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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
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Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y
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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
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Choose the two words that are the same
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Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly
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Find a word in a sentence
D. Consonants and vowels
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Sort consonants and vowels
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Find the vowel in the word
E. Syllables
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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
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Which word has the same ending?
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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
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Blend onset and rime together to make a word
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Blend each sound in a word together
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Identify the first, second and last sound in a word
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Put the sounds in order
H. Beginning and ending sounds
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Which two words start with the same sound?
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Which word ends with the same sound?
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Which two words end with the same sound?
I. Letter-sound associations
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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
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Which consonant blend does the word start with?
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Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend
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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
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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
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Find the short e word
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Choose the picture that matches the short e word
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Complete the short e word
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Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture
M. Short i
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Find the short i word
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Choose the short i word that matches the picture
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Complete the short i words
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Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture
N. Short o
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Find the short o word
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Choose the short o word that matches the picture
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Complete the short o word
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Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture
O. Short u
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Find the short u word
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Choose the picture that matches the short u word
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Complete the short u word
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Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
P. Short vowels
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Identify the short vowel sound in a word
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Complete the word with the right short vowel
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Spell the short vowel word
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Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
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Read questions with short vowel words
Q. Long vowels
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Find the word with the same vowel sound
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Which two words have the same vowel sound?
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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
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Which could happen in real life?
V. Inference and analysis
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Which feeling matches the picture?
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What will happen next?
W. Riddles
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What am I?
Vocabulary
X. Colour and number words
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Use number words: one to ten
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Use colour words
Y. Adjectives and verbs
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Compare pictures using adjectives
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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
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Choose the best location word to match the picture
BB. Synonyms and antonyms
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Match antonyms to pictures
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Match synonyms
CC. Categories
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Sort objects into categories
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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
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Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?
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Identify and use end marks
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Find the complete sentence
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Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
FF. Capitalisation
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Capitalise the first letter of a sentence
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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
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Find the action verb with images
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Find the action verb
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Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
