1
Grade
Reading Level E
Comprehension
STORIES INCLUDED
The Ice Cream Truck
Chinese New Year
Hannah’s Haircut
The Little Builder
Finding Fossils
… and 15 more!
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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension
Level E Workbook
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Level E Reader
Introduction & Tips
Welcome to our series of levelled reading workbooks. Each workbook contains a
number of texts. Each text is followed by exercises designed to reinforce literacy skills
including reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and writing. The books include
both fiction and non-fiction passages and explore a wide range of topics in social
studies, nature, history, science and more.
Our readers are “leveled” from A to Z based on a number of factors related to text
complexity such as vocabulary, average word size and sentence length, amount of
repetitiveness of words and sentence structures and subject matter complexity.
Early reading levels use short simple words and sentences in big fonts in a highly
repetitive manner. Stories relate to subjects young children are familiar with. Each
successive level introduces greater reading challenge.
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Some tips on using our leveled readers
Review the vocabulary words on the first page of each story with your student.
Ask your child to read these words and talk about what they mean.
Ask younger students to read the stories out loud and use their finger to point to
words as they read from left to right. Help them as needed.
Ask younger students to also read the directions of the exercises out loud.
Remind them to use complete sentences when answering.
Ask older students to look up words they don’t know in a dictionary.
Point out punctuation; for example, when there is an exclamation mark ask
them to reread the sentence using more enthusiasm.
Review your student’s work and guide him or her through any answers that are
not correct.
Discuss the stories, the characters, the topics, the settings, the pictures –
anything about the text to make it more interesting, relevant or fun.
Monitor your student’s progress and adjust reading levels as needed.
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List of Vocabulary Words
The following vocabulary words are introduced in this workbook:
afraid air angry animals bank
bear bed beehive birthday blanket
blows bones bottom braid breakfast
build buildings busy buy candles
celebrate cheerful Chinese chocolate city
clam clothes clown coins cookie
costumes couch country crazy crumbs
curtains different dinner dinosaurs discover
dragon dreaming drink earn everyone
farms floor flytrap fog fossils
game garage giggling glass grandparents
hair dresser haircut Halloween hamster hear
hide honey ice insects interesting
kittens knocks laces lanterns left
lunch married mice milk mirror
money mountains music nails noise
noisy old palm paper bills parade
party past peacock perfect pet
pet store piggybank pudding quiet rainforest
right room runners saving second
seek shelf shorter shovels special
spooky stand sunlight thunder tight
together track trapped vampire vanilla
Venus visit watches water witch
worms
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interesting trapped flytrap
insects Venus clam
Venus Flytraps
Venus flytraps are plants. They are not from
Venus! They are very interesting to watch.
Have you ever seen a Venus
flytrap?
It looks like a green clam. It looks like it
has teeth. It looks nice to the insects.
It has tiny hairs on it. Insects land there and start
to eat. They land there and get trapped!
It is a plant that traps bugs. It is a plant that
eats bugs! The bugs land there and get stuck.
The bugs land there and become a snack .
Would you like a bug for lunch?
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Venus Flytraps (exercises)
1. Answer each question to complete the
sentences.
What are Venus flytraps?
Venus flytraps are __________________.
What does a Venus flytrap look like?
It looks like a _________________.
What does the Venus flytrap eat?
It eats _________________.
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2. Number the steps in order to show how the
Venus flytrap works.
_______ A bug is trapped.
_______ The Venus flytrap closes.
_______ A bug starts to eat.
_______ A bug lands on a Venus flytrap.
3. What happens after the bug starts to eat?
Write a sentence below.
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clothes shelf room
blanket floor bed
The Missing Doll
Jane was very sad. She could not find her doll.
Her mom said, “Look in your room. Maybe your
doll is there.”
Jane looked in her room. It was a terrible mess.
She started to clean her room.
She put all the books on the shelf. She put her
blankets on her bed. She picked up her clothes
off the floor.
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“I found her,” Jane said.
“My doll was hiding under my clothes. I think
she was playing hide and seek.”
Jane put her doll in the dollhouse. Her room was
clean, and now it was time to play.
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The Missing Doll (exercises)
1. Circle the correct answer.
Jane lost her _______________.
a. pet
b. doll
c. truck
Jane found it under her _______________.
a. clothes
b. blanket
c. hat
At the start of the story, Jane’s room was
_______________.
a. clean
b. messy
c. green
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At the end of the story, Jane’s room was
_______________.
a. clean
b. messy
c. wet
2. What happened first, second, and third?
_______ Jane found her doll.
_______ Jane could not find her doll.
_______ Jane cleaned her room.
3. Answer each question.
Have you ever lost anything? _______________.
What was it? _________________.
Where did you find it? _______________________
_______________________________________________.
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runners right tight
laces track left
The Big Race
I have a big race today! I have a big race to
run!
At the track, I check my shoes. My left laces are
tight. My right laces are tight.
I smile and go to the
starting line. I smile and
get ready to begin.
Some runners line up
to my right. Some
runners line up to my
left.
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The man says, "Ready, set, Go!" We all run in a
big loop on the track.
We all run as fast as we can. I am in third place,
so I move my legs faster!
I am in second place, so I move my arms faster!
I did it! I won the race!
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The Big Race (exercises)
1. Answer each question to complete the
sentences.
What is Mark going to do?
Mark is going to be in a ______________.
Where does the story take place?
The story takes place at a ______________.
When is the race?
The race is ______________.
2. Circle the correct choice in the sentences
below.
Mark ( runs / walks ) in the race.
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Mark (smiles / cries ) at the starting line.
Mark finishes in ( third / first ) place.
Mark probably feels very ( sad / happy )
after the race ends.
3. Circle the words that describe Mark after
the race:
angry excited
sad proud
happy sleepy
mad
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kittens palm hear
stand drink milk
Kittens
Our cat just had kittens. They are very little.
They fit into the palm of your hand. They are
very soft. Their eyes are shut. They cannot hear
or stand.
They sleep a lot at first. Their mother licks them
clean. She gives them milk
to drink every two
hours.
In seven days, the kittens will see.
In ten days, they will hear. In four weeks, they
will play.
Soon, they will be ready to go to a good home.
Would you like a cat for a pet?
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Kittens (exercises)
1. Choose the correct answer.
What are kitten’s eyes like when they are
first born?
a. open
b. shut
c. red
What do kittens do a lot when they are first
born?
a. run
b. play
c. sleep
What do kittens feel like?
a. hard
b. soft
c. cold
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2. Put these events in order.
_______ Kittens hear.
_______ Kittens play.
_______ Kittens see.
3. Do you think a kitten would be fun to play
with when it is first born? Write a sentence
about what you think.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
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shorter floor hairdresser
haircut mirror braid
Hannah’s Haircut
Today is a very big day. I am getting a new
haircut!
My hair is long and dark.
It takes me so long to
brush. It takes me so long
to braid. I am ready for a
big change!
The hairdresser asks what
I would like done. “I’d
like my hair to be
shorter,” I say.
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She begins to cut my hair
shorter. I see pieces of hair
fall to the floor.
I see lots and lots of hair
fall to the floor. I worry
that too much hair falls to
the floor.
“I'm all done, Hannah,” she tells me. She shows
me a mirror.
“Who is that in the mirror," I ask.
It does not look like me, but I love
it!
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Hannah’s Haircut (exercises)
1. Answer each question to complete the
sentences.
What is Hannah doing?
Hannah is getting a ______________.
Who is cutting Hannah’s hair?
The _________________ is cutting Hannah’s hair.
How does Hannah feel when she sees lots of
hair on the floor?
Hannah feels ______________.
2. Why did Hannah want to get her hair cut?
Write a sentence and include two reasons.
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3. Choose the correct answer.
What does Hannah’s hair look like at the
beginning of the story?
a. short and blonde
b. short and dark
c. long and blonde
d. long and dark
What does the hairdresser do first in the story?
a. gets Hannah some juice
b. asks Hannah what she would like
c. cuts Hannah’s hair
d. ties Hannah’s hair in knots
How does Hannah feel about her new
haircut?
a. She wishes it were shorter.
b. She wishes it were longer.
c. She is happy with it.
d. She is sad about it.
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