A Map to Organization Enhance your instruction about story development with this graphic organizer that can be used...		Reading Comprehension Sequence Chain This detail-oriented graphic organizer helps students strengthen reading comprehension by...
Literary Terms Identify the setting, plot, point of view, theme, and main characters of a realistic fiction...		Story Elements and Story Map Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map...
What Really Happened? In this activity, students will have to check facts and references in a historical fiction...		Activating Prior Knowledge Help your students be good readers: those who constantly try to make sense out of what they...
The Dr. Seuss Connection Celebrate Dr. Seuss Day and Read Across America (both March 2nd) with the activities in this...		Spelling Multiple Syllable Words Use a lesson that teaches students a systematic approach to using phonics in order to spell...
Is That True? Consult reference materials to verify statements contained in realistic fiction selections.		Inferences Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or...
Achieving a Goal Learn how to identify goals, and list steps necessary to achieve them.		Questions Before, During, and After Reading To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before,...
Create a Movie Storyboard Draw pictures and write captions to show the sequence of a realistic fiction story.		Asking Questions When Reading In this lesson, the teacher will read The Wall by Eve Bunting with the purpose of...
Cause and Effect Organizer Use this graphic organizer while teaching any subject to help your students understand the...		Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...
Directed Reading Thinking Activity Guide These bookmark guides are to be used while your students are reading any kind of text. They...		Establishing the Main Idea An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of...
Framework for Questions Before, During, and After Reading Print a worksheet that includes questions for your students to ask themselves before, during,...		Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...