1st Grade Reading Strategies Independent Work Packet

This is a GROWING BUNDLE of my 1st Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions! These resources are designed to help first-grade teachers solve the challenge of finding high-quality, engaging, and low-prep reading comprehension materials that align with monthly and holiday themes.

With 20 passages per month, this bundle is perfect for teachers looking for ready-to-use resources that promote fluency, text-based comprehension, and confidence in their readers. Each passage includes text-dependent comprehension questions, making it easy for students to practice finding answers directly in the text.

What’s Currently Included?

• November Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
• December Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
• January Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

What’s Coming Next?

This growing bundle will include 12 months of reading comprehension passages.

• February Passages: Available by January 15th
• March Passages: Available by February 15th
• April Passages: Available by March 15th
• May Passages: Available by April 15th
• June Passages: Available by May 15th
• July Passages: Available by June 15th
• August Passages: Available by July 15th
• September Passages: Available by August 15th
• October Passages: Available by September 15th

When you purchase this bundle now, you’ll lock in the current price and receive all future updates for free! As more months are added, the price will increase, and once complete, this bundle will value at $36+!

Why You’ll Love This Bundle:

• Includes 20 reading comprehension passages per month
• Aligned with monthly and holiday themes to keep students engaged year-round
• Saves teachers time and effort with low-prep resources
• Promotes fluency practice and strengthens text-based comprehension skills
• Perfect for use in reading centers, small groups, independent practice, and homework

Why You Will LOVE This Bundle

Teachers often spend hours searching for meaningful reading comprehension materials that fit into their monthly curriculum and holiday units. This bundle provides a consistent, high-quality resource every month, ensuring your students get engaging and purposeful practice without the extra planning time.

These 1st Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions are designed to support young readers in developing confidence, fluency, and comprehension all year long.

Grab this bundle today to start using the included passages immediately, and watch your students grow as readers! Don’t forget to leave feedback—it helps others and earns you TeachShare credits for future purchases.

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Looking for the perfect Christmas 1st Grade Busy Work Packet? This holiday bundle includes text evidence comprehension passages and math practice activities packed into over 40 pages of engaging, no-prep materials. With a math and reading comprehension sheet for every school day in December, this resource will keep students focused, learning, and on task right up until Christmas break.

What’s Included:

• Christmas Comprehension Passages: Build essential text evidence skills with short, engaging stories and questions that promote critical thinking.
• Math Practice Activities: Reinforce key math concepts like addition, subtraction, and number sense with fun, holiday-themed problems tailored for 1st graders.
• Daily Practice Sheets: Simplify your planning with ready-to-use activities for every day in December.
• Over 40 Pages: A wide variety of activities designed to keep students engaged and progressing all month long.
• No Prep Format: The planning and prepping is all done for you, so you can simply print and go.

Perfect For:

• Morning Work or Centers
• Fast Finishers
• December Classroom Activities
• Substitute Teacher Plans
• Engaging Holiday Lessons

Enjoy extra time to focus on grading, planning, or even just taking a moment to breathe—this resource has everything you need to make your December stress-free and successful. Get your Christmas 1st Grade Busy Work Packet today and keep your classroom running smoothly all month long!

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Product Description: Get your students into the holiday spirit while building their reading comprehension and fluency skills with these Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions! This resource includes 20 engaging Christmas reading passages, each paired with targeted comprehension questions that encourage students to find text evidence. The passages feature high-interest, festive stories centered around Christmas traditions, winter activities, and the magic of the season, making December reading passages both fun and educational. Perfect for helping first-grade students develop their Christmas reading comprehension skills, these passages are designed to boost fluency and comprehension while celebrating the holiday spirit.

Product Features:

• 20 Thematic Christmas Reading Passages: Each story centers around Christmas or winter themes, such as holiday celebrations, gift giving, snowy weather, and festive meals.
• Fluency Tracking: Students read each December reading passage three times, using the built-in tracker to build reading confidence and fluency.
• Comprehension Questions: Three focused questions follow each Christmas reading passage, encouraging students to cite details from the text, reinforcing Christmas reading comprehension.
• Text Marking Prompts: Questions prompt students to color or highlight specific answers in the text, helping them learn to find and use text evidence.

Perfect for:

• Independent Reading Practice: Ideal for morning work, literacy centers, or quiet reading time with Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions.
• Small Group Instruction: Perfect for guided reading, where students can read and discuss answers as a group.
• Homework or Extra Practice: Great for sending home December reading comprehension passages to encourage family engagement in reading.

Why This Resource? This packet combines the fun of Christmas reading passages with essential reading skills, aligning with first-grade comprehension standards. It’s perfect for teachers looking to boost fluency, comprehension, and text evidence skills with December reading passages that celebrate the holiday season.

What’s Included:

• 20 Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions
• 3 comprehension questions per passage
• 2 Cover Pages (Girl and Boy options)

Help your students practice their reading skills while enjoying the festive joy of Christmas with these Christmas reading comprehension passages!

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Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports Bundle. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in this bundle to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

This worksheet bundle can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

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Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 10. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

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Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 6. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

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• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

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Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 5. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 1. Perfectly complementing Fundations, these worksheets bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

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Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 3. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 8. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 9. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 2. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 7. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Enhance your literacy instruction with our Letter Naming Fluency Practice Worksheets - Kindergarten Reading Supports, Unit 11. Perfectly complementing Fundations, this bundle bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence through systematic and engaging activities. Featuring interactive exercises, progress monitoring tools, and differentiated instruction, it ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success. Invest in these worksheets to empower your students with the confidence and proficiency they need to excel in literacy.

Benefits

• Bolsters rapid letter recognition and sound correspondence.

• Ensures all students build strong foundational skills essential for reading success.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including in centers, small groups, for independent work, or as peer tutoring activities.

Testimonials

“My students have shown tremendous improvement in letter naming fluency since incorporating these worksheets into our daily routine!” - Happy Teacher

Our Vowel Consonant Fluency Practice Worksheets are ideal for Kindergarten and First Grade students to enhance their VC blending skills. These worksheets include VC words and nonsense word fluency practice, focusing on identifying and distinguishing between vowels and consonants to improve phonemic awareness and reading fluency. With varied exercises like matching, sorting, and fill-in-the-blank, these worksheets progressively challenge students, making them perfect for classroom use, homework, or extra practice at home. Comprehensive answer keys are also provided to facilitate quick and accurate grading

Benefits

• Mastering sound blending

• Developing fluency in reading phonetically regular words

• Supports early literacy skill development

• Lays the groundwork for advanced reading comprehension

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

These worksheets on Vowel Consonant Fluency Practice Worksheets are ideal for Kindergarten and First Grade students can be implemented in the classroom during centers, independent work, or peer tutoring sessions. Students can practice decoding words, blending sounds, and improving their reading fluency.

Testimonials

"My students have shown significant progress in their reading skills after using these fluency passages. The flexibility of implementation makes it a valuable resource in my classroom." - TeacherAnu

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This resource is a printable worksheet designed for kindergarten and first-grade students to practice writing high-frequency words. It can be used in various ways in the classroom, such as in centers, for independent practice, or as homework assignments.

Benefits

• Repetition of writing high-frequency words enhances vocabulary familiarity.

• Improves spelling and word recognition through consistent practice.

• Boosts reading fluency by reinforcing word recall.

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

To implement this resource, simply print out the worksheets and provide them to students for practice during literacy centers, as independent work, or as part of their homework assignments.

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This Beginning Letter Sound Matching Center is a hands-on and engaging resource designed for Kindergarten and First Grade literacy. Students will have the opportunity to practice phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and vocabulary skills through fun and interactive activities.

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• Ideal for individual or group activities
• Boosts phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and vocabulary skills
• Engaging and interactive way to practice beginning letter sounds

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