Reading Comprehension

Summarizing: Nate the Great

Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story using the book, Nate the…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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The Herringbone: Main Idea and Supporting Details

The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text that is being read.…

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Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Reading

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Students will be able to identify the characters, and analyze the setting, problem, and solution of stories using this…

Conflict Dissection

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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This organizer will assist students in ordering the events of a story and understanding the concepts of beginning,…

Story Sequence

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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Asking Questions When Reading

In this lesson, the teacher will read The Wall by Eve Bunting with the purpose of focusing on asking important…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Reading Comprehension

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Science Reading Warm-Up: Fossils

In this nonfiction reading warm-up, students learn about fossils. Use the printable science passage and related…

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Language Arts and Writing

Geology

Earth Science

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Hurricane Katrina Reading Warm-Up

Students will read a nonfiction passage about Hurricane Katrina and answer reading comprehension questions. Use this…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up: The American Civil War

Connect history and literacy with a reading passage on the American Civil War and comprehension questions. This…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

U.S. Civil War (1860-1865)

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The Mayflower Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up

In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about Colonial times through a historical fiction passage about the…

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Language Arts and Writing

Explorers' Voyages and Travel

Colonial America

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Summarizing: Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia

Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to summarizing a story using a part of the book Play Ball,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Baseball

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Making Inferences, Too Many Tamales

Use a lesson that is designed to help primary students establish the skill of making inferences as a reading…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Establishing Questioning, Koko's Kitten

Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in asking questions before, during, and after they…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Health Reading Warm-Up: Exercise

The printable reading warm-up features a short reading passage and comprehension questions about exercise. Use this…

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Reading Comprehension

Exercise

Health

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Students learn about dogs in this nonfiction reading passage. This printable reading warm-up provides practice reading…

Dogs Reading Warm-Up

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Reading Comprehension

Pets

Language Arts and Writing

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Science Reading Warm-Up: Oceans

Develop students' nonfiction reading skills as they learn about the ocean. This printable warm-up includes a science…

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Oceans (Oceanography)

Earth Science

Science

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Killer Whales Reading Warm-Up

Develop students' reading skills with a passage about killer whales and reading comprehension questions, in this…

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Animals (Zoology)

Aquatic Animals

Biology

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Reading Warm-Up 123 for Gr. 1 & 2: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Students read a fictional passage and answer comprehension questions in this printable daily warm-up.

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Reading Comprehension

Fiction

Reading

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LESSON

Comparing and Contrasting Poetry Lesson Plans

This three-day lesson digs deeper into poetic and literary critical thinking by having students read grade-level lexiled…

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Literature

Poetry

Writing

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BOOK GUIDES

Savvy Discussion Guide

This printable literature guide to Savvy, a novel by Ingrid Law, includes pre-reading points, discussion questions, and…

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Literature

Reading and Literature

Fantasy Fiction

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The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to explore the…

Denotation/Connotation

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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Use this worksheet with your students to increase reading abilities with an activity that build skills in drawing…

Drawing Conclusions II

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Have your students fill in this graphic organizer to identify the problem, solution attempts, and the resolution. This…

Problem and Solution 2

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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