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Features

  • Five nonfiction passages about animals
  • After the first sentence, every seventh word is a choice of three
  • Only one word in each choice makes sense
  • Printed in the letters children learn to read, every word one a 1st grader can read
  • A score box on each page
  • The texts of our 1st grade reading packs, word for word
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Use context to check that a word makes sense
  • Read on-level text with understanding
  • Reread when something does not make sense
  • Read nonfiction about animals

How to Use This Pack

Each page is one text. The first sentence is printed whole; after it, every seventh word is a choice of three words in brackets. Children read along and circle the word that makes sense, then read the sentence again to check. The answer keys follow the five pages.

In the Classroom

Do the first page together: read up to a choice, try each word in the sentence aloud, and talk about why only one makes sense. Then children work alone or with a partner.

At Home

Read the text together. At each choice, ask: which word makes the sentence make sense? Then read the sentence again with that word.

Tips for Success

  • Read the whole sentence with each word
  • Only one word makes sense
  • Read past the choice: the words after it help too
  • Reread the sentence to check

Which Word Makes Sense? Passages for 1st Grade

1st Grade

Five short nonfiction texts about crabs, pigs, foxes and chicks, with every seventh word a choice of three. Children read each text and circle the word that makes sense, in the print they are learning to read.

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What’s Included

  • 5 maze passages
  • Answer keys
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