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Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Letter identification

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Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase
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Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase
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Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase
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Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase
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Frequently confused letters: find the letter
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Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

B. Lowercase and uppercase letters

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Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z
2

Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y
3

Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r
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Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review
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Find the lowercase letters
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Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z
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Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y
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Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R
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Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review
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Find the uppercase letters
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Put the letters in ABC order

C. Word recognition

1

Choose the two words that are the same
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Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly
3

Find a word in a sentence

D. Consonants and vowels

1

Sort consonants and vowels
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Find the vowel in the word

E. Syllables

1

How many syllables does the word have?
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Which word has more syllables?
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Sort by the number of syllables

F. Rhyming

1

Which word has the same ending?
2

Which two words have the same ending?
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Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
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Which word does not rhyme?
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Complete the rhyme

G. Blending and segmenting

1

Blend onset and rime together to make a word
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Blend each sound in a word together
3

Identify the first, second and last sound in a word
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Put the sounds in order

H. Beginning and ending sounds

1

Which two words start with the same sound?
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Which word ends with the same sound?
3

Which two words end with the same sound?

I. Letter-sound associations

1

Find the words that begin with a given sound
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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z
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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s
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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w
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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review
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Which letter does the word start with?
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Which letter does the word end with?

J. Consonant blends and digraphs

1

Which consonant blend does the word start with?
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Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend
3

Does the word start with a consonant blend?
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Which consonant blend does the word end with?
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Complete the word with the right final consonant blend
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Does the word end with a consonant blend?
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Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
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Choose the correct digraph

K. Short a

1

Find the short a word
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Choose the short a word that matches the picture
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Complete the short a word
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Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

L. Short e

1

Find the short e word
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Choose the picture that matches the short e word
3

Complete the short e word
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Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

M. Short i

1

Find the short i word
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Choose the short i word that matches the picture
3

Complete the short i words
4

Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

N. Short o

1

Find the short o word
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Choose the short o word that matches the picture
3

Complete the short o word
4

Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

O. Short u

1

Find the short u word
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Choose the picture that matches the short u word
3

Complete the short u word
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Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

P. Short vowels

1

Identify the short vowel sound in a word
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Complete the word with the right short vowel
3

Spell the short vowel word
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Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
5

Read questions with short vowel words

Q. Long vowels

1

Find the word with the same vowel sound
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Which two words have the same vowel sound?
3

Find the long a word
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Find the long e word
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Find the long i word
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Find the long o word
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Find the long u word
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Sort short and long vowel words

R. Sight words

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Choose the two sight words that are the same
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Read sight words set 1: ate, he, of, that, was
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Read sight words set 2: are, green, on, please, they
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Read sight words set 3: be, have, or, pretty, this
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Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3
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Read sight words set 4: all, but, ride, saw, what
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Read sight words set 5: about, like, she, under, we
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Read sight words set 6: black, into, made, ran, white
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Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6
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Read sight words set 7: am, did, get, now, well
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Read sight words set 8: fast, good, him, take, will
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Read sight words set 9: came, going, say, too, with
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Read sight words set 10: brown, does, eat, must, went
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Read sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10
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Read sight words: review sets 1–10
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Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
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Spell the sight word

Reading strategies

S. Text features

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Identify book parts and features

T. Reality vs fiction

1

Which could happen in real life?

U. Main idea

1

What is the picture about?

V. Inference and analysis

1

Which feeling matches the picture?
2

What will happen next?

W. Riddles

1

What am I?

Vocabulary

X. Colour and number words

1

Use number words: one to ten
2

Use colour words

Y. Adjectives and verbs

1

Compare pictures using adjectives
2

Find the picture that matches the action verb

Z. Location words

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Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside
2

Choose the best location word to match the picture

AA. Question words

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Who, what, when, where or why?

BB. Synonyms and antonyms

1

Match antonyms to pictures
2

Match synonyms

CC. Categories

1

Sort objects into categories
2

Which one is not like the others?

DD. Multiple-meaning words

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Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Grammar and mechanics

EE. Sentences

1

Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?
2

Identify and use end marks
3

Find the complete sentence
4

Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

FF. Capitalisation

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Capitalise the first letter of a sentence
2

Capitalise the pronoun 'I'

GG. Nouns

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Is the noun a person, animal, place or thing?
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Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

HH. Verbs

1

Find the action verb with images
2

Find the action verb
3

Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture