Mastering first grade reading and writing is fun and exciting with this book that combines language arts activities with puzzles and humor to lower the barriers to learning and build essential skills. Reading and writing are important building blocks for future learning, and Highlights(TM) brings Fun with a Purpose® into these activities for first graders. Our award-winning content blends important skills with puzzles, humor, and playful art, which makes learning exciting and fun. Kids can practice handwriting, opinion writing, narrative writing, grammar, vocabulary, rhyming, and phonics, all of which will help students improve and will build confidence in the classroom.