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1st Grade Reading

Ignite your child’s academic journey with Sylvan Learning’s personalized 1st-grade tutoring, providing tailored support for foundational skills and a confident start to a lifetime of learning.

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Inspiring confident readers through personal learning

Depending on your child’s exposure to reading in pre-school and kindergarten, your child may be way ahead … or still getting up-so-speed. That’s okay! It’s normal to see kids in 1st grade reading at different skill levels. Whether you want your child to catch up on his or her reading skills or jump ahead with activities that enrich and challenge, our 1st grade reading tutors make learning personal to your child. We assess your child’s needs and create a personal learning plan to help your 1st grader build new skills and thrive.

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What they’ll learn

With our 1st grade reading tutoring, your child will learn key reading concepts and skills such as:

Fluency
Read grade-level texts with accuracy and aloud at a natural pace
Understand how punctuation impacts fluency
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Phonemic Awareness
Understand the sounds associated with letters of the alphabet
Learn how to build words by blending sounds
Recognize that new words can be formed by removing sounds from other words (for example, remove the /h/ sound from hat to form a new word: at )
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Vocabulary
Determine the meaning of a word based on its use
Sort familiar words into categories based on their meaning (for example, colors, shapes, etc.)
Recognize base words and their inflections (for example, cook, cooks, cooked, cooking)
Identify the words that make up a contraction
Understand compound words
Identify common synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
Use knowledge of the root of a word to determine its meaning
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Reading Comprehension
Identify the main concept and supporting details of a text
Determine what will happen next in a reading selection
Relate experiences in a text with real-life experiences and events
Ask meaningful questions in order to understand text
Answer questions about a text after reading it
And much more based on your child's unique reading needs…
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Pre-K through 12th grade

Reading tutoring by grade levels

Our reading programs offer instruction in common topics like phonics and reading comprehension to help your student gain confidence in reading. (Watch them succeed in all subject areas!)

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What parents are saying

“My child learned a lot. They used different techniques so that my child can stay engaged while learning. Overall it was a great experience.”
— Dennys M. · Castro Valley, CA
“So far so good with Sylvan one month in. Tailored learning and homework based on observed challenges. Our daughter is enjoying it which is a blessing. Plan to continue for the foreseeable future.”
— Andrew G. · Nepean, ON
“My son is very happy to participate in Sylvan's program, and I am even happier to see his progress and better grades at school.”
— Joanna K. · Sarasota, FL

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Start your child on the path to academic success

Give us a call at (888) 338-2283 or fill out the form to discuss your child’s learning goals and schedule our Insight™ Assessment to accurately determine where your child stands academically.

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