Common Core Top Pick for Language and Reading – Foundational Skills

Language

• Conventions of Standard English
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Reading – Foundational Skills

• Phonological Awareness
• Phonics and Word Analysis

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Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 1 provides 14 motivating stories. For example:

• Dad and I
• Who Can Fix It?
• The Missing Mitten
• George Washington’s Barn

Activity pages include a comprehension page and a word family page for each story; rhyming, sequencing, beginning and ending sounds; word meaning; word searches; crossword puzzles; and other appropriate skills.