Reading
Kindergarten
Published by Spectrum
an imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC
Greensboro, NC
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Spectrum
An imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 35665
Greensboro, NC 27425 USA
2015 Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored, or distributed in any form or by any means (mechanically, electronically,
recording, etc.) without the prior written consent of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC. Spectrum is an imprint of
Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC.
Printed in the USA All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-4838-1213-7
01-227147811
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Table of Contents
The Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Same and Different . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Match the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Classifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Matching Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Missing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How Many? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A Day at the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Apple Picking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bedtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Practice Fire Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Happy Birthday to You . . . . . . . . 36
Wintertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lets Go Fly a Kite! . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
A Day at the Beach . . . . . . . . . . 55
The First Day of School . . . . . . . . 63
A Day on the Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Watch It Grow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rainy Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Waterslide! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Meet Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Max Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Look, Max! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Max Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Max Meets Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Max Meets a Man . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Max Digs a Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Dreamy Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Max Sees Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dizzy Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Max Looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Max Sees a Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Max Takes a Splash! . . . . . . . . . 118
Max Horses Around . . . . . . . . . . 120
The Big Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Birthday Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Hungry Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Max and the Cat Play Catch . 128
Max Is Sad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Max Goes to a Costume Party 132
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Name
The Alphabet
Aa
Bb
Cc
Dd
Ee
Ff
Gg
Hh
Ii
Jj
Kk
Ll
Mm
Nn
Oo
Pp
Qq
Rr
Ss
Tt
Uu
Vv
Ww
Xx
Yy
Zz
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.
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Same and Different
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.
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Name
Colors
green yellow
orange
red
purple brown
blue
black
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.
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Name
Match the Picture
Matt blows a bubble with his gum.
Tia and Erik painted a rainbow together.
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.
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Name
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.
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.
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Name
Classifying
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.
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Matching Words
cap
top
top
cap
pig
cap
top
pig
pig
egg
egg
top
cap
cub
cub
top
cap
pig
egg
cub
Directions: Circle the words that match the first word.
Home Practice: Have your child point to other words in the workbook that match.
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Matching Words
do
do
you
do
you
the
you
do
smell
do
smell
smell
the
the
you
the
cake
cake
smell
cake
Directions: Circle the words that match the first word.
Home Practice: Have your child point to other words in the workbook that match.
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Missing Letters
bed
sun
saw
man
pen
b d
un
sa
m n
en
Directions: Write the missing letter in each word.
Home Practice: Have your child name the letters in each word.
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How Many?
11
22
33
44
55
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.
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How Many?
66
77
88
99
10 10
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.
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Name
A Day at the Park
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.
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