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1st Grade Reading Comprehension Activities

26 resources

1st Grade Reading Comprehension Activities

26 resources

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Activity1st GradeKey Details Activity

This key details activity gives K through 3rd grade readers 12 question cards to use with any book, plus a recording sheet and practice stories. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeMain Idea and Details Activity

Sort picture cards in this main idea and details activity for PreK to 1st grade. Children match details to Farm, Beach, Birthday and Rain, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeListen for the Main Idea Activity

This listen for the main idea activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students hear a short text, name its main idea, and retell a detail, with an answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeFeeling Words Activity

This feeling words activity has 1st to 3rd graders read a story, match clue cards to feeling words, and practice naming how characters feel. An answer key is included.

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Activity1st GradeRetelling Stories Activity

This retelling stories activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students order picture and sentence cards, then retell a pool-day story. Answer key included to check every card.

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Activity1st GradeFirst Grade Informational Texts Activity

This first grade informational texts activity has eight nonfiction task cards that help 1st grade readers find facts in a text and answer questions. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity1st GradeRetelling Using Key Details Activity

This retelling using key details activity helps kindergarten to 3rd grade students sort key events, put them in order, and retell a story, with an answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeMain Idea and Details Reading Activity

This main idea and details reading activity for 1st and 2nd grade turns reading into a train game: match detail cars to main idea engines. Practice page and answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeWhat's the Main Idea Activity

This What's the Main Idea Activity helps 1st to 3rd Grade students match short texts to their main ideas and find a supporting detail, with an answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeWho What When Where Why How Activity

This who what when where why how activity is a newspaper card game for 1st to 3rd grade that builds key detail skills, with a practice page. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeKey Details in a Text Activity

This key details in a text activity helps K-2nd grade readers answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions with self-checking story cards. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeAfter Reading Discussion Cards Activity

These after reading discussion cards give kindergarten to 3rd grade readers 24 story questions, a spinner and a book talk page for lively group conversations about any book.

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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 GradeDescribing Key Ideas Activity

Play this describing key ideas activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids say what a community helper would say to show a key idea, and an answer key is included.

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Activity1st GradeWhat is the Main Topic? Activity

This main topic activity has 1st and 2nd grade students read short articles and match cards to find the main topic and the focus of each paragraph. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeKey Details for Comprehension Activity

Use this key details for comprehension activity with Kindergarten to 3rd grade readers to find characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Answer key included, so checking work is quick.

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Activity1st GradeGold Medal Reading Strategies Activity

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

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Activity1st GradeFun With Poetry Activity

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

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Activity1st GradeAsking Questions about a Story Activity

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

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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.