Story Elements and Story Map Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map...		Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the...
Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading...		Making Inferences, Too Many Tamales Use a lesson that is designed to help primary students establish the skill of making inferences...
Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book...		Problem and Solution Students are asked to identify the problem and its solution with this graphic organizer. This...
Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...		So You Want to Be President? Find ten tips for using So You Wanna Be President?, the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner, in...
Activating Prior Knowledge Help your students be good readers: those who constantly try to make sense out of what they...		Story Elements: Danny and the Dinosaur Use a lesson that introduces primary students to the elements of a story that is read aloud....
Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...		Questioning, Frog and Toad Together In this lesson, you will teach students how to use Question-Answer Relationships by reading...
Establishing the Main Idea An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of...		Main Idea: Chrysanthemum Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book...
Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Present this lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students...		Visualizing Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or...
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...		Introducing Questioning, The Mitten Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking...
Introducing Character Traits Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this...		Reading Comprehension Stories, Vol. I: Printables Slideshow (Gr. 1) In this slideshow, you'll find many worksheets, which provide a short story and a list of...