Across Genres Essential Activities for Grade 1

It's important for young readers to be able to identify elements of different genres of literature. When they do, they're able to answer reading comprehension questions more definitively. This engaging and colorful PDF will have them look at the various settings of stores and decide which could be found in realistic stories or fantasies. They'll also get practice with the genres of poems and folktales, identifying which rhymes and which offers a message that's been carried through tradition.

It's Little Elephant's birthday, and your students will get to practice differentiating between fact and fiction as they help Little Elephant celebrate! The fun colors and pictures on this adorable worksheet will invite your children to engage and answer the questions. Some are silly, and others are facts; your children will get to practice deciding which is which as they learn that fantasy stories have elements that simply couldn't be true and that's what makes them fantasies.

Can your child remember what he or she reads? This delightful reading worksheet asks kids to read a cheerful poem aloud. While reading, watch listen carefully to the words! At the bottom of the page, task your little learner with checking the boxes next to the words that appear in the poem. To extend this lesson ask kids to identify the rhyming words, and note how those don’t appear at the bottom of the page, even if they are the words they noticed the most!

Rhyming is a critical precursor to reading, and because research continues to show that kids who struggle rhyming also struggle with reading, it’s important that kids get plenty of practice with this vital skill. If you’re looking for more ways your child can practice with rhymes, then you’ve come to the right place! Your child will practice this important skill while they enjoy adorably vibrant pictures on this rhyming pairs worksheet. Free printable worksheets like this one are a great way for your child to get some extra practice.  Just like all our worksheets, on this one you’ll find:  • Clear and simple directions • Engaging, colorful images to delight your child • Just enough practice to keep your child’s attention. Your child will work on:  • Logical reasoning skills  • Problem solving skills • Making connections between words and their pictures • Practice reading common words • Recognizing which words and sounds rhyme, and which do not. Rhyming is such an important skill for preschoolers because the knowledge of words and their sounds are important for kids as they learn to decode the sounds in words they read. Learning rhyming words and pairs can help your child build an awareness of words and their sounds, building a toolbox they can use as they begin to read. Print this worksheet today for valuable rhyming practice!

Idioms and catchy sayings are a wonderful way to create rhymes that your child will remember! Just like using acronyms to remember important titles or concepts, expressions help kids to memorize information. This adorable rhyming words worksheet for kindergarten will delight your child with joyful sayings that they will want to use again and again!  Through this worksheet your child will:  • Learn catchy sayings that include rhyming words • Notice words and sounds that rhyme • Use problem solving skills to solve each expression. When kids learn something that they can use in their everyday life, they gain the repetition needed to internalize the skills they’re learning. When kids use these expressions when they talk, they continue to learn about rhyming long after they finish the worksheet!  Check out our ample collection of nursery rhymes to support your kids' rhyming practice.

When young readers begin to read different genres of stories, it's important for them to identify the different elements of fact and fiction. This bright and colorful worksheet will ask them to check off the characters who could exist in a realistic fiction story using fun picture clues to help. They'll find the fantasy pictures fun and engaging and they'll learn how to differentiate between the two in an engaging way.