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Reading foundations

Here is a list of skills for reading foundations. Skills are organized by level, and each link opens in the shared adaptive practice shell.

Letter identification

  1. A.1Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase
  2. A.2Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase
  3. A.3Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase
  4. A.4Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase
  5. A.5Frequently confused letters: find the letter
  6. A.6Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

Lowercase and uppercase letters

  1. B.1Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z
  2. B.2Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y
  3. B.3Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r
  4. B.4Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review
  5. B.5Find all the lowercase letters
  6. B.6Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z
  7. B.7Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y
  8. B.8Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R
  9. B.9Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review
  10. B.10Find all the uppercase letters
  11. B.11Put the letters in ABC order

Word recognition

  1. C.1Choose the two words that are the same
  2. C.2Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly
  3. C.3Find a word in a sentence

Consonants and vowels

  1. D.1Sort consonants and vowels
  2. D.2Find the vowel in the word

Syllables

  1. E.1How many syllables does the word have?
  2. E.2Which word has more syllables?
  3. E.3Sort by the number of syllables

Rhyming

  1. F.1Which word has the same ending?
  2. F.2Which two words have the same ending?
  3. F.3Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
  4. F.4Which word does not rhyme?
  5. F.5Complete the rhyme

Blending and segmenting

  1. G.1Blend onset and rime together to make a word
  2. G.2Blend each sound in a word together
  3. G.3Identify the first, second and last sound in a word
  4. G.4Put the sounds in order

Beginning and ending sounds

  1. H.1Which two words start with the same sound?
  2. H.2Which word ends with the same sound?
  3. H.3Which two words end with the same sound?

Letter-sound associations

  1. I.1Find the words that begin with a given sound
  2. I.2Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z
  3. I.3Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s
  4. I.4Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w
  5. I.5Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review
  6. I.6Which letter does the word start with?
  7. I.7Which letter does the word end with?

Consonant blends and digraphs

  1. J.1Which consonant blend does the word start with?
  2. J.2Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend
  3. J.3Does the word start with a consonant blend?
  4. J.4Which consonant blend does the word end with?
  5. J.5Complete the word with the right final consonant blend
  6. J.6Does the word end with a consonant blend?
  7. J.7Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
  8. J.8Choose the correct digraph

Short a

  1. K.1Find the short a word
  2. K.2Choose the short a word that matches the picture
  3. K.3Complete the short a word
  4. K.4Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

Short e

  1. L.1Find the short e word
  2. L.2Choose the picture that matches the short e word
  3. L.3Complete the short e word
  4. L.4Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

Short i

  1. M.1Find the short i word
  2. M.2Choose the short i word that matches the picture
  3. M.3Complete the short i words
  4. M.4Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

Short o

  1. N.1Find the short o word
  2. N.2Choose the short o word that matches the picture
  3. N.3Complete the short o word
  4. N.4Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

Short u

  1. O.1Find the short u word
  2. O.2Choose the picture that matches the word
  3. O.3Complete the short u word
  4. O.4Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

Short vowels

  1. P.1Identify the short vowel sound in a word
  2. P.2Complete the word with the right short vowel
  3. P.3Spell the short vowel word
  4. P.4Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
  5. P.5Read questions with short vowel words

Long vowels

  1. Q.1Find the word with the same vowel sound
  2. Q.1Find the word with the same vowel sound
  3. Q.2Which two words have the same vowel sound?
  4. Q.3Find the long a word
  5. Q.4Find the long e word
  6. Q.5Find the long i word
  7. Q.6Find the long o word
  8. Q.7Find the long u word
  9. Q.8Sort short and long vowel words
  10. Q.8Sort short and long vowel words

Sight words

  1. R.1Choose the two sight words that are the same
  2. R.2Read sight words set 1: ate, he, of
  3. R.3Read sight words set 2: are, green, please, they
  4. R.4Read sight words set 3: be, have, this
  5. R.5Read sight words: review sets 1, 2
  6. R.6Read sight words set 4: all, but, ride, what
  7. R.7Read sight words set 5: about, like, under, we
  8. R.8Read sight words set 6: black, into, ran, white
  9. R.9Read sight words: review sets 4, 5
  10. R.10Read sight words set 7: am, did, well
  11. R.11Read sight words set 8: fast, good, take, will
  12. R.12Read sight words set 9: came, go, too, with
  13. R.13Read sight words set 10: brown, must, went
  14. R.14Read sight words: review sets 7, 8
  15. R.15Read sight words: review sets 1–10
  16. R.16Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
  17. R.17Spell the sight word