 “M” or “N”? 170
    2 Spell Short E 120 17 “V” or “W”? 172
    3 Spell Numbers 126 18 “D” or “T”? 174
    4 Spell Short 128 19 Spell with Double Letters 176
    5 Spell Short o 134 20 Spell Action Words 178
    6 Spell Short u 140 21 Spell with “–Ed” Endings 180
    7 Spell Color Words 146 22 Spell with “– ng” Endings 184
    8 Spell Long A 148 23 Spell with “–Ly” Endings 188
    9 Spell Long e and 152 24 Spell Animal Words 190
    10 Spell Long o and u 156 25 Spell Plurals 192
    11 Spell Opposites 160 26 People Words with “–Er” 196
    12 “C” or “K”? 162 27 Comparing Words 200
    13 “B” or “D”? 164 28 More People 202
    14 “B” or “P”? 166 Review 204
    15 “S” or “Z”? 168 Answers 206

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    Vocabulary Puzzles Contents
    1 Parts of the Body 210 14 On the Go 262
    2 Family Tree 214 15 People Actions 266
    3 What’s Cooking? 218 16 Where Is It? 270
    4 Put It On! 222 17 It’s Time for Time 274
    5 What Do You Do? 226 18 Days of the Week 278
    6 How Do You Feel? 230 19 Months of the Year 282
    7 Animals 234 20 Time of Day 286
    8 At the Zoo 238 21 Let’s Eat! 290
    9 Animal Actions 242 22 Actions All Day Long 294
    10 What Do You See? 246 23 What’s the Weather? 298
    11 Yours, Mine, and Ours 250 Review 302
    12 People 254 i Index 305
    13 Places to See 258 Answers 307

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    1st Grade
    Reading Skill Builders

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    Beginning Sounds

    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

    ish
    3
    ork
    8

    oat
    4 9
    oll

    5
    og um
    10

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    Beginning Sounds

    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.

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    Beginning Sounds

    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.

    1. quick quit fun

    2. jeans gum jam

    3. kite kick goat

    4. mop fan hand

    5. gas keep zip

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    1st Grade
    Spelling Games & Activities

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    Spell Short a

    Slide Words
    Let’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.

    ram 1
    at
    2
    ap
    3
    an
    4

    114

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    Spell Short a

    Fast Words
    1
    Can you SAY this sentence three times fast? Try it!

    Pat’s fat cat sat.

    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!

    ran and the ram man

    115

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    Spell Short a

    Letter Ladder
    Let’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.

    ram
    1

    a2

    a3

    a4

    116

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    1st Grade
    Vocabulary Puzzles

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    Explore
    Parts of Short u Sounds
    the Body

    Around
    Read and
    WeTrace
    Go!
    CIRCLE
    READ thethe
    words
    thingsand
    that
    TRACE a shortDou you
    have them. sound.
    know what they mean?

    nose
    body
    teeth

    finger

    bone

    210

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    Parts of the Body

    Picture Pointers
    1
    WRITE the word for each picture clue in the grid.

    b
    o
    q n
    u e

    211

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    Explore
    Parts of Short u Sounds
    the Body

    Around
    Draw It We Go!
    CIRCLE
    Help finish
    thethe
    things
    picture!
    that DRAW shortofu the
    have aparts sound.
    face to match the words.

    face

    eyes

    nose

    teeth lips

    212

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    Copyright © 2009 by Sylvan Learning, Inc.

    All rights reserved.

    Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of
    Canada Limited, Toronto.

    www.tutoring.sylvanlearning.com

    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 Penguin
    Art Manager: Adina Ficano

    First Edition

    ISBN: 978-0-375-43030-5

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.

    This book is available at special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions or premiums.
    For more information, write to Special Markets/Premium Sales, 1745 Broadway, MD 6-2,
    New York, New York 10019 or e-mail specialmarkets@randomhouse.com.

    PRINTED IN CHINA

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