Free Sample Workbook · Reading
Free 1st grade reading worksheets, with the lesson and the answer key
One full topic — Blending and segmenting sounds — as a printable PDF. No payment.
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PDF · 16 pages · 0.4 MB · prints on US Letter · black and white works too.
The topic inside: Blending and segmenting sounds
Tell long from short vowels, blend sounds into words and break words into every sound
Key words
- sound — the smallest part you can hear in a word, like /f/ in fan
- short vowel — a quick vowel sound, like the a in cap
- long vowel — a vowel that says its own name, like the a in cape
- blend — push sounds together into a word
- segment — break a word apart into each sound
What you need at home: the passage below; 6 small objects for counting sounds (coins, beans or blocks); a strip of paper with 4 or 5 boxes drawn in a row (sound boxes); a rubber band (optional, to show stretching).
What is in the PDF
- Quick Check — 10 questionsBefore you teach. It shows what the student already knows.
- Learn ItThe lesson you teach from: key words, step-by-step teaching with lines to read aloud, 2 worked examples and 2 common mistakes to watch for.
- We Do It Together — 10 questionsWorked side by side. The answer and the reason it is the answer are printed right after each question.
- You Try — 10 questionsThe student works alone.
- Answer KeyEvery question, its answer and a short explanation.
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After the sample
8 topics, 904 questions and 188 printed pages, with the answer key included. $9.99 as a PDF you print at home, as many copies as you need for your own household.
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One PDF of 16 pages (0.4 MB): the Blending and segmenting sounds topic in full — 30 questions across three sets, the lesson to teach from, and the answer key.
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Blending and segmenting sounds is the first of 8 topics in 1st grade Reading. The full workbook has 904 questions over 188 printed pages, with the answer key.
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