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1st Grade Independent and Guided Reading Resources

89 resources

1st Grade Independent and Guided Reading Resources

89 resources

Activity
Activity1st GradePoint of View Activity

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.

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Activity1st GradeReading Questions Camping Activity

Try this reading questions camping activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids read a camping story and match question cards to answer cards; an answer key is included.

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Activity1st GradeComparing Texts Activity

This comparing texts activity has 1st-3rd Grade readers match compare and contrast words, read two penguin texts, and sort fact cards. Answer key included for quick, easy checking.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeFirst Grade Nonfiction I Am Reading Worksheet

This First Grade Nonfiction I Am Reading Worksheet is a one-page reading log where children record the date, title, and topic of each nonfiction book they finish, building a steady reading habit.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeThe Itsy Bitsy Spider Graphic Organizer Worksheet

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Graphic Organizer Worksheet lets 1st grade readers finish a main idea sentence and four key details from a word bank. An answer key is included for quick checking.

Activity
Activity1st GradeMy Point of View Activity

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeRespond to Arthur's TV Trouble Worksheet

Using this Respond to Arthur's TV Trouble Worksheet, students use the words from Arthur!s TV Trouble to respond to the story and retell the events.

Activity
Activity1st GradeQuestion Cards for Reading Activity

This question cards for reading activity helps kindergarten through 3rd grade students ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about any book they read together.

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Activity1st GradeStory Elements Organizing What You Read Activity

This story elements organizing what you read activity has children sort story cards onto story map mats for 1st-3rd grade, with an answer key included, so every reader learns to map any book.

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Activity1st GradeMaking Connections in a Story Activity

This making connections in a story activity has 1st and 2nd grade readers match story card halves joined by but, because and so. Answer key included, so children can check how each event connects.

Activity
Activity1st GradeKey Details Story Elements Text Activity

Use this key details story elements text activity with kindergarten and 1st grade readers. Children hear a treasure story and match question cards to answer cards; an answer key is included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeStory Books and Poems Graphic Organizer Worksheet

This story books and poems graphic organizer has first graders read a snowman story and a snow poem, then sort five clues to the right book. Answer key included.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeArthur's TV Trouble Worksheet

Using Arthur's TV Trouble Worksheet,students retell the story by describing the story elements of any given story to build their reading comprehension.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson1st GradeRL.1.1 First Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this RL.1.1 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a fiction text.

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Activity1st GradeRL.K.1 Common Core Activity

This RL.K.1 Common Core activity helps kindergarten and 1st grade children answer questions about key details with two stories, self-check picture cards and a practice page, answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeRetell the Story Activity

This retell the story activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students order picture cards and answer question cards about a rainy-day picnic story. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity1st GradeHow Words Work Poetry Activity

This how words work poetry activity has 1st-3rd grade students sort rhyming words, same-sound words, and repeated words from a fun poem. Answer key included, so kids hear the beat of every poem.

Activity
Activity1st GradeTwo Texts Important Information Activity

In this two texts important information activity, 1st-3rd Grade students read two pumpkin texts and sort 12 fact cards by source. A practice page and answer key are included.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeFerrets Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Ferrets Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives first graders a short non-fiction passage and five multiple-choice questions about ferret fur, food and play. An answer key is included, so comprehension practice takes no prep at all.

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Activity1st GradeGuess Who Point of View Activity

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.