Y Like Candy Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The letter y does not always say its own name. At the end of a word like candy, happy, or shiny, the letter y says the long e sound, and young readers have to hear that sound before they can read the word. This Y Like Candy Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives first graders a short, friendly nonfiction story that is packed with y-as-long-e words, so they practice the sound the way they will really meet it: inside sentences they want to read.

The worksheet opens with a warm watercolor picture of a candy shop and a four paragraph passage about how candy is made and sold. Students read the story, then answer five multiple choice questions by filling in the bubble next to the best answer. Every answer is found in the text, so children learn to look back and point to their evidence. Read the passage aloud together the first time, then let students reread it on their own before they answer. The complete answer key is included on the last page, so checking the work takes seconds.

What’s Included

• A one page nonfiction passage about a candy shop, written at a first grade reading level
• Y-as-long-e words in context: candy, shiny, chewy, taffy, silky, jelly, penny, and happy
• Five multiple choice comprehension questions with three answer choices each
• A full answer key on the final page
• A printable PDF, ready to use at school or at home

Three reasons this resource helps kids learn this skill. First, reading the sound in a real story builds the bridge between phonics practice and true reading, because the child has to decode the word and understand it at the same time. Second, the questions ask children to find evidence in the passage, which is the habit every reading test and every book report will later require. Third, the short passage and the big, clear answer bubbles keep the page from feeling overwhelming, so a beginning reader finishes the work and feels successful.

Ideas for teachers and parents. Before reading, hunt for the y words together and highlight each one, then say them out loud so the class hears the long e sound repeat. After reading, ask students to sort the y words by syllables, or to write one new sentence using two of them. Try a quick word hunt around the room for other words that end in y, and keep a running class list on chart paper. At home, this 1st grade reading comprehension worksheet works well as a five minute read aloud before bedtime, and the picture gives you something to talk about when the reading is done. Pairing the y like candy reading comprehension worksheet with a vowel sounds page turns one lesson into a full phonics and reading block.

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