Support children with developing their reading, writing, and spelling skills. Children start by reading and writing the words the, can, and jump before reading three sentences describing animals that can jump.

Concepts

emergent reading, phonics, sight words, beginning reading, word recognition, handwriting, reading fluency, spelling

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Additional Tags

reading practice, spelling practice, handwriting, emergent reader, sight word, phonics, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include this worksheet as a teacher-led learning center during language arts rotations in kindergarten or first grade
• Engage children by teaching them the "Hey Diddle Diddle" nursery rhyme prior to them completing this worksheet
• Extend the activity by having learners create their own sentences similar to those included on the worksheet

Pros

• Pictures are provided that support children with reading the included sentences
• Provides words for pupils to trace before attempting to write them on their own
• Handwriting lines are provided to support children with learning to correctly write the letters of the alphabet

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.1.a RF.K.1.b RF.K.1.c RF.K.3.a RF.K.3.b RF.K.3.c RF.1.3.a RF.1.3.b L.K.1.a L.1.1.a