FREE Worksheets: Summer 1st Grade Worksheets and Activities No ... - Free Printable

Explanation:
This worksheet has two parts:

Part 1: Coloring by Blends
You’re given a code that matches colors to beginning blends:
- red → bl
- orange → cl
- yellow → cr
- blue → fr
- purple → gr
- pink → pr

You need to look at each picture and find the word it represents. Then, identify the *beginning blend* (the first two letters that make one sound) of that word. Use the code to color the picture with the matching color.

Let’s go through each picture and find its word and blend:

1. Crayon → cr → yellow
2. Fruit (grapes + apple + banana) → “grapes” starts with gr → purple
*(Note: The group is labeled “fruit”, but the clearest word with a blend is “grapes” = gr)*
3. Gift box → “box” = b (no blend), but “gift” = g (no blend). Hmm — maybe not this one. Let’s skip and check others. Better to pick pictures with clear 2-letter blends.

Let’s list all pictures and their likely words with beginning blends:

- Crayon → cr → yellow
- Grapes (bunch) → gr → purple
- Cloud → cl → orange
- French fries → fr → blue
- Crown → cr → yellow
- Blender → bl → red
- Bear (teddy) → be — not in list. But “bear” doesn’t match any blend code. Wait — maybe it's “bl” for *blender*, not bear. Let’s focus only on pictures whose names *do* start with one of the six blends: bl, cl, cr, fr, gr, pr.

Check each:

✔ Crayon → cr
✔ Cloud → cl
✔ French fries → fr
✔ Grapes → gr
✔ Crown → cr
✔ Blender → bl
✔ Pretzel → pr → pink
✔ Frog → fr → blue
✔ Clown → cl → orange
✔ Cat with star → “cat” = c (no), but maybe “pr” for “pretzel” is clearer
✔ Alarm clock → “clock” → cl → orange
✔ Grass → “grass” → gr → purple
✔ Egg (cracked) → “egg” = e (no blend)
✔ Insect (ladybug?) → “bug” = b (no)
✔ Blocks (A, B, C) → “blocks” → bl → red
✔ Teddy bear with $5 → “bear” no blend; maybe ignore if no match
✔ Kite? No kite.
✔ Monkey? No.

The key is: only color pictures whose *name* starts with one of the 6 blends listed.

Let’s collect 6 clear ones (we need to color them, but the second part asks for 4 sentences using 4 different colored words — so we need at least 4 colored pictures with distinct blends/colors).

Best 4 distinct blends (to get 4 different colors):

1. Blender → bl → red
2. Cloud → cl → orange
3. Crayon → cr → yellow
4. Frog → fr → blue
*(Alternative: Grapes → gr → purple, or Pretzel → pr → pink)*

But the sentence writing part says: *“Write four sentences using four different words that you colored.”* So we must pick 4 pictures we colored, each with a different blend/color.

Let’s choose 4 with unique blends:

- Blender → bl → red
- Cloud → cl → orange
- Pretzel → pr → pink
- Grapes → gr → purple

Now write one sentence per word, using the word as colored:

1. The blender is red.
2. The cloud is orange.
3. The pretzel is pink.
4. The grapes are purple.

But wait — grapes are *purple*, yes. Pretzel is often brown, but per code, “pr” = pink, so we follow the code, not real life.

Also, the worksheet expects the student to color first, then write sentences using those colored words.

Since the task is to *solve* it, we provide 4 correct sentences using 4 different blend words, each matching the code.

Let’s confirm blend-word matches:

- bl → blender ✔
- cl → cloud ✔
- pr → pretzel ✔
- gr → grapes ✔

All are valid and use different colors: red, orange, pink, purple.

Sentences should be simple and use the word naturally.

Final sentence ideas:

1. I use the blender to make a smoothie.
2. A fluffy cloud floated in the sky.
3. I ate a salty pretzel at the park.
4. The bunch of grapes was purple.

These use the four words, each from a different blend/color.

We don’t need to list colors in the sentence — just use the words that were colored (and they must be from different blends).

So the answer is 4 sentences like above.

Final Answer:
1. I use the blender to make a smoothie.
2. A fluffy cloud floated in the sky.
3. I ate a salty pretzel at the park.
4. The bunch of grapes was purple.