READING VOCABULARY

Reading Vocabulary: Please help your child learn these vocabulary 
words at home.  They will be tested on them throughout the 
schoolyear.  We start the year with the stories, Tag/Let's Tap.  We 
will spend about one week on the story.


Tag/Let’s Tap

who, can, help, let’s, now, tap 

Sad, Sad Dan/ The Van

look, Dan, has, help, in, Jan, Max, Pam, Pat, Sam, sat, too, van

Miss Jill/ Big Rigs

the, big, fill, get, his, hold, home, rig, sits, so, soon, will 

Pick a Sack/ Get Up, Rick!

have, asleep, cock-a-doodle-doo, fast, gift, it’s, late, oh, Rick, 
sack, sad, sick

Jobs/ Dot and Bob

do, good, Bob, did, dig, dog, Dot, Dot’s, find, fits, kicks, likes, 
much, not, thank, top, tree 

A Tall, Tall Wall/ All on the Map

all, called, hall, hills, how, kids, land, lots, make, map, of, on, 
some, tall, town
Ten Eggs/ Little Red Hen Gets Help

Make, what, ant, asked, can’t, day, eat, first, got, hungry, mess, 
next, pick, said, tacos, time, wants, was, yelled

Thanks, Seth!/ Beth’s Job

Do, now, sees, thanks, best, Beth, class, don’t, eggs, flag, flower, 
helps, her, hops, job, last, line, Mr. new, plant, says, thinks, 
water, with

A Nut Falls/ Plants Can’t Jump

Be, bells, black, bumps, does, food, fuss, grab, grow, jump, just, 
leaves, live, many, moths, must, pink, plip, plop, plump, roots, 
sand, snack, them, thin, 

 Rich Gets Big/ A Butterfly Grows

grow, air, branch, butterfly, caterpillar, chomp, chrysalis, crunch, 
drink, fly, friends, grew, need, play, rain, watch

Ann’s Trip to the Stars/ Mark’s Big Day

my, again, blow, children, feel, house, know, loud, mistake, put, 
snarl, wolf

A Quiz for Brent/ Tomas Rivera

about, books, family, gasped, name, people, wink, work, writing

A Perfect Lunch/ One More Friend

always, by, calls, chirp, curl, join, nice, please, room, slinks

Jungle Fun/ Can Elephants Paint?

artist, buy, carry, idea, money, other, paint, paper, would, you’re

Shadow in the Snow/ Snow Surprise

onto, bowl, crusts, frost, mouse, over, our, pretty, sorts, 
surprise, three, trouble, yellow
Beaver’s Green Treat/ Little Rabbit’s Tale

across, after, begins, chuckles, dear, door, forgot, hooray, hurry, 
lovely, mother, should, sudden, tarts, told, turtle, twitch

              Kids Play!/ ways People Live 

hurry, Artic, below, bring, clothes, cool, crackle, desert, 
different, dry, everywhere, four, holes, season, shorts, splash, 
warm 

The Missing Cake/ Flake, the Missing Hamster

around, desks, doing, found, gone, hears, might, narrator, near, 
open, squeak, tired, wrong

Mike and Spike Hike/ We’re Going on a Picnic

basket, because, berries, empty, light, pears, right, shady, those, 
walked, windy, 

Hang on, Rose!/ On Saturday

Africa, along, between, brown, city, hello, loudly, pulled, swept, 
vegetables, whirled, 

What is in the Hedge?/ Mystery of the Night Song

hedgehog, aha, badges, become, buy, clue, excited, eyes, high, 
indeed, listen, remembered, screeched, visitor 

Duke Works/ Amazing Animals

hears, listen, love, beak, bears, bending, body, bothers, camel, 
clear, color, dolphin, eyelashes, flipper, flukes, good-bye, hair, 
happened, hurt, kinds, only, toes, uses, white

Night Flight/ Little Bear Goes to the Moon

climbed, Earth, fooling, guess, helmet, table, thought

What Brad Found/ Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal


thousand, answered, baby, biscuits, chewed, done, island, pools, 
pushed, suddenly

Patty’s Family Sketches/ At the Crayon Factory

able, almost, blue, factory, favorite, great, label, machine, 
poured, took, traveled, twirled

A New Room by the Sea/ Sand Castle

boy, building, castle, circle, flattened, flurry, girl, protect, 
rinse, shovel, squishy, tomorrow, toward, welcoming

The Banjo Trick/ Frog and Toad

breakfast, cannot, closet, front, ground, knocked, ready, sorry, 
without

Frog Gets His Song/ Soccer Song

arms, ball, block, blocked, every, feet, goalie, hands, hung, king, 
long, moew, sang, school, strong, swung, use, your

Sid Scores/ Land of Ice

likes, out, animal, beautiful, born, cold, fish, from, octopus, 
penguin, seal, sting, their, under, very

Fox and His Big Wish/ King Midas and His Gold

apple, blanket, came, could, gold, happy, made, night, saw, were