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Support various aspects of reading comprehension. Utilize visual tools to engage students more effectively.
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Read each animal story and answer multiple-choice comprehension questions about it; complete main idea, timeline/event, and summarize graphic organizers.
Read an assigned story, then fill in blank graphic organizer templates identifying characters, setting, problem/solution, story beginning/middle/end, book report elements (author, genre, theme, main events), new vocabulary, and a personal favorite-part response; also build and complete a foldable story-sequencing mini-booklet using…
Students answer agree/disagree pre-reading statements, respond in writing to pre-reading and part-by-part focus questions about the novel, and fill in graphic organizers (character analysis, character summary, character change, figurative language, chain of events, problem & solution, visualization/imagery).
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Fill in six different story-map graphic organizer templates recording title, characters, setting, problem, and solution for a story, with two of the six organizers also covering plot in a beginning/middle/end format.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Answer chapter-by-chapter critical-thinking questions (organized by Bloom's Taxonomy levels: remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, creating) across 12 sections covering chapters 1-28; complete writing tasks; complete a word search; complete a comprehension quiz; use graphic organizers to support reading.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Read a selection, complete a matched graphic organizer (Venn diagram, web, concept map, flow chart, table, timeline, etc.), answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, then write short constructed responses; some lessons include an 'On-Your-Own Activity'.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Fill in blank-lined graphic organizer templates recording the text's title, author, main idea/topic, three important pieces of information, two questions after reading, author's purpose, comment on the title, text genre with explanation, and the most important quote.
Read a selection, complete a matched graphic organizer (Venn diagram, web, concept map, flow chart, table, timeline, etc.), answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, then write short constructed responses; some lessons include an 'On-Your-Own Activity'.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
A Collection of Reading Comprehension Activities suitable for any story.
Read a selection, complete a matched graphic organizer (Venn diagram, web, concept map, flow chart, table, timeline, etc.), answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, then write short constructed responses; some lessons include an 'On-Your-Own Activity'.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Fill in blank graphic organizers with title, author, main/other characters, setting (including time), problem/solution, a summary, and a favourite moment, using whatever story the teacher assigns; later pages include additional blank fill-in templates.
Read a background passage and a quotation from revivalist preacher Charles Grandison Finney, then use a graphic organizer to record information about causes, key figures, and outcomes of the Second Great Awakening.
Read a selection, complete a matched graphic organizer (Venn diagram, web, concept map, flow chart, table, timeline, etc.), answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, then write short constructed responses; some lessons include an 'On-Your-Own Activity'.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
Come to a discussion prepared, then record main ideas from the text, questions they have, and interesting points they'd like to discuss on the provided organizer.
Students complete lesson-specific graphic organizer pages (e.g. story maps, character webs, Venn diagrams, T-charts, KWL charts, plot triangles, timelines, cause-and-effect charts) tied to fiction/folktale and nonfiction reading content.
Free download Read a short original story, then fill in a blank graphic organizer identifying the story title, the main idea, and three supporting details; a second, already-completed example organizer using the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' models how to do this.
While reading a First Grade Level book, sort both words and phrases into 'Words/Phrases I Know' and 'Words/Phrases I Want To Know' sections, working independently or with a partner, and ask/answer questions to clarify meaning.