1st Grade URE Sound Phonics Reading Comprehension Story Worksheet

What’s That Smell? Phonics Reading Comprehension Story Worksheet – URE Sound

1st Grade Phonics R-Controlled Vowels Assessments

This ure sound worksheet pairs an original 1st grade phonics story with five comprehension questions and an answer key, so students practice reading sure, pure, and picture inside real text.

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Description

The letters ure give young readers a sound they cannot sound out letter by letter, which is exactly why a focused ure sound worksheet helps so much. Words like sure, pure, picture, nature, and adventure all end with that same chunk, and once a first grader learns to see it as one piece, a whole family of words opens up. This printable phonics reading comprehension story worksheet teaches the pattern the way it is really learned — inside a short story a child can read from beginning to end.

Page one holds an original story called “What’s that Smell?” about a girl named Tammy who follows a sweet smell out to a blossoming pear tree in her yard. The story is written at a first grade reading level and carries the target words naturally, alongside a full-color illustration of the scene. Page two gives five multiple-choice comprehension questions with three answer choices each, printed in large, easy-to-fill bubbles. The final page is the complete answer key. Print one copy per student, read the story aloud together the first time, then let students reread it on their own before answering. It works just as well as a guided reading passage, a literacy center, or a quick homework page.

What’s Included

A three-page printable PDF, ready to print in full color
An original first grade story built around the ure sound
A full-page illustration to support comprehension
Five multiple-choice questions with fill-in-the-bubble answers
A complete answer key

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

It joins phonics to real reading. Practicing a sound inside a story, instead of on an isolated word list, is what makes the pattern stick when a child meets it in a book.
It builds comprehension at the same time. The five questions ask children to recall details and think about the sound they just studied, so decoding and understanding grow together.
It gives bubble-test practice early. Filling in an answer bubble is a skill of its own, and first graders benefit from friendly, low-pressure practice long before a real test day.

Teacher and Parent Ideas

Use this r-controlled vowels phonics story as your small-group passage for the week, then send it home so families can reread it together — rereading a familiar story is one of the fastest ways to grow fluency. Ask students to circle every ure word they can find before they answer the questions, and start a class chart of the words they discover. Early finishers can write their own sentence using sure or pure, or draw what Tammy photographed. Pair this ure sound worksheet with the other phonics story worksheets in the series to cover every r-controlled vowel.