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$2.50Buy NowHelp students learn the basic reading comprehension questions, the 5Ws plus how, with these teaching posters plus a worksheet for practice! There is a colorful, fun poster for each question (who , what, where, why, when and how) plus a poster showing all six. The worksheet gives students the space to write or draw their answers and can be used with any resource.
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Making predictions before and during reading a book is a critical reading skill. This resource can be used over and over again throughout the school year with your students to help them develop this vital skill.
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Designed to help 2nd and 3rd Grade students practice an important Language Arts / Reading skill – Finding the main idea! This resource includes 5 days of practice.
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This engaging resource offers teacher questions and activities that will help students enjoy and gain greater appreciation for Saint George and the Dragon, written by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1985 Caldecott Medal award winning book) During this unit, students will be asked to give opinions, answer factual questions about the story, use critical thinking skills and be creative!
For the Teacher:
Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions both while reading and after reading
- 2 art responses
- BONUS: Dragon Shape Book to use at your discretion. Suggested uses: to create a book report or summary; to record unfamiliar vocabulary and definitions; to create their own original dragon story; to publish a dragon poem.
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Colorful and eye-catching reading comprehension strategy posters and handouts that will help readers connect and understand what they are reading. When using these strategies, students will be actively engaged in and analyzing the written text. They will activate prior knowledge, seek to understand the author’s purpose, ask questions (about characters, setting and events), predicting, visualize, infer, summarize, compare and contrast and question.
This resource includes:
- – 8 Full-page individual strategy posters
- – 8 Half-page strategy handouts
- – 1 Full-page poster/handout that includes all 8 strategies
Strategies included:
- – Author’s purpose – PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain
- – SUMmarize it
- – Questioning (4 questions that encompass characters, setting, events as well as asking themselves questions about their own thoughts)
- – Compare and Contrast
- – Connecting (text to self ; text to text ; text to world)
- – Visualizing (create images of events and actions)
- – Predicting
- – Inference (Looking for clues in the text to discover what is not directly stated)
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This Language Arts resource as been created to teach and reinforce an important comprehension skill: determining cause and effect (the relationship between events – actions and reactions) within the written text. They will also be instructed on ‘signal words’ such as because, do, since, if, as a result of and as.
In this resource, you’ll get…
- Classroom poster
- Student handout
- 13 student activity pages
- 3 assessments
- Answer Keys
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$3.00Buy NowThis Reading / Literacy resource offers guided reading questions and student activities that will help students enjoy and gain greater appreciation for Allen Say’s book, Grandfather’s Journey. (1994 Caldecott Medal award winning book)
For the Teacher:
- Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions while reading
- Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading
- 2 art responses
- Map making activity
- Postcard activity
- 2 extended writing activities – Students will share their own experiences and thoughts.
There are two copies each worksheet which requires students to write. One with dashed lines / One with single lines – Choose which works best based on individual student level (ability).
Reading Level: 650L Lexile (3rd Grade)
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This fun and engaging resource offers guided reading questions and student activities that will help students get the most from Robert McCloskey’s book, Make Way for Ducklings. (1942 Caldecott Medal award winning book!)
For the Teacher:
- Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions while reading
- Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading
- 2 art responses
- 3 worksheets for students to go beyond the reading to answer questions that require them to share their opinions/thoughts.
- Duck shape book for students to use in any way you wish. Perhaps to write their own story, a summary of the book, to record rhyming words, vocabulary words, etc. (You decide!)
- 3 ‘Color and Cut’ pages
- Suggested extended activities (14 ideas given) – These will help you extend the learning into Science and Social Studies!
All writing pages include dashed lines because this has been designed for 1st – 2nd grades and will allow students to practice correct handwriting.
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An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student activities for Eve Bunting’s book, Smoky Night. (1995 Caldecott Medal award winning book illustrated by David Diaz!) During this unit, students will be asked to give opinions, answer factual questions about the story, use critical thinking skills and be creative!
For the Teacher:
- Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Art work questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions while reading
- Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading
- 3 art responses
- Vocabulary – Word Wall / Flash Cards with definitions provided (Suggested use: Have students match definitions and discuss during group)
- Vocabulary Fill-in-the-blank worksheet
- 2 extended writing prompts with pages to produce student writing.
All writing pages include dashed and solid lines because this has been designed for 1st -3rd grades. You choose what is best for your students’ needs and abilities!
Lexile Measure: 360L
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An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student activities that will help students enjoy Kevin Henkes‘s book, Chrysanthemum. (Henkes is a Caldecott winning illustrator.)
For the Teacher:
- Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions while reading
- Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading
- 2 Art responses
There are two copies each worksheet which requires students to write. One with dashed lines / One with single lines – Choose which works best based on individual student level (ability).
Reading Level: 570L Lexile (2nd Grade)
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Part of understanding any written text is being able to determine an author’s purpose. Was the piece written to persuade, to inform or to entertain?
This Language Arts / Reading worksheet provides a place for students to ask themselves important questions about the text to help them determine what the purpose of the text is. They will also be asked to support their conclusion with clue’s from within the passage.
Download once and use again and again!
