reading practice book grade a

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Date ________________
Dear Parent:
Welcome to “Family Times,” your link to your child’s
reading program. In the reading program for this level,
your child will learn about
• the alphabet
• the letter sounds
• beginning reading words
Please use the ideas in “Family Times” to share the
learning experiences with your child. Each issue of “Family
Times” will present new ways to help you practice the
lessons presented in the reading program.
Sincerely,
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Family Times
Family Times
Name: __________________________
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You are your child’s first and best teacher!
Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun!
Day 1 Write each letter of the alphabet on a slip of paper, place the
slips of paper in a paper bag, and shake them up. Invite your
child to grab a letter from the bag and name the letter.
Day 2 Read a story to your child. Stop at the end of each page and

ask your child to tell what will happen next. Then read on,
and have your child make a new prediction.
Day 3 Write the words red, yellow, and blue on cards. Point to the
word blue and ask your child to hunt for blue items (blue
sock or blue pencil) and place them next to the word blue.
Give the same instructions for red and yellow items.
Day 4 Point to an item in the house and ask your child to “name it”
(tell what it is). Start with easy items such as book and add
more difficult things.
Day 5 Practice making rhyming words. Say the word hat and help
your child name rhyming words, giving clues for words such
as bat, cat, fat, pat, rat, and sat. Continue with can (fan,
man, pan, ran, van) and cap (lap, map, nap, rap, tap, zap).
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Your child is working with the alphabet in

school. Say the letters of the alphabet with
your child. Ask your child to point to specific
capital and small letters, for example, “Point
to capital M.” “Point to small s.”
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Circle.
LBLLTL
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SSKCSS
GCGJGG
MMNMWM
BBDBRB
Directions: Circle the letters that are
alike in each row.
Home Activity: Use magazines and
help your child look for letters that
are alike.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Phonics: Letter Recognition Level 1.1 3
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4 Level 1.1 Phonics: Letter Recognition
Circle.
LtlbRbnr
Aoca Nhnm
Hhf b Vwr v
Ktkh Eeac
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Uvux Yj gy
Directions: Look at the capital letter.
Circle its lowercase letter.
Home Activity: Write capital and
lowercase letters and ask your child to
name the letters.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
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Comprehension: Predicting Level 1.1 5
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Color.
Directions: Color the picture that
tells what will happen next.
Home Activity: Show pictures and
have your child predict what might
happen next.
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6 Level 1.1 Phonics: Consonant Mm
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Directions: Circle things that begin
with /m/. Then make an /m/ picture.
Home Activity: Make an M with things
your child collects that begin with m.
Circle.
Mm
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yellow blue
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High-Frequency Words Level 1.1 7
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Directions: Have children cut along the dotted lines to make word cards.
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8 Level 1.1 High-Frequency Words
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
I See
Red A
Blue Yellow
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Readiness Concepts: Following Directions Level 1.1 9
Color.
Directions: Find the mouse in each
picture. Follow the directions.
Home Activity: Play “Directions” by
asking your child to do things such as
“Get the book from the table.”
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Circle.
Color.
Draw a line.
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10 Level 1.1 Phonics: Consonant Rr
Directions: Circle things that begin

with /r/. Then make an /r/ picture.
Home Activity: Name two words. Have
your child tell which word begins with r:
rug—bug, turtle—rabbit.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Circle.
Rr
Draw.
Color.
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Readiness Concepts: Position Words Level 1.1 11
Directions: Color the first carrot in
line, the bunch of grapes on top, and
the watermelon on the right.
Home Activity: Look for things in the
room and tell which is on top/bottom,
left/right, or first/next/last.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
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12 Level 1.1 Phonics: Consonant Ss
Directions: Circle things that begin
with /s/. Then make an /s/ picture.
Home Activity: Find things in the
kitchen that begin with s—sink, soup,
salt, soap.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
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Circle.
Ss
Draw.
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Grammar: Naming Words (Nouns) Level 1.1 13
Draw.
Directions: Draw a picture of your
favorite thing. Label your picture.
Home Activity: Share favorites with
your child—books, toys, foods—and
tell why they are favorites.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Color.
Color.
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14 Level 1.1 Phonics: Consonants Bb, Tt
Draw a line.
Bb
Draw a line.
Tt
Directions: Draw lines to things that
begin with /b/, then /t/. Make /b/ and
/t/ pictures.
Home Activity: Play a guessing game
for words that begin with b or t. You can
throw me. I’m a _____. (ball)
Name _______________________________________
Lunch

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Red, Yellow, Blue
I see red.
I see yellow.
I see blue.
Name: __________________________
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I see red.
I see red.
I see yellow.
I see blue.
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I see red.
I see yellow.
I see blue. I see red.
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I see red.
I see yellow.
I see red.
I see yellow.
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The rhyme has words that begin with the consonants c, n, and p
and words with a short a vowel sound as in cat. The short vowel a

words include words with the rhyming patterns -at, -an, and -ap.
Read the rhyme with your child and look for words that begin with
c, n, or p. Then look for rhyming words.
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Name: __________________________
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You are your child’s first and best teacher!
Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun!
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Day 1 Write the letter c and __ap, __an, and __at on a sheet of
paper. Have your child name a word that begins with c and
write the letter c.
Day 2 Name the category Animals. Have your child name as many
animals as he or she can. Write the animal names.
Day 3 Point to items around the house. Have your child tell
whether the items are the same or different. Use two
identical or two different items such as pencils, pens, pans,
socks, or sheets of paper.
Day 4 Ask your child to name words that tell things to do—run,
jump, hop, skip. As each word is named, have your child
pantomime it.
Day 5 Draw eight boxes on a large sheet of paper. Write one of
these words in each box: cat, tap, pat, can, nap, pan, bat,
cap. Put the paper on the floor and have your child throw a
beanbag onto a box. Have your child read the word.
Continue until many of the words have been read.
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Materials cards with the numbers 1 to 3,
button or marker for each player
Game Directions
1
. Take a number card and move your marker the
number of spaces shown.
2. Name a word that begins with the same sound
as the name of the picture in the space.
3. If your answer is correct, stay on that space. If
you are not correct, return to the space where
you began your turn.
4. The first player to reach the end wins!
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Phonics: Consonant Cc Level 1.1 21
Directions: Circle things that begin
with /c/. Then make a /c/ picture.
Home Activity: Help your child find
pictures of things that begin with c.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
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Circle.
Cc
Draw.
Write.
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22 Level 1.1 Phonics: Consonant c and Word Building
Directions: Write the letter for the
beginning sound on the line.
Home Activity: Help your child write
other rhyming words and draw a
picture for each word.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
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Comprehension: Classifying Level 1.1 23
Directions: Color the picture that
belongs in each group.
Home Activity: Help your child name
words that belong in groups such as
toys, foods, colors, and animals.
Name _______________________________________
Lunch
Color.