This hands-on resource book for Grade 1 contains 23 reproducible stories and practice materials for a wide spectrum of reading skills. The stories vary in reading difficulty to be appropriate to meet the needs of emerging readers in the average first grade classroom. Each story is followed by four or five pages of activities for practicing reading skills such as: comprehension, vocabulary development, letter-sound association, word families, and rhyming. Each story consists of four half-page sheets, suitable for cutting apart to make little individual books. Page one contains a picture dictionary, illustrating words featured in the story. All stories are fully illustrated. Story topics range from fantasy to the real-life activities experienced by children of this age, and include: on & off, my bed, the busy pond, star man, the ticket, packing my suitcase, and more. Practice activities for every story include: comprehension, vocabulary development, letter-sound associations, word families, and rhyming. Complete answer key provided. Charming line art illustrations throughout. All 144 pages perforated for easy removal.