Reading

Kindergarten

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Published by Spectrum®

an imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLCGreensboro, NC

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Spectrum®

An imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLCP.O. Box 35665Greensboro, NC 27425 USA

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1Spectrum Reading Kindergarten Table of Contents

The Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Same and Different . . . . . . . . . . . .3Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Match the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Classifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Matching Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10How Many? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11A Day at the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Apple Picking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Bedtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Practice Fire Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Happy Birthday to You . . . . . . . .36Wintertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Let’s Go Fly a Kite! . . . . . . . . . . . .49A Day at the Beach . . . . . . . . . . .55The First Day of School . . . . . . . . .63A Day on the Farm . . . . . . . . . . . .68Watch It Grow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Rainy Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Waterslide! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86Meet Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94Max Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96Look, Max! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Max Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Max Meets Max . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Max Meets a Man . . . . . . . . . . .104Max Digs a Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Dreamy Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108Max Sees Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Dizzy Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Max Looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Max Sees a Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Max Takes a Splash! . . . . . . . . . . 118Max Horses Around . . . . . . . . . .120The Big Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122The Birthday Dog . . . . . . . . . . . .124Hungry Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Max and the Cat Play Catch . .128Max Is Sad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130Max Goes to a Costume Party 132Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Directions: Say each letter and the picture next to it aloud.Home Practice: Review the alphabet and practice together any letter that may be especially hard for your child to say, remember, or learn.

The Alphabet

Aa Bb CcDd Ee FfGg Hh IiJj Kk LlMm Nn OoPp Qq RrSs Tt UuVv Ww XxYy Zz

Name

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Directions: In each row, put an X on the object that is a different color than the others . Home Practice: Point to an object in each row . Ask your child to find or name an object in the room that is the same color .

Same and DifferentName

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Directions: Have students point to each color and then to each color name .Home Practice: Ask your child to find something else in the room that matches each color .

Colors

green

orange

yellow

red

purple

blue

brown

black

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Directions: Read the sentence in the box aloud . Have students circle the picture that matches the sentence .Home Practice: Ask your child to tell a story about each series of pictures .

Match the Picture

Matt blows a bubble with his gum .

Tia and Erik painted a rainbow together .

Name

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Directions: Read the sentences in the box aloud . Have students circle the sentence that matches the picture below it .Home Practice: Ask your child to choose one of the sentences that he or she did not circle and draw a picture to illustrate it .

Match the Picture

Mama Duck is mad at Baby Duck .

Mama Duck loves Baby Duck .

Mama Duck cannot find Baby Duck .

Ana takes a bath .

Ana breaks the dishes .

Ana washes the dishes .

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Directions: Circle the objects that go together in each box .Home Practice: Have your child tell you how the objects that go together are related .

ClassifyingName

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Directions: Circle the words that match the first word .Home Practice: Have your child point to other words in the workbook that match .

top

cap top top

cap

cap pig cap

pig

top pig pig

egg

egg egg top

cub

cap cub cub

Matching WordsName

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Directions: Circle the words that match the first word .Home Practice: Have your child point to other words in the workbook that match .

do do you do

you the you do

smell do smell smell

the the you the

cake cake smell cake

Matching WordsName

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Directions: Write the missing letter in each word .Home Practice: Have your child name the letters in each word .

Missing Letters

b dbed

unsun

sasaw

m nman

enpen

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Directions: Trace each numeral and then write it . Then, draw a line from the numeral to the picture set it represents .Home Practice: Ask your child to name the objects and count each set aloud .

How Many?

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

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12Spectrum Reading Kindergarten

Directions: Trace each numeral and then write it . Then, draw a line from the numeral to the picture set it represents .Home Practice: Ask your child to name the objects and count each set aloud .

How Many?

6 6

7 7

8 8

9 9

10 10

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13Spectrum Reading Kindergarten

Directions: Discuss the picture . Home Practice: Ask your child to look at the picture and describe what each person is doing . Ask your child what he or she would most like to do at the park .

A Day at the ParkName

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