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Welcome to Carson-Dellosa's Home Workbooks! This series was designed to give par-
ents and teachers a tool for reinforcing basic skills — it's perfect for use after school, during
summer months or vacations, or any time children have a need for practice. The books fea-
ture age-appropriate skills, enjoyable activities, and happy characters in a child-friendly for-
mat.
This book, Reading, Grade 1, contains activity pages for the child and a pull-out answer
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II covers skills sui h as color and number words, rhyming,
opposites, and comprehension skills.
Here are some tips for using this book with your child:
• Pull out the the center of the book and keep it to help you
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information with his or hei teacher so thai additional instruction may be provided.
• Use the chart on the inside back cover of this book to keep track of the pages your
child completes and the number answers for each page.
of correct
• Look for ways to reinforce the skills from this book in your daily environment. Ask your
child to read words found on street signs, in stores, in books, etc. Encourage your
child to make up questions or solve problems related to everyday situations.
Let youi child have fun with this hook. Encourage him or hei to use colorful pencils to
complete the problems and crayons or markers to color the pages, tear out favorite
pages and display them in a special place, have an older sibling or friend help the
child with the pages, or provide a special treat for completing the activities.
Carson-Dellosa's Home Workbooks are great for enrichment, recreation, tutoring, home
schooling, or just for fun! Look for additional titles in the Home Workbooks series at your
local school supply store!
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Draw and color the gum balls for each gum ball machine.
Brainbuilder
Make up a rhyme. Draw a picture of your rhyme on
another sheet of paper.
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Make two trees by the pond. Draw three yellow fish in the pond.
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eat nuts,
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am a pet.
wag my tail,
bark. S ann a
can fly.
have feathers,
lay eggs. S am a
am a pet.
can purr,
like to pounce. I am a
am very small.
can carry heavy things.
like picnics. I am an
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Page 10
Words in each box from left to right are:
bat, cat, rat
jet, wet, pet
cot, hot, pot
hit, bit, sit
Page 11
Words in each box from left to right are:
2. six, seven, eight, nine, ten cut, hut, nut
Page 7 pen, hen, ten
Page should show that child followed directions. fan, man, pan
fig, wig, pig
Page 12
Page should show that child followed directions.
Page 13 Page 21
Page should show that child followed directions. 1 . duck
Page 14 2. fly
Page should show that child followed directions. 3. roar
Page 15 4. hop
Lines should be drawn between these pairs of 5. bark
words: 6. bird
stop - go Page 22
dry - wet 1 worm
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words: 6. bee
up - down Page 23
play - work Page should show that child followed directions.
on - off Page 24
empty - full Top of page should show that child followed
directions. Bottom section should show the cow,
Page 17 duck and squirrel circled and the plants under-
1. mat lined.
2. hen Page 25
3. pig The sandwich, cake and turkey should be
4. pop colored. The chair and sofa should be under-
5. wet lined. The flowers and cactus should have
Page 18 boxes around them.
Answers will vary, but may include the following: Page 26
1. sun, bun, fun The station wagon and the race car should be
2. tree colored. The boy and girl should be underlined.
3. top, pop, mop, crop The cat, dog and turtle should have a box drawn
4. van, can, pan, fan around each.
Brainbuilder: Answers will vary. Page 27
Page 19 First row: 3, 2,
1 . yard Second row: 1 3, 2 ,
2. under Page 28
3. nest First row: 2,1,3
4. moon Second row: 2,1,3
5. kite Page 29
Page 20 First row: 3, 1 , 2, 4
1. by Second row: 2, 1 , 3, 4
2. mouse Page 30
3. Two 1. squirrel
4. bear 2. dog
5. hill 3. bird
Brainbuilder: Picture should show that child has 4. cat
followed directions. 5. ant
4. hop 2. Wednesday
5. blow 3. watered the garden
6. train 4. tired
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1 . a bike 1 . got up early
2. on his birthday 2. fruit, a book and playing cards
3. red 3. to invite her to spend the night
4. fast 4. put up the tent
5. smile
6. A Bike
Page 52
1 . a kitten
2. Sugar
3. play in the garden
4. brown
5. Kate and Sugar
6. Kate and Sugar like to play.
Page 53
1 . Frog
2. to the park
3. hop
4. play hide-and-seek
5. Answers will vary
Page 54
1. Grasshopper
2. in the meadow
3. hopping races
4. by rubbing his hind legs together
5. Answers will vary
Page 55
1 . Kim's New Wagon
2. Plants
3. Skating
4. Dinosaurs
5. The Lost Jacket
1. I can jump.
I am green.
I live in and out of water. I am a
2. I wiggle.
I live in dirt.
3. I live in water.
I swim all the time.
I have fins. I am a
4. I am small.
I have a long tail.
5. I live in a shell.
I poke my head out.
I move slowly. I am a
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1 . The door is closed , but the window is
3. The frog hops over the log, but the fish swims it.
1 . Bill has a big, red car. It can go fast. Bill likes to go fast in his car.
Bill is fast.
2. Dogs are fun pets. They run and play with you. They chase balls
and sticks you throw.
Dogs are fun pets.
Dogs run fast.
Balls are fun.
3. makes
Shirley dresses. She sews them with her sewing machine.
She makes red, blue and yellow dresses for school.
Shirley likes yellow dresses.
Sewing is hard.
Shirley can sew.
4. Charles likes pizza. He eats pizza every day. Today he ate pizza
for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Pizza is good.
Charles likes pizza.
Charles is hungry.
5. Spencer has three model airplanes. He built the red one last week.
On Saturday, he is going to build another plane.
Spencer likes to build model planes.
Model planes fly high.
3. Trains can carry people. They can also carry food, cars, gas and
grain. Trains travel many miles with their cargo.
Trains go fast.
Trains carry things.
Trains carry people.
2. Missy likes to draw. She got out her crayons. Then she got a big
piece of paper. She drew a pig and colored it pink.
1 . Louise wanted to paint the fence. She put on some old clothes.
She mixed up the paint. Then, she took the brush and went to work.
Louise painted.
2. Dad fixed Cindy's bike. He put the wheel back on. He pumped up
the tire. He painted her bike blue.
Brainbuilder
On another sheet of paper, draw a picture of
Cindy's bike before Dad fixed it.
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top boy
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O green O funny
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5. What does Todd do when he 6. What is the best title for the
rides his bike?
story?
Otalk
O A birthday
Osing
O A bike
O smile O A ball
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Kate got a little kitten for her birthday. The kitten is brown.
Kate named it Sugar. Kate and Sugar like to play in the garden
together.
1 . What did Kate get for her 2. What did Kate name the kitten?
birthday?
O Spider
O a dress O Fluffy
O a desk O Sugar
O a kitten
3. What do Kate and Sugar like 4. What color is the kitten?
to do? O brown
Qchase mice O black
Oplay in the garden O orange
O sleep
5. What is the best title for the 6. What is the main idea of the
story? story?
Plants Flowers
4. Dinosaurs were very large. Some dinosaurs ate meat. Some dino-
saurs ate plants. Dinosaurs lived a long time ago.
Dinosaurs Meat-Eaters
1 . Jen went to the beach. She ran on the sand and swam in the water.
She made a sand castle. Jen laughed and played all day at the beach.
2. Mike likes bugs. He collects them. He puts the bugs in jars with
grass and sticks. He has six jars of bugs now.
3. Christy sings in the chorus. She has a solo part in Thursday's play.
She also sings in the local girl's choir. Christy is a good singer.
Brainbuilder
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