ELAR 1.6
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:
- (1) establish purpose for reading assigned and
self-selected texts with adult assistance;
- (A) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;
- (B) make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance;
- (C) create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance;
- (D) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance;
- (E) make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance;
- (F) evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance;
- (G) synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance; and
- (H) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.
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Making Predictions Anchor Chart Pack
Support student learning with these Making Predictions Anchor Charts explaining when and how to make predictions.
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Making Predictions Short Stories Digital Task Cards
Enhance reading comprehension with these Making Predictions Short Stories Digital Activity Cards, where students read short stories, predict what happens next, and justify their thinking using text evidence.
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Three Levels of Reading Posters
Teach your students to read beyond the lines, between the lines and on the lines with a set of printable 3 Levels of Reading posters.
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Amazing Ants! – Comprehension Worksheet for 2nd Grade
Review reading skills and learn about Amazing Ants! with a printable 2nd grade nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
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Grade 1 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Grade 1 students.
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April Fools' Day Reading Passages - Comprehension Worksheets
Read and learn about April Fools’ Day with this set of differentiated comprehension worksheets.
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Build the White House - Cut and Color Activity
A cut and color activity for students to create the White House.
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Christopher Columbus Reading Passage - Lower Elementary
Learn about Christopher Columbus and his worldly explorations with a printable reading passage and comprehension questions for first and second grade.
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Humpty Dumpty Off the Wall - Reading Comprehension
Assess first-grade reading comprehension skills with a Humpty Dumpty Reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Reindeer Research - Instructional Slide Deck
Use an animated instructional slide deck to guide your students through a reindeer research project!
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Dinosaur Activity - Leveled Reader Printable Book
Engage your students and inspire them to read and learn about dinosaurs with a printable Dinosaur book for 2nd grade.
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Winter Leveled Reader
Bring a little snow into your literacy block with a printable winter book for kids.
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All About Bats Mini Book
Go batty for informational text with a printable emerging reader mini book for first and second-grade readers.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies Anchor Charts
Provide young readers with concrete examples of reading strategies with a set of 18 ready-made reading anchor charts.
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Community Helpers: Firefighter – Comprehension Worksheet
Kick off Fire Prevention Week this October with a decodable firefighter reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Book
Learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. with a printable book for kindergarten and first-grade students.
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Nonfiction Comprehension Worksheet Pack for First Grade
Integrate science, social studies, and first grade reading comprehension skills with a group of ten nonfiction reading comprehension worksheets.
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Fun With Nonfiction Task Cards
Solidify your nonfiction reading response lessons with this set of 12 comprehension task cards.
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Fun With Fiction Task Cards
Build a foundation of literary concepts and skills with this set of 12 fiction reading response cards.
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Making Text Connections Recording Sheet
Make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections when reading a piece of text with this recording sheet
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organizer (K–2)
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
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Human Histories: Helpful Heroes – Comprehension Worksheet
A worksheet paired with an article about people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
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Comic – Superfoods: What's for Lunch? – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about the importance of eating a healthy lunch.
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The Robot Chant – Worksheet
A worksheet paired with a rhyming chant about robots.
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Inferencing Activity for Young Learners
Six mini posters with accompanying questions to use with young learners when teaching inferencing.
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Animal-Themed Decoding Strategy Posters for the Classroom
Remind students of the different decoding strategies they can use when reading with this poster set.
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Fascinating Facts About Animals – Comprehension Worksheet
Build reading comprehension skills and learn about amazing animals with a printable 1st grade reading comprehension worksheet pack.
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Grade 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
Five sets of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 1 magazine.
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The Firefighter Story – International Women's Day
A story and worksheet that explores issues regarding female gender stereotypes.
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Inferring Written Scenario Task Cards
Task cards that help students use their knowledge and ideas to help them decode ideas in texts.
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Science of Reading Strategy Classroom Posters
Posters to remind your students of the different reading strategies.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
Make inferences about character's feelings with this one-page worksheet.