UsingEarth Day Reader's Theater, students act out different parts in the story Earth Day Hen to learn more about Earth Day.

Using this Three Amigos Poetry Drama Prose Activity, students sort the word cards by genre (prose, poetry, and drama). Use the sorted cards to label and fill out a Venn Diagram.

Using Gold Medal Reading Strategies Activity, students read grade-level text with purpose and understanding using graphic organizers for support.

Using Reading Questions Camping Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using What is the Main Topic? Activity,students identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

Using First Grade Informational Texts Activity, studentsread informational texts to build reading comprehension skills and their understanding of informational texts.

Using Fun With Poetry Activity, students read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1. to build reading comprehension skills.

Using Retelling Stories Activity,students put the Event Cards in the correct order to retell the story to build summarizing skills.

Using Compare Books Activity, studentsidentify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.

Using Making Connections in a Story Activity, studentsmake connections as they read to build their understanding of what they have read.

Using Making Connections Between Stories Activity, studentsdescribe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Using Pictures and Words Matching Activity, students describethe relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.

Using Pictures Tell Stories Sequencing Activity, studentsdescribethe relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

Using Comparing Books Activity, studentsidentify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.

Using Apples Fact or Fiction Activity, students sort statements of apples into fact or fiction categories.

Using this Roll A Turkey Thanksgiving Activity, students match that number or side to the body part of your turkey using this template.

UsingRF.1.1 Common Core Activity, studentsrecognize distinguishing features of a sentence by putting a words in order to create a complete thought.

UsingFarm Sequencing Activity, students complete the animal patterns with animal cards to build their sequencing skills.

Using this Barn Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about life on a farm.

Using this Boy Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about boy main characters.