Grade 1

Handwriting
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 Table of Contents UNIT 4
Just Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
UNIT 1
Letter Gg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Left-Handed Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Letter Pp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Right-Handed Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Letter Ss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Slant Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Letter Mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Handwriting Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Letter Hh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Letter Kk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Slant, Across and Curved Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Letter Rr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Letter Ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Letter Ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Letter Tt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Letter Ff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 UNIT 5
End Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Size and Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Letter Xx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Letter Uu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
UNIT 2
Letter Qq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ovals and Part Ovals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Finding Ovals in Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
More Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Letter Oo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A Rhyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Letter Cc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Letter Dd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Letter Ee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 UNIT 6
A Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Staying on the Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Letter Bb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
UNIT 3
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Letter Zz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
More Slant Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Letter Jj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Letter Aa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Letter Vv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A Book Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Letter Yy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Favorite Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Letter Ww . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
More Favorite Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Letter Nn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Write a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Days of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Months of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Name _______________________________________________________

Left-Handed Writers

Sit tall.

Look at the picture.

Hold your pencil like this.

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Slant your paper like this.

Grade 1, Unit 1
4 Sitting Up
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Right-Handed Writers
Look at the picture.
Hold your pencil like this.
Sit tall.
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Slant your paper like this.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Sitting Up 5
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The Slant Alphabet

A B bb C
A aaa B C cc D D dd E E eee
F ff G
F H hh IIii JJ jj K
G gg H K kk
Mm
L lll M
L mN N nn OO oo P P pp
Q qq R
Q S ss TT tt U
R rr S U uu

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V vv W
V Ww w XX xx Y Y yy Z Z zz
Directions: These are the capital and small letters of the alphabet. The arrows show how to
Grade 1, Unit 1 write each letter. Point to each pair of letters and name it. Then trace the letters of your name
6 The Slant Alphabet with your finger.
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Handwriting Lines
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Directions: Where are the ladybugs? Draw a line around the ladybugs on the top line. Color Grade 1, Unit 1
the ladybugs on the middle line orange. Draw an X on the ladybugs on the bottom line. Handwriting Lines 7
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Left to Right

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Grade 1, Unit 1 Directions: Where is the school bus going? Draw a line from left to right. Where
8 Left to Right is the car going? Draw a line from left to right. Complete the page on your own.
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Slant, Across, and Curved Lines

l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l

l
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Grade 1, Unit 1
Directions: Trace the lines. Slant, Across, and Curved Lines 9
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II I I I I I
I
ii i i i i i i i i
i
Ii Ii Ii Ii Ii

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Ivan is in. Ida is in.
Grade 1, Unit 1
10 Letter Ii Directions: Trace and write I and i.
 Name _______________________________________________________

L
L L L L L L
L
lll l l l l l l l l
l
Ll Ll Ll Ll Ll
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Lily looks.Luke looks.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Directions: Trace and write L and l. Letter Ll 11
Name _______________________________________________________

T
T T T T T T
T
tt t t t t t t t t
t
Tt Tt Tt Tt Tt

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Tim tells. Tam tells.
Grade 1, Unit 1
12 Letter Tt Directions: Trace and write T and t.
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FF F F F F F
F
ff f f f f f f f f
f
Ff Ff Ff Ff Ff
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Fran finds five fans.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Directions: Trace and write F and f. Letter Ff 13
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End Marks

? ? ? ? ?
! ! ! ! !
Where is the ?
Nan is on the .

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What a !
Grade 1, Unit 1
14 End Marks Directions: Trace and write the end marks.
 Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

I I i i
L L l l
TT tt
F F ff
Ike fit Flora lit
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ke ora Grade 1, Unit 1

Directions: Trace and write the letters. Review 15
Name _______________________________________________________

Ovals and Part Ovals

OO O O O O O O
C C C C C C C C
D
11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4

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7 6 5

Grade 1, Unit 2
16 Ovals and Part Ovals Directions: Trace the lines.
 Name _______________________________________________________

Finding Ovals in Letters

O Q L Y O M
C X C E G H
c r m d l a
b v t k p
c s n e g f
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K D W D V
Directions: Trace over the line at the beginning of each row. Then draw a circle Grade 1, Unit 2
around the letter or letters that have that line. Finding Ovals in Letters 17
Name _______________________________________________________

O
O O O O O O
OO O
oo o o o o o o o o
o o o
off Omar on Oona

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ff mar n ona
Grade 1, Unit 2
18 Letter Oo Directions: Trace and write O and o.
 Name _______________________________________________________

C
C C C C C C
C C C
cc c c c c c c c c
ccc
Cam can call Cal.
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am an all al.
Grade 1, Unit 2
Directions: Trace and write C and c. Letter Cc 19
Name _______________________________________________________

D
D D D D D D
D D D
dd d d d d d d d d
d d d
Dena Dan deck dig

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ena an eck ig
Grade 1, Unit 2
20 Letter Dd Directions: Trace and write D and d.
 Name _______________________________________________________

E
E E E E E E
E E E
ee e e e e e e e e
e e e
Evan Ellen end eye
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van llen nd ye
Grade 1, Unit 2
Directions: Trace and write E and e. Letter Ee 21
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

OO oo
CC cc
DD dd
EE ee
Otto cold Dad Ellie

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Grade 1, Unit 2
22 Review Directions: Trace and write the letters. On the last line, trace the words.
 Name _______________________________________________________

A Story
I let did to Ted

went the zoo with .

We saw a . We
saw a .A
looked at us. We have
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fun. Please us go again!

Directions: Complete the story. Use words from the box. Grade 1, Unit 2
Read your story to a friend. A Story 23
Name _______________________________________________________

More Slant Lines

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Grade 1, Unit 3
24 More Slant Lines Directions: Trace and copy the lines.
 Name _______________________________________________________

A
A A A A A A
A A A
aa a a a a a a a a
a a a
Alex and Amy
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lex nd my
Grade 1, Unit 3
Directions: Trace and write A and a. Letter Aa 25
Name _______________________________________________________

V
V V V V V V
V V V
vv v v v v v v v v
v v v
very Vera van Victor

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ery era an ictor
Grade 1, Unit 3
26 Letter Vv Directions: Trace and write V and v.
 Name _______________________________________________________

Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y
yy y y y y y y y y
y y y
you Yusef Yoko yet
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ou usef oko et
Grade 1, Unit 3
Directions: Trace and write Y and y. Letter Yy 27
Name _______________________________________________________

W
W W W W W
W W W
w wwwwwwww
w
w w w
wish Wyn Wanda wig

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ish yn anda ig
Grade 1, Unit 3
28 Letter Ww Directions: Trace and write W and w.
 Name _______________________________________________________

N
N N N N N N
N N N
nn n n n n n n n n
n n n
Nan naps. Nick naps.
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an aps. ick aps.

Grade 1, Unit 3
Directions: Trace and write N and n. Letter Nn 29
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

A A aa
V V v v
Y Y y y
WW ww
N N nn

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Nancy wave yell now
Grade 1, Unit 3
30 Review Directions: Trace and write the letters. Then trace and write the words.
 Name _______________________________________________________

Directions

First, fold the paper.

in half.
Next, draw.
Last, cut it out.
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What did Keisha make?

Directions: Trace the time-order words in the directions. Grade 1, Unit 3

What did the girl make? Write your answer. Directions 31
Name _______________________________________________________

Just Right

too close just right

t o o fa r C
C
C C

notlikethis like this

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Grade 1, Unit 4 Directions: Letters in a word should not be too close. Letters in a word should not be too far apart.
32 Just Right Leave the space of a pencil point between letters. Leave the space of a pencil between words.
 Name _______________________________________________________

G
G G G G G G
GG G
gg g g g g g g g g
g g g
Gus goes. Gina goes.
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us oes. ina oes.

Grade 1, Unit 4
Directions: Trace and write G and g. Letter Gg 33
Name _______________________________________________________

P
P P P P P P
P P P
pp p p p p p p p p
p p p
pot Pam Pablo pup

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ot am ablo up
Grade 1, Unit 4
34 Letter Pp Directions: Trace and write P and p.
 Name _______________________________________________________

S
S S S S S S
S S S
ss s s s s s s s s
s s s
Sari sees. Sam sees.
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ari ees. am ees.

Grade 1, Unit 4
Directions: Trace and write S and s. Letter Ss 35
Name _______________________________________________________

M
M MMMMM
MMM
m mmmmmmmm
m
mmm
Min meets Max.

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in eets ax.
Grade 1, Unit 4
36 Letter Mm Directions: Trace and write M and m.
 Name _______________________________________________________

H
H H H H H H
H H H
hh h h h h h h h h
hhh
has Hat Haley hat
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as at aley at
Grade 1, Unit 4
Directions: Trace and write H and h. Letter Hh 37
Name _______________________________________________________

K
K K K K K K
K K K
kk k k k k k k k k
kkk
King Kira kite Kyle

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ing ira ite yle
Grade 1, Unit 4
38 Letter Kk Directions: Trace and write K and k.
 Name _______________________________________________________

R
R R R R R R
R R R
rr r r r r r r r r
r r r
Rita rides. Roshon rides.
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ita ides. oshon ides.

Grade 1, Unit 4
Directions: Trace and write R and r. Letter Rr 39
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

Gg Pp Ss

Mm Hh Kk Rr

mop gap Maria Sam

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Grade 1, Unit 4
40 Review Directions: Trace and write the letters. Trace and write the words.
 Name _______________________________________________________

Sentences

Here are two dolls.

One doll can walk.

One doll can talk.

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Which one do you like?

Directions: Trace and copy the sentences. Then color the doll you like best. Tell why.
Grade 1, Unit 4
Sentences 41
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Size and Shape

I can write.

You can read this.

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Directions: Look at the first and second rows. Draw a line around the row with the
Grade 1, Unit 5 best shaped letters. Then copy the sentence. Look at the next two rows. Which
42 Size and Shape row is easier to read? Draw a line around that row. Then copy the sentence.
 Name _______________________________________________________

X
X X X X X X
X X X
xx x x x x x x x x
xxx
Xavier is a red fox.
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Grade 1, Unit 5
Directions: Trace and write X and x. Write the sentence. Letter Xx 43
Name _______________________________________________________

U
U U U U U U
U U U
uu u u u u u u u u
uuu
Uma is under the umbrella.

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Grade 1, Unit 5
44 Letter Uu Directions: Trace and write U and u. Write the sentence.
 Name _______________________________________________________

Q
Q Q Q Q Q Q
QQ Q
qq q q q q q q q q
q q q
Quin is quick.
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Grade 1, Unit 5
Directions: Trace and write Q and q. Write the sentence. Letter Qq 45
Name _______________________________________________________

Numbers

one 11 one 1
two 22 two 2
three 33 three 3
four 44 four 4

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5 five 5
five 5
Grade 1, Unit 5 Directions: Trace and write the words and the numbers. Then write the numbers
46 Numbers 1 through 5 on the last line.
 Name _______________________________________________________
More Numbers

six 66 six 6
seven 77 seven 7
eight 88 eight 8
nine 9 9 1
nine 9
101
ten 10 ten 10
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Directions: Trace and write the words and the numbers. Then write the numbers Grade 1, Unit 5
6 through 10 on the last line. More Numbers 47
Name _______________________________________________________

A Rhyme

One, two, buckle my shoe

1 2
Three, four, shut the door.
3 4
Five, six, pick up sticks.

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5 6
Grade 1, Unit 5 Directions: Trace the words and the numbers. Then write the numbers
48 A Rhyme 1 through 6 on the lines.
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Seven, eight,
lay them straight.
7 8
Nine, ten, a big fat hen.
9 10
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Directions: Trace the words and the numbers. Then write the numbers 7 through Grade 1, Unit 5
10 on the lines. Write a number in the box and draw a picture to show how many. A Rhyme 49
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

X X xx
UU uu
QQ qq
The quick fox ran home.

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Grade 1, Unit 5
50 Review Directions: Trace and write the letters. Then trace and write the words.
 Name _______________________________________________________

A Story

Fred is a silly pup.

He hides his bones.

He hides his toys.

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Directions: Trace and write the sentences and then read the story. Where is Fred, the dog? Grade 1, Unit 5
Use the last line to answer. A Story 51
Name _______________________________________________________

Staying on the Lines

Animals cannot cook.

Some animals eat plants.

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Directions: Look at the first two rows. Draw a line around the sentence that is sitting on the
Grade 1, Unit 6 bottom line. Look at the next sentences. What is wrong? Choose one of the sentences to
52 Staying on the Lines copy. Watch your margins!
 Name _______________________________________________________

B
B B B B B B
B B B
bb b b b b b b b b
bbb
Bob has a big bag.
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Grade 1, Unit 6
Directions: Trace and write B and b. Then write the sentence. Letter Bb 53
Name _______________________________________________________

Z
Z Z Z Z Z Z
Z Z Z
zz z z z z z z z z
zzz
Zena is at the zoo.

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Grade 1, Unit 6
54 Letter Zz Directions: Trace and write Z and z. Then write the sentence.
 Name _______________________________________________________

JJ J J J J J j e l l y

J J J
jj j j j j j j j j
j j j
Jack just got a jar.
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Grade 1, Unit 6
Directions: Trace and write J and j. Then write the sentence. Letter Jj 55
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.
Review

B B bb
Z Z zz
J J j j
Ben saw Julia at the zoo.

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56 Review Directions: Trace and write the letters. Then write the sentence.
 Name _______________________________________________________
A Book Report

My name is

Title of My Book

I like the book because

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Directions: Write your full name. Write the title of a book you like. Grade 1, Unit 6
Then tell why you like the book. A Book Report 57
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.
Favorite Words

mat likes

saw one

what her

there they

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Grade 1, Unit 6
58 Favorite Words Directions: Choose words to write on the lines.
 Name ______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.
More Favorite Words

pick two

see small

no pan

look red

this use
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My name is
Grade 1, Unit 6
Directions: Choose words to write on the lines. On the last line, write your name. More Favorite Words 59
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.
Write a Story

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Grade 1, Unit 6
60 Write a Story Directions: Draw a picture in the box. Write a story about your picture. Use your best handwriting.
 Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.
Days of the Week

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday
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Friday Saturday Sunday

Grade 1, Unit 6
Directions: Write the name of each day. Days of the Week 61
Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.
Months of the Year

January February

March April

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May June
Grade 1, Unit 6
62 Months of the Year Directions: Write the name of each month.
 Name _______________________________________________________
Circle your best word.

July August

September October
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November December
Grade 1, Unit 6
Directions: Write the name of each month. Months of the Year 63
Name _______________________________________________________

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