K Grade
Reading Comprehension
Level A
STORIES INCLUDED
by Sue
Peterson
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The Tan Cats The Bug My Fun Friends At School The Sun …… and 15 more !
Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Level A Workbook
AUTHOR:
Sue Peterson
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Table of Contents Introduction & Tips ................................................................................................................ 1 List of Vocabulary Words ..................................................................................................... 3 Stories & Exercises The Tan Cats .............................................................................................................................. 4 The Plum .................................................................................................................................... 6 The Park ..................................................................................................................................... 8 My Fun Friends ......................................................................................................................... 10 The Bug .................................................................................................................................... 12 Clothing..................................................................................................................................... 14 Good-Bye!................................................................................................................................. 16 The Sun .................................................................................................................................... 18 Going Home.............................................................................................................................. 20 The Clock.................................................................................................................................. 22 The Big Pig ............................................................................................................................... 24 Apples ....................................................................................................................................... 26 The Zoo .................................................................................................................................... 28 My Family ................................................................................................................................. 30 The Hen .................................................................................................................................... 32 The Numbers ............................................................................................................................ 34 My Birthday ............................................................................................................................... 36 At School .................................................................................................................................. 38 Can You Play? .......................................................................................................................... 40 My Colors.................................................................................................................................. 42
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Introduction & Tips Welcome to our series of levelled reading workbooks. Each workbook contains a number of texts. Each text is followed by exercises designed to reinforce literacy skills including reading comprehension, language, vocabulary, spelling and writing. The books include both fiction and non-fiction passages which help children explore a wide range of topics in social studies, nature, history, science and more. Our readers are “leveled” from A to Z according the Fountas and Pinnell system, which evaluates a number of factors related to text complexity.
About the Author Sue Peterson has 34 years teaching experience in public and private schools in the United States and abroad. Sue is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and grants for innovative teaching ideas. She is a Reading Specialist, ESL teacher and Gifted/Talented teacher. She is now retired from teaching and concentrates on developing engaging language arts learning materials for children.
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Some tips on using this book ●
Review the sight words and concepts on the first page of each story prior to reading the story. Ask your child to read these to you and tell you the meaning of the words and concepts. Explain any words or concepts that the child does not know.
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Have the child read the directions of the practice activities out loud and explain in their own words how to do each practice activity. A reminder to use complete sentences when filling out the written questions is also helpful.
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Have a dictionary available!
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Upon completion, correct the student’s work and guide him/her through any answers that are not correct.
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Use the vocabulary list at the end of the book for review before proceeding to the next level of book.
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Remember to keep the learning fun and give positive praise and encouragement along the way.
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List of Vocabulary Words Following is a list of vocabulary words introduced in this workbook:
again
day
it
pan
sing
Al
digs
Jan
pen
stay
all
first
left
pet
sun
and
fox
like
pig
tan
animals
friends
look
pink
the
Ann
from
man
play
third
Art
get
me
please
three
at
good-bye
mom
plum
to
away
happy
more
purple
today
big
he
my
put
trips
birthday
hen
Nan
read
two
box
hi
nap
red
under
bug
hop
net
right
up
can
I
one
second
van
clock
in
one-ten
see
we
come
is
ox
she
you
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Objective Concepts (short “a”, “an” chunk); Sight words (in) Vocabulary Ann
man
Jan
tan
Nan
van
The Tan Cats By: Sue Peterson
Ann has a cat. Jan has a cat. Nan has a cat. The man has a cat. The cats are tan. The cats are fat. The tan, fat cats get in the van!
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Practice 1. Underline “A” or “a”. Ann
Ann
Ann
Jan
Jan
Jan
Nan
Nan
Nan
man
man
man
tan
tan
tan
van
van
van
2. Fill in the blank with “A” or “a”. Ann
__ n n
Jan
J __ n
Nan
N __ n
man
m __ n
tan
t __ n
van
v __ n
cat
c __ t
fat
f __ t
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Objective Concepts (initial “p” sound); Sight words (plum, purple, pan, put)
Vocabulary plum
pan
purple
put
The Plum By: Sue Peterson
The plum is purple. The plum is small. The purple plum is small. The pan is purple. The pan is small. The purple pan is small. Put the plum in the pan. Yum, yum, yum!
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Practice 1. Underline the “p”. plum
p l u m
p l u m
purple
p u r p l e
p u r p l e
pan
p a n
p a n
put
p u t
p u t
2. Copy. the
____________________
plum
____________________
3. Color.
The plum is purple. © Sue Peterson 2012
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Objective Concepts (park, long and short “a” sound); sight words (friends, all) Vocabulary play
friends
day
all
The Park By: Sue Peterson
My friends and I play. We play at the park. We play all day. My friends and I play. We play at the park. We play all day. Hooray!
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Practice 1. Underline the “a”. play
play
day
day
play
play
day
day
2. Copy. f r i e n d s ________________
________________
all
________________
________________
3. Draw a picture.
My friends and I play at the park.
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Objective Concepts (number words and number symbols: 1-10; more); Sight words (friends, my)
Vocabulary one - ten
friends
1 - 10
my
My Fun Friends By: Sue Peterson
My friends are fun. We run. We play. We run and play. One friend, two friends, three friends. More! My friends are fun. One friend, two friends, three friends. More! Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. My 10 friends and more!
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Practice 1. Copy friends
____________ ______
my
__________________
2. Fill in the blank. one friend
_______________ friend
two friends
_______________ friends
three friends
_______________ friends
3. Matching. one ------------- 1
one
3
two ------------- 2
two
1
three----------- 3
three
2
four ------------- 4
four
5
five --------------5
five
4
six ----------------
6
six
8
seven ------------
7
seven
9
eight -------------
8
eight
6
nine --------------- 9
nine
10
ten -----------------10
ten
7
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Objective Concepts (short “u” bug, up, under); sight words (it)
Vocabulary
bug
under
up
it
The Bug By: Sue Peterson
The bug is big. It is green. The big bug is green. It sits. The bug sits up. The bug sits up under me!
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Practice 1. Copy. bug
________ ________ ________
up
________ ________ ________
u n d e r _________________________
2. Color.
A green bug
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Objective Concepts (ordinal numbers:
first, second, third); Sight words (first,
second, third, white, brown)
Vocabulary first second
Clothing By: Sue Peterson
First, my top. My top is white. Second, my pants. My pants are brown. Third, my shoes. My shoes are white and brown. I put them on. First, second, third. I put them on myself. All by myself. © Sue Peterson 2012
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Practice 1. Copy. first
____________________
second
____________________
third
____________________
2. Matching. 1
second
1
second
2
first
2
third
3
third
3
first
3. Match the word to the number. first
second
third
3
2
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1
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Objective Concepts (good-bye, hi, go, come); Sight words (in) Vocabulary good-bye
in
hi
away
go
today
come
stay
Good-Bye! By: Sue Peterson
Good-Bye! I go in. Good-Bye! I go away. Good-Bye! I go away today. Hi! I come in. Hi! I come in today. Hi! I come in to stay.
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank.
good-bye
g __ __ d – bye
hi
h __
h __
g __ __ d – bye
h __
h __
2. Copy.
come
_______________
go
____________ ___
in
____________ ___
3. Underline the letters “a y”. away
away
away
away
stay
stay
stay
stay
today
today
today
today
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h __
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Objective Concepts (sun, up, down, hot, colors); Sight words (see, sees)
Vocabulary sun see
The Sun By: Sue Peterson
The sun is hot. It looks down. The sun sees me. I look up. I see the sun. Red, yellow, and orange. It is hot!
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sees
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Practice 1. Copy. sun
___________
____________
see
___________
____________
sees
____________
____________
up
____________
____________
down
____________
____________
2. Underline the “s”. see
see
see
see
sees
sees
sees
sees
sun
sun
sun
sun
3. Color.
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Objective Concepts (left and right); Sight words (and)
Vocabulary left right
Going Home By: Sue Peterson
Go to the right. Go to the left. Right and left. Go to the right. Go to the left. Right and left. Going home!
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and
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Practice 1. Copy.
right ___________________ left
___________________
and
___________________
2. Draw a picture.
left
left hand
right
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Objective Concepts (initial “b” sounds, clock); Sight words (clock, is, me)
Vocabulary clock is
The Clock By: Sue Peterson
The clock is black. The clock is big. The clock is black. The clock is big. The clock is black. The clock is big. But, not as big as me!
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me
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Practice 1. Copy. clock
____________
____________
is
______
______
______
me
______
______
______
2. Color.
Black
A big, black clock.
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Objective Concepts (short “i” words: big, pig, pink, digs, trips); Sight words (the, look)
Vocabulary
big
trips
pig
the
pink
look
digs
The Big Pig By: Sue Peterson
Look at the pig. The pig is big. The pig is pink. Look at the big, pink pig. The pig digs. He digs in the mud. Look! The pig trips. Look! The pig is all mud!
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank. b i g
b __ g
b __ g
p i g
p __ g
p __ g
p i n k
p __ n k
p __ n k
d i g s
d __ g s
d __ g s
t r i ps
t r __ p s
t r __ p s
2. Copy. look
_____________
the
______________
3. Color the pig pink.
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Objective Concepts (numbers: one, two, three); Sight words (more, one, two, three, please)
Vocabulary
more
three
one
please
two
Apples
By: Sue Peterson
One more. Two more. Three more, please. One more apple. Two more apples. Three more, please. One more. Two more. Three more, please. Apples, apples, apples!
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank. more
m _ re
m _ re
m _ re
more
mo _ e
mo _e
mo _ e
more
mor_
mor_
mor_
2. Copy. more
___________________
one 1
___________________
two 2
___________________
three 3
___________________
3. Draw a picture.
one apple
two apples
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three apples
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Objective Concepts (zoo, animals, short “a” sound); sight words (come) Vocabulary animals
come
Ann
Art
Al
at
The Zoo By: Sue Peterson
Come see the animals. The animals at the zoo. Ann sees the animals. Al sees the animals. Art sees the animals. Ann, Al, and Art. Come see the animals. The animals at the zoo! The zoo!
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Practice 1. Underline the letter “a” and “A”: at
at
at
at
Al
Al
Al
Al
Ann
Ann
Ann
Ann
Art
Art
Art
Art
animals
animals
animals
animals
2. Copy. come
_____________
3. Color.
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Objective Concepts (family, short “o”, CVC); sight words (my, mom, can, hop)
Vocabulary my
can
mom
hop
My Family By: Sue Peterson
My mom can hop. My pop can hop. My dog can hop. My hog can hop. My frog can hop. Can you hop? Hop! Hop! Hop! Plop!
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank. mom
m __ m
m __ m
m __ m
can
c __ n
c __ n
c __ n
hop
h __ p
h __ p
h __ p
2. Copy. my
________ __
________ ___
mom
__________
___________
3. Draw a picture.
My Mom
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Objective Concepts (short “e” words, CVC); Sight words (get) Vocabulary hen
pet
red
get
pen
net
The Hen By: Sue Peterson
The hen is red. It is in the pen. The hen is red. It is my pet. The hen is over the pen. It is my pet. I can get my pet. With a net!
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Practice 1. Copy. hen
________ ________
pen
________ ________
r ed
________ ________
2. Underline the “e”. pet
pet
pet
pet
get
get
get
get
net
net
net
net
3. Color.
A red hen is my pet.
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Objective Concepts (counting, numbers, 1-10); Sight words (the, again)
Vocabulary the
The Numbers By: Sue Peterson
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 I count the numbers. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 I count the numbers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 I count the numbers, again! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 I can count, again!
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again
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Practice 1. Copy. the
_____________________
again
______________________
2. Count.
__________
__________
__________
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Objective Concepts (birthday, age); Sight words (birthday, today, happy)
Vocabulary birthday today
My Birthday By: Sue Peterson
Hooray! It is my birthday. It is my birthday today. I am happy. It is my birthday. I am 5-years-old. I am happy. I am happy today. It is my birthday. Hooray! © Sue Peterson 2012
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happy
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Practice 1. Copy. today
___________________________
birthday
___________________________
happy
___________________________
Happy Birthday, _______________! My Name
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Objective Concepts (actions:
play, read, sing, nap); Sight words (to)
Vocabulary play
nap
read
to
sing
At School By: Sue Peterson
I go to school. I play. I read. I sing. I nap at school. We go to school. We play. We read. We sing. We nap at school. Do you nap?
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank. I go to school.
I g __ to
school.
I go to school.
I go
t __ school.
I go to school.
I go
to
sch __ __ l.
play
p l __ y
p l __ y
p l __ y
sing
s __ n g
s __ n g
s __ n g
nap
n __ p
n __ p
n __ p
2. Copy. play
______________
sing
______________
read
______________
nap
______________
3. Draw a picture.
I play.
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Objective
Concepts (pronouns); Sight words (you, he, she, I, we)
Vocabulary
you
I
he
we
she
Can You Play? By: Sue Peterson
Can you play? He can play. She can play. I can play. We can play. Can you play? We can play. We can all play. It is fun! It is fun to play!
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank. Can you play?
Can _____________ play?
He can play.
___________
can
play.
She can play.
___________
can
play.
2. Copy. you
________ ________ ____
he
________ ____________
she
________ ____________
I
________ ____________
we
________ ____________
3. Draw a picture of you playing.
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Objective Concepts (colors:
red, blue, yellow), CVC, VC; Sight words (from,
box, fox, ox, like)
Vocabulary from
ox
box
like
fox
My Colors By: Sue Peterson
Colors from my box. Like a red fox. Like a blue ox. Like a red fox and a blue ox. Colors from my box. Like red and blue. From my yellow box!
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Practice 1. Fill in the blank.
from
f r __ m
f r __ m
f r __ m
box
b __ x
b __ x
b __ x
fox
f __ x
f __ x
f __ x
ox
__ x
__ x
__ x
2. Copy. like
______________
3. Color.
blue ox
red fox
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