Cover Parent Note Start Reading Get Ready to Head Back to Class! Parents, you know that disruptions in your child’s education—whether for summer break, vacations, illness, or other reasons—can cause your child’s learning to slow or even regress But by adding just a few pages per day of previously-learned material into kids’ routines, you can help your child keep their skills fresh and set them up success for when they return to the classroom! The exercises and activities in Get Ready for 1st Grade Reading are drawn from our popular SUMMER SMART workbook series (designed to combat summer “learning loss”), and include over 60 colorful pages of fun, teacher-created learning exercises that reinforce early reading skills They’ll help your child review and reinforce concepts and ideas that they should know going into the 1st grade, all through engaging activities that feel like play We also know that sometimes it’s challenging to work with kids and digital products Many of the exercises in this book can be completed in a notebook or on scrap paper, but where onpage interaction is critical (such as for coloring or drawing): • a link to a downloadable, printable PDF version of the page is provided at the top of the page • or you can also download all the PDFs in the book at one time by clicking on the link at the bottom of the title page of this ebook With Sylvan Learning, you don’t have to compromise between entertainment and education Your child will love the great mix of activities, stories, and games in these pages You’ll love seeing their improved confidence and newfound love of learning! 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Title Page Get Ready for 1st Grade Reading Click here to download a PDF of all printable activities in this ebook Copyright Copyright © 2020 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 A Penguin Random House Company www.sylvanlearning.com The material in this workbook was previously published in Kindergarten Reading Readiness as a trade paperback in 2009 and in Sylvan Summer Smart Workbook: Between Grades K and as a trade paperback in 2019 by Sylvan Learning, Inc., an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC Cover Design: Suzanne Lee Summer Smart Interior Production: Big Yellow Taxi, Inc Original Workbook Credits: Producer & Editorial Direction: The Linguistic Edge Producer: TJ Trochlil McGreevy Writers: Amy Kraft and Erin Lassiter Cover and Interior Illustrations: Shawn Finley and Duendes del Sur Layout and Art Direction: SunDried Penguin Ebook ISBN 9780525571193 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 Contents Contents Letters and Sounds Alphabet Zone Consonant Sounds Beginning Sounds Ending Sounds Short Vowels Let’s Rhyme Reading Comprehension Story Characters Story Setting Story Sequence 10 Story Problem & Solution - Alphabet Zone Alphabet Zone Alphabet Letter Search Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity The alphabet letters are playing hide and seek CIRCLE each letter when you find it in the picture Alphabet Zone Alphabet Maze Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity FOLLOW the path marked with lowercase letters to help the bunny go home - Consonant Sounds Consonant Sounds What’s My Sound? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity CIRCLE the pictures with the m sound COLOR the pictures for fun Consonant Sounds What’s My Sound? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity DRAW lines from the “Ss” to pictures with the s sound COLOR the pictures for fun - Story Setting Story Setting Where Is It? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity The place and time in a story create the setting Place Time CIRCLE the pictures that can be the setting for a story Story Setting Where Is It? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud The Cat I look for the cat I look on the bed The cat is not on the bed I look on the rug The cat is not on the rug I look in a big box I see the cat It is in the big box CIRCLE the setting for the story Spread 32 Story Setting Where Is It? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud The Run He can run She can run I can run You can run We run to the rock We run to the log It is hot We run in the sun CIRCLE the setting for the story Story Setting Where Is It? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud The Van Dad is in the van I get in the van You get in the van We look at the map We go up We go down We go and go in the van DRAW the setting for the story - Story Sequence Story Sequence What’s the Order? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud Jam and Ham I have a pot I put ham in the pot I put jam in the pot I mix the ham and jam Yum! WRITE 1, 2, and to show the beginning, middle, and end of the story Story Sequence What’s the Order? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end LOOK at the pictures WRITE 1, 2, and to show the correct order Spread 34 Story Sequence What’s the Order? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud DRAW the beginning, middle, and end of the story The Dog I put the dog in the tub I rub the dog I put the dog in the sun Story Sequence What’s the Order? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud DRAW the beginning, middle, and end of the story The Cat Nap I sit on the bed I pat the cat I take a nap with the cat 10 - Story Problem & Solution Story Problem & Solution What’s the Solution? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity Most stories have a problem and a solution For example: Problem Solution LOOK at the problem DRAW the solution Problem Solution Story Problem & Solution What’s the Solution? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity LOOK at the problem Problem CIRCLE the correct solution to the problem Solution? Solution? Story Problem & Solution What’s the Solution? Click here to download a printable PDF of this activity READ the story out loud Ben Ben hid I look in the den Ben is not in the den I look in the tub I see Ben He is in the tub DRAW the problem in the story DRAW the solution in the story Problem Solution Answers Answers - Alphabet Letter Search - Hide and Seek - Ff fish, fence, frog, flies, flowers, farmer, face, fruit, flag, fan - Hide and Seek - Pp police, play, path, picnic, pizza, piece of pizza, pie, purse, parrot, paint, painter, painting, person, puppy, post, picnic basket - Hide and Seek - Hh ham, horse, hat, hang, hanger, hammer, heart, hair, hat stand, hands - Alphabet Maze - What’s My Sound? Gg glasses, girl, goat, grapes - What’s My Sound? Ll leaf, lightbulb, ladybug, ladder - What’s My Sound? Nn nose, net, nail, nine, nest - What’s My Sound? Mm mouse, moon, mitten, map, monkey - What’s My Sound? Ww whale, wagon, walrus, worm, window - What’s My Sound? Rr rainbow, rocket, robot, ring, rake - Draw It - Bb Suggestions: bat, bug, boy, bread, butter, bottle, bone, bowl, button, bow, balloon, banana, belt - What’s My Sound? Cc car, carrot, corn, cake, cow - What’s My Sound? Ss sun, snail, stop, spoon, star - Draw It - Tt Suggestions: tree, top, teeth, toothbrush, turkey, TV, table, toys, teacher, tea, tie, telephone - What’s My Sound? Vv volcano, violin, van, vegetables Answers - What’s My Sound? Dd door, dress, dishes, doll - What’s My Sound? Jj juice box, jar, jellyfish, jump rope - What’s My Sound? Kk kitten, kangaroo, kick, key - What’s My Sound? Yy yarn, yo-yo - Match Up, page - Match Up, page - Match Up, page - Circle It - Circle It - Finish Line n, t, l m, s, g - What’s My Sound? Zz zebra, zipper, zoo - What’s My Sound? qu quilt, question mark, queen - What’s My Sound? a fan, map, rat, ham, bat - Starting Line m, c (or k), b, d, s, l - Draw It - Xx Suggestions (can contain letter or sound): ox, taxi, fox, box, ax, six, rocks, socks, trucks, ducks, names with the x sound like Max or Rex - What’s My Sound? ck sock, backpack, truck, duck - Match Up, page - What Am I? a Answers - What’s My Sound? e nest, net, egg, dress, bed - What’s My Sound? o dog, lobster, mop, socks, box - What Am I? o - What Am I? e - What’s My Sound? i pig, zipper, fish, six, bib - Match Up - Who Is It? man, cat, duck - Time to Rhyme big dig pup cup - Who Is It? Pictures of a kid, a dog, a cat, and a rat - Match Up - Where Is It? house, barn, night - What’s My Sound? u plug, drum, bus, duck, thumb - Who Is It? queen, cow, doctor, lion - Where Is It? - What Am I? u - Who Is It? pig, dog, rat, hen - What Am I? i - Time to Rhyme 1 fat cat bug hug - Where Is It? Answers - Where Is It? Picture of a van on a road (on a hill) - What’s the Order? - What’s the Order? - What’s the Order? Pictures should match the story sequence - What’s the Order? Pictures should match the story sequence 10 - What’s the Solution? Picture should show a solution to the problem 10 - What’s the Solution? 10 - What’s the Solsution? Pictures should match the story problem and solution ... success for when they return to the classroom! The exercises and activities in Get Ready for 1st Grade Reading are drawn from our popular SUMMER SMART workbook series (designed to combat summer ? ?learning. .. Center near you! Title Page Get Ready for 1st Grade Reading Click here to download a PDF of all printable activities in this ebook Copyright Copyright © 2020 by Sylvan Learning, Inc All rights... teacher-created learning exercises that reinforce early reading skills They’ll help your child review and reinforce concepts and ideas that they should know going into the 1st grade, all through