Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Workbook Level a

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.

Other books in this series This book is one of a series of levelled reading workbooks. The levelled reading approach makes it easy for parents to find appropriate study materials for their kids. The books range from Levels A-B (kindergarten) to Levels V-Z (grade 6). The books can be purchased and downloaded exclusively from the online bookstore at K5 Learning store.k5learning.com.

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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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