First Grade Basic Skills Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills Basic reading comprehension and reading skills activities necessary for developing the skills students need to succeed! Written by: Aaron Levy & Kelley W ingate Levy Illustrated by: Karen Sevaly Look for all of Teacher’s Friend’s Basic Skills Books at your local educational retailer! 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name Date Skills Assessment Checklist – Portfolio Copy Assessed Retaught Mastered Reading Skills ❏ Reading Words ❏ Reading Words ❏ Reading Words ❏ Antonyms _ ❏ Antonyms _ ❏ Antonyms _ ❏ Antonyms _ ❏ Synonyms ❏ Synonyms ❏ Rhyming words ❏ Rhyming words ❏ Rhyming words ❏ Vocabulary ❏ Vocabulary ❏ Vocabulary ❏ Completing Sentences _ ❏ Completing Sentences _ ❏ Completing Sentences _ ❏ Sequencing _ ❏ Sequencing _ ❏ Sequencing _ Reading Comprehension ❏ Jan’s New Bike ❏ My Uncle’s Airplane _ ❏ If I Were King ❏ Joel’s Pets ❏ Larry the Frog _ ❏ Karen’s Doll _ ❏ Chris Likes Science _ ❏ My Friend Tickles _ ❏ The Apple Pie _ ❏ Jeremy the Squirrel ❏ Big Balloons _ ❏ Rainy Day _ ❏ Rowe’s Dog _ ❏ Baby Chickens _ ❏ Wally the Whale ❏ Betsy the Cow _ ❏ Joe’s Day at the Beach ❏ Sally the Baker _ 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Table of Contents Reading Skills Reading Words Reading Words Reading Words Antonyms Antonyms Antonyms Antonyms Synonyms .10 Synonyms .11 Rhyming words .12 Rhyming words .13 Rhyming words .14 Vocabulary 15 Vocabulary 16 Vocabulary 17 Completing Sentences 18 Completing Sentences 19 Completing Sentences 20 Sequencing .21 Sequencing .22 Sequencing .23 Reading Comprehension Jan’s New Bike .24 My Uncle’s Airplane 25 If I Were King 26 Joel’s Pets .27 Larry the Frog 28 Karen’s Doll 29 Chris Likes Science 30 My Friend Tickles 31 The Apple Pie 32 Jeremy the Squirrel 33 Big Balloons .34 Rainy Day 35 Rowe’s Dog 36 Baby Chickens 37 Wally the Whale 38 Betsy the Cow .39 Joe’s Day at the Beach 40 Sally the Baker 41 Answer Pages .42–48 Reproduction of these materials for commercial resale or distribution to an entire school system or school/library district is strictly prohibited Pages may be duplicated for one individual classroom set only Materials may not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior written permission of the publisher Copyright © 2002 Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company All rights reserved Printed in China ISBN 0-439-50033-8 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Skill: Reading words Name _ Look at each picture Circle the word in each row of words that describes the picture sun box sad green yellow red hot mop boy man bat bone blue white one hard moo sing ring ball rain wet pot win look nail boy ball bell hand store bear star call top round 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Skill: Reading words Name _ Look at each picture Circle the word in each row of words that describes the picture five roll frog hop walk duck pond pig house cat bat dog hook book egg sat read milk pail pick face cone sand mean meow beach by boy girl bee jump ear cake from bite rope 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Skill: Reading words Name _ Look at each picture Circle the word in each row of words that describes the picture dog cow goat bark purr moo tail sail flag box jar back glass wave cat lid kite sack could cloud cow rain start nose boot shop high rock door hen nest oven open knob two knee 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Antonyms Circle the word that is the opposite of the first word up kite down dog go send stick stop cold hot tail put run wet walk top sink was swim moon tall short blue cut little big happy name girl boy cat dad new low old hot love out all hate 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Antonyms Circle the word that is the opposite of the first word out in this dog high tiny low far happy sad bunny silly good log full bad all can none smart open long close silver end cow begin green win yes lose fast mom aunt dad sister work see eat play 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Antonyms Circle the word that is the opposite of the first word soft up hard bunny near white far day full she frog empty fast pot snake slow round square cut door sit chair pet stand wet paste pool dry push pull corn fish clean book foot dirty cry laugh bell bag 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Antonyms Circle the word that is the opposite of the first word big give small hand left cake party right down she brown up hot say warm cold right house car wrong day night see you late they light early leave stay go give throw catch cap cool light dark cloud penny 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Big Balloons Lou loves balloons At the circus, a clown gave Lou five big balloons Lou told the clown, “Thank you.” Two balloons are red Two balloons are green One balloon is yellow Lou holds the balloons tightly so that they will not fly away Where did Lou get the balloons? ////////////////////// Who gave the balloons to Lou? ////////////////////// How many balloons does Lou have? ////////////////////// What are the colors of the balloons? ////////////////////// What did Lou say to the clown? ////////////////////// Why does Lou hold the balloons tightly? ////////////////////// 34 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Rainy Day Roy likes to play in the rain When it rains, he puts on his raincoat and boots He goes outside Roy splashes in the puddles Roy must think that he is a duck Sometimes Meyer plays in the rain with Roy What does Roy like to play in? ////////////////////// What does Roy put on when it rains? ////////////////////// Where does Roy go? ////////////////////// What does Roy splash in? ////////////////////// What must Roy think he is? ////////////////////// Who plays in the rain with Roy sometimes? ////////////////////// 35 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Rowe’s Dog My friend Rowe has a dog I really like Rowe’s dog His dog is brown She wears a red collar Rowe and Bambi play with the dog a lot Rowe’s dog loves to chew on bones I wish I had a dog like Rowe’ s What does my friend Rowe have? ////////////////////// Do I like Rowe’s dog? ////////////////////// What color is Rowe’s dog? ////////////////////// What color is the dog’ s collar? ////////////////////// What does Rowe’s dog chew on? ////////////////////// What I wish? ////////////////////// 36 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Baby Chickens A mother chicken sat on her nest She was a big chicken with yellow feathers She was sitting on some eggs One day the eggs cracked open Then some little chicks popped out of the eggs Now the chicken had six chicks Where did the mother chicken sit? ////////////////////// What color were her feathers? ////////////////////// What was the mother chicken sitting on? ////////////////////// What happened to the eggs one day? ////////////////////// What came out of the eggs? ////////////////////// How many chicks were there? ////////////////////// 37 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Wally the Whale Wally is a big blue whale W ally lives in the ocean He swims with his whale friends Sometimes Wally dives deep then he jumps high into the air When he lands in the water, Wally makes a big splash What kind of animal is W ally? ////////////////////// What color is Wally? ////////////////////// Where does Wally live? ////////////////////// Who does Wally swim with? ////////////////////// What does Wally after he dives deep? ////////////////////// What happens when Wally lands in the water? ////////////////////// 38 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Betsy the Cow My family lives on a farm W e have a cow named Betsy Betsy is brown with white spots Betsy is a special cow She can talk! Our other cows only say, “Moo.” Betsy tells us what the other cows are saying Where does our family live? ////////////////////// What is the name of our cow? ////////////////////// What color is Betsy? ////////////////////// Why is Betsy a special cow? ////////////////////// What our other cows say? ////////////////////// What does Betsy tell us? ////////////////////// 39 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Joe’s Day at the Beach During the summer, Joe plays at the beach He wears his blue swimsuit He swims in the waves Joe builds castles made of sand For lunch, Joe brings a sandwich and some juice Sometimes, Sol plays at the beach with Joe Where does Joe play during the summer? ////////////////////// What does Joe like to wear? ////////////////////// What does Joe swim in? ////////////////////// What does Joe build with sand? ////////////////////// What does Joe bring for lunch? ////////////////////// Who plays with Joe sometimes? ////////////////////// 40 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Name _ Skill: Reading comprehension Read the story then answer the questions Sally the Baker Sally loves to make cakes Her mother helps her bake the cakes Sally likes to make chocolate cakes the best She mixes the batter Her mother puts the cake in the oven When the cake is done, Sally lets the cake cool Sally loves to bake for her family What does Sally love to bake? ////////////////////// Who helps Sally? ////////////////////// What kind of cake does Sally like to make the best? ////////////////////// What does Sally’s mother after the batter is mixed? ////////////////////// What does Sally when the cake is done? ////////////////////// Who does Sally like to bake for? ////////////////////// 41 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Page Page Page Page Page Page Answer Key 42 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company Page 11 Page 14 Page 10 Page 13 Page Page 12 Answer Key 43 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 44 book ball hat dog glass monkey Page 18 cute sleeps name yarn door cake cat bed pencil Page 15 school shirt Page 19 class Page 20 good home moon sits yellow ride Page 17 went stars space Page 16 swing set glasses stove television car candy Answer Key Grandma will fix lunch for me Mom will swim with me I watered the seeds Some flowers began to grow 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 45 Funville I would have a parade Yes My Uncle and me Yellow Bird It flys high She rides her bike after school She goes to Allison’s house She goes home Page 26 A gold crown Stars are on the wings An orange flag Page 25 Fur It is yellow with blue stripes It is red Page 24 I would like to be a king My Uncle Page 23 Mom cooked our fish Dad bought some bait We ate breakfast We woke up early A new bike Page 22 I will jump in the water I planted the seeds Page 21 I will put on my swimsuit My mother gave me some seeds Answer Key Pink She sleeps on Kathy’s bed No Flies Flies He hops around the pond Fifi and Foofoo Hook Fresh food and water 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 46 We made the pie crust Thirty minutes Mom and I Cheese Cats A mouse Pictures The sun Science Page 32 Blueberry pie Gray The sun Page 31 Apple Small Books about stars and planets Page 30 Mother and I Tickles Chris Page 29 Blond In the pond One Page 28 Kathy Larry is green with brown spots Two Page 27 Her doll A frog Three Answer Key Five Red, green, and yellow Thank you So that they will not fly away Black stripes Nuts Trees Jeremy 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 47 His whale friends He jumps high into the air He makes a big splash They cracked open Chicks Six Red A bone I wish that I had a dog like Rowe’ s Page 38 In the ocean Eggs Brown Page 37 Blue Yellow Yes Page 36 He is a whale Page 35 On her nest Meyer A duck Puddles Outside His raincoat and boots The rain A dog Page 34 A clown Brown Page 33 At the circus Our backyard Answer Key She can talk Moo What the other cows are saying She puts the cake in the oven She lets the cake cool Her family 1st Grade Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension and Reading Skills © Teacher's Friend, a Scholastic Company 48 Sol Page 40 A sandwich and some juice Castles The waves His blue swimsuit At the beach Brown with white spots Chocolate Page 39 Betsy Her mother Page 41 On a farm Cakes Answer Key