Smart Start: Phonics and Spelling Activity Book, Grade 1

Smart Start: Phonics and Spelling is the best phonics and spelling workbook for children in first grade! These fun phonics and spelling lessons help first grade learners become better readers and writers! Early literacy skills build a foundation for success in school, and the colorful activities, audio stories, and stickers in this book make it easy for children to succeed. Help your child learn the building blocks of phonics and spelling with these easy-to-do lessons that include all of the most important phonics and spelling concepts and skills. BONUS: This workbook includes audio of stories read aloud! Smart Start: Phonics and Spelling workbook for grade 1 helps your child become a reader by: • Practicing letter sounds • Learning spelling patterns • Reading word family stories that have familiar words What’s Inside Smart Start: Phonics and Spelling Grade 1? • 10 units that practice beginning sounds, initial consonant blends, long vowel silent e and long vowel digraph word families, and spelling patterns • Initial consonant blends include: sn, fl, br, sm, sl, str, sw, cr, dr, sn, tr, cr, bl • Word families and spelling patterns include: -ole, -ose, -ike, -ive, -ake, -ame, -ope, -oke, -ime, -ipe, -ape, -ate, -eam, -eem, -ail, -ay, and more. • Skill practice includes discriminating beginning sounds and initial consonant blends, writing long vowel silent e spelling patterns, writing long vowel digraph patterns, analyzing words, discriminating spelling patterns, identifying and writing rhyming words, and reading short stories. • A spelling review for each unit • A Phonics Minibook • How to Use pages provide support for parents and teachers This 128-page full-color workbook includes audio of stories, reward stickers, and an answer key. (see note above about shortening the bullets)