I’m A Smart Cookie! | Reading Activity Packet

Students edit sentences and practice synonyms, contractions, word classes, punctuation and plurals. A paragraph planner and lined pages support additional writing.
Grades
Grade 1
Pages
12
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated May 29, 2022

Subject
Reading, Grammar
Topic
First grade reading, Sentence practice
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
L.1.1

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This resource is an I'm A Smart Cookie Reading Activity Packet.

It is a week's worth of work for reading class. It can be used with any back to school books.

Included:

  • Sentence writing daily

  • Monday: Synonyms and Antonyms

  • Tuesday: Contractions

  • Wednesday: Nouns and verbs

  • Thursday: Punctuation

  • Friday: Plurals

There is a blank writing template with primary lines for students to write!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Discuss related and contrasting word meanings in context.

  • Form familiar contractions and identify omitted letters.

  • Choose punctuation that fits a sentence’s purpose.

Teaching tips

  • Choose grammar pages that fit current instruction.

  • Compare he had and he would as possible meanings of he’d.

  • Use the paragraph planner to develop ideas before drafting.

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary comparison — learners discuss similar and contrasting meanings, recognizing that not every word has one fixed opposite.

  • Contraction formation — learners combine familiar word pairs and identify letters omitted in the shortened form.

  • Word classes — learners use sentence context when discussing nouns and verbs.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.1.1

Core concepts

  • Grammar conventions

  • Synonyms and antonyms

  • Contractions

  • Nouns and verbs

  • Plurals

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