Building Essential Language Arts Skills: Grade 1

Introduction
Write Act, Bb
Write Cc, Dd
Write Ее, Ff
Write Gg, Hh
Write Ii, Jj
Write Kk, LI
Write Mm, Nn
Write Oo, Pp
Write Qq, Rr
Write Ss, Tt
Write Uu, Vv
Write Ww, Xx
Write Yy, Zz
The Cat Waves (short and long a)
Rex Has Sheep (short and long e)
Kim Likes to Fish (short and long \)
Go Home, Dog I (short and long o)
Cute Pup in a Cup (short and long \j)
The Shark Shops (consonant digraph sh)
One Chip Each (consonant digraph ch)
Think Math (consonant digraph th)
Let's Begin (isolating initial sounds)
Fun on the Farm (isolating final sounds)
A Cat in a Hat (short vowel word families)
Gail on the Trail (long vowel word family)
Blend In (initial consonant blends)
Counting at the Zoo (syllables)
Where Is Spot? (sight words)
Bird Gets a Worm (common nouns)
Name Game (proper nouns)
One or More? (plural nouns with -s)
Plenty of Plurals (plural nouns with -es)
We Can Have a Picnic (pronouns)
Fun at the Zoo (pronouns)
Fun and Games (possessive pronouns)
Take Action (present-tense verbs)
The Bee Buzzed (past-tense verbs)
What Will Max Do? (future-tense verbs)
Making Sense (adjectives)
This and That (conjunctions and, but, or)
Just Because... (conjunction because)
A Zoo or a Yard? (articles a, an)
Where Is Bear? (prepositions)
It's the Beach I (complete sentences)
Let's Go for a Ride (telling sentences)
Who Is in the Barn? (asking sentences)
What a Trip! (exclamation sentences)
It's a Date! (capitalizing and punctuating dates)
Tents, Boats, and Fun! (commas in a series)
Looking for Socks (root words and affixes)
Look for Clues (context clues)
Sort It Out! (classifying)
Are They Alike? (categorizing)
Paint With Words (shades of meaning: verbs)
Almost the Same (shades of meaning: adjectives),
Answer Key