Five Elements of a Story The five elements of a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and...		Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading...
Main Idea and Supporting Details Web This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a story and the details...		Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book...
Inferences Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or...		Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...
Questions Before, During, and After Reading To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before,...		Homonym Hearts Employ a printable reading activity for Valentine's Day that helps build skills in...
Sequencing Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story, such as the beginning,...		Activating Prior Knowledge Help your students be good readers: those who constantly try to make sense out of what they...
Main Idea and Supporting Details Help students identify main idea and supporting details with this printable graphic organizer....		Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...
Summarizing Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information, distinguishing important...		Establishing the Main Idea An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of...
Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...		Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Present this lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students...
Story Elements and Story Map Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map...		Introducing Character Traits Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this...
Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The...		Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great...