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Little Words at the Art Table
Grade 1 practice with the words a, the, this, and that: read a short story, fill blanks, pick sentences and sort phrases.
Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 11 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Grade 1
- Subject
- ELA
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students use the articles a and the correctly before a noun.
- Students use this for a near thing and that for a faraway thing.
- Students sort noun phrases by the determiner that starts them.
How to use
Read the story aloud, then let students answer on their own. Hold up a crayon and point across the room to act out this and that.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Use determiners, such as articles (a, the) and demonstratives (this, that).
Preview
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Little Words at the Art Table
Use a, the, this, and that.

Read the story
Read the story. Then answer the questions about the little words this and that.
At the Art Table
1Nora sat at the art table and picked up a brush. "This brush is soft," she said. Then she dipped it in a jar of blue paint.
2Kofi pointed at a shelf across the room. "That shelf has big sheets of paper," he said. Kofi walked over and took a sheet. He brought the sheet back to the table.
3Soon, Nora painted a fish. Kofi painted a boat. "This boat is for that fish," he said. He held up his painting and pointed at Nora's fish across the table.
Nora sat at the art table and picked up a brush."This brush is soft," she said.Then she dipped it in a jar of blue paint.
- A. The brush is across the room.
- B. She is holding the brush.
- C. The brush is in Kofi's hand.
- D. The brush is on the top shelf.
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