Grade 1 Reading Foundations, Unit 4: Daily Practice
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Read the listed words without pictures, spell the dictated words without copying, read each short passage, and answer the questions. Day 5 uses uncoached responses. Print or use browser Save as PDF. This is not yet a digitally fillable PDF.
Day 1: Plural -s and -es
Read aloud
cats / dogs / ships / ducks / dishes / boxes / wishes / brushes
Dictation
Have an adult dictate the 4 target words from the student lesson, without showing the list.
Passage
Nia has two cats. Malik has three dogs. The dogs sit by the boxes. Nia washes the dishes.
Answer with evidence
- 1. Who has cats?
- 2. How many dogs does Malik have?
- 3. Where do the dogs sit?
- 4. What does Nia wash?
Private progress: words correct ___/8, spelling correct ___/4, supported answers ___/4, self-corrections ___, date ___, specific error pattern ___.
Day 2: Past-tense -ed: /t/, /d/, /id/
Read aloud
jumped / helped / packed / played / stayed / rained / landed / rested
Dictation
Have an adult dictate the 4 target words from the student lesson, without showing the list.
Passage
The rain stopped. Jay helped pack a bag. They rested. Then Jay played a game.
Answer with evidence
- 1. What stopped?
- 2. Who helped pack?
- 3. What did they do before Jay played?
- 4. What did Jay play?
Private progress: words correct ___/8, spelling correct ___/4, supported answers ___/4, self-corrections ___, date ___, specific error pattern ___.
Day 3: -ing and Base Words
Read aloud
singing / jumping / playing / looking / helping / making / hopping / sitting
Dictation
Have an adult dictate the 4 target words from the student lesson, without showing the list.
Passage
Sam is sitting. A bird is singing. Nia is making a card. Sam is looking at the card.
Answer with evidence
- 1. Who is sitting?
- 2. What is the bird doing?
- 3. What is Nia making?
- 4. What is Sam looking at?
Private progress: words correct ___/8, spelling correct ___/4, supported answers ___/4, self-corrections ___, date ___, specific error pattern ___.
Day 4: Read Two-Syllable Closed-Syllable Words
Read aloud
rabbit / napkin / basket / dentist / sunset / picnic / magnet / tablet
Dictation
Have an adult dictate the 4 target words from the student lesson, without showing the list.
Passage
A rabbit sat by a basket. A napkin is in the basket. At sunset, Nia had a picnic.
Answer with evidence
- 1. What sat by the basket?
- 2. What was inside the basket?
- 3. When did Nia have a picnic?
- 4. Which word names a meal outdoors?
Private progress: words correct ___/8, spelling correct ___/4, supported answers ___/4, self-corrections ___, date ___, specific error pattern ___.
Day 5: Cumulative Reading, Encoding, and Fluency Review
Read aloud
dishes / dogs / helped / stayed / jumping / making / rabbit / basket / farm / rain / seed / kite
Dictation
Have an adult dictate the 8 target words from the student lesson, without showing the list.
Passage
Nia had a basket by the farm. She packed a napkin. Two rabbits hopped near the barn. Nia stayed and watched the rabbits.
Answer with evidence
- 1. What did Nia have?
- 2. What did she pack?
- 3. How many rabbits hopped?
- 4. Where did they hop?
Private progress: words correct ___/12, spelling correct ___/8, supported answers ___/4, self-corrections ___, date ___, specific error pattern ___.