Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...		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...
Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The...		Introducing Character Traits Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this...
Story Elements and Story Map Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map...		Story Setting Students will identify and organize the settings in a specific story.
Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading...		Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the...
Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book...		Making Inferences, Too Many Tamales Use a lesson that is designed to help primary students establish the skill of making inferences...
Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...		Problem and Solution Students are asked to identify the problem and its solution with this graphic organizer. This...
Activating Prior Knowledge Help your students be good readers: those who constantly try to make sense out of what they...		So You Want to Be President? Find ten tips for using So You Wanna Be President?, the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner, in...
Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...		Story Sequence This organizer will assist students in ordering the events of a story and understanding the...
Establishing the Main Idea An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of...		Fishbone Map: Main Idea and Supporting Details Help students build their reading comprehension or prewriting skills through organizing main...
Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Present this lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students...		Story Elements Try a printable worksheet that will help organize the chronology of a story. This printable is...