Using the Partnered Research Project Worksheet, students work with a partner in a shared research project.

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

Using Retelling Using Key Details Activity,students read Floppy Ears to retell the story by putting key events in order.

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.

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

Using Describing Key Ideas Activity,students make up something that the Person on the card might say to show the key idea.

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

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.

Using Story Elements Organizing What You Read Activity, students use activity worksheets and graphic organizers to describe the characters, setting and events.

Using Asking Questions about a Text Worksheet, students ask questions to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood while reading or being read to.

Using this Counting and Sorting Pictures Activity, students match the pictures to their correct categories to find similarities between items in a group.

Using the Talking to Peers Assessment Worksheet, students respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to writing as needed.

Using Characters and Story Plots Worksheet, studentsread two stories with similar plots, or characters to compare the elements from the two stories.

Using Compare and Contrast Points of a Text Worksheet, students compare two texts on the same topic to determine how they are alike and different.

Using Comparing Events Worksheet, students compare two informational texts to compare two events to determine how they are alike and different.

Using Comparing Similar Texts Illustrations Worksheet, students compare the illustrations from two texts to determine how they are alike and different.

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

Using Writing about Animals Worksheet, students draw, write, or tell about an animal in to build their writing skills.

Using Using Illustrations to Understand Worksheet, students explain how the illustration help the author tell the story.

Using New Word Meanings Worksheet, students use this sheet to pull out unknown words from the story to learn new vocabulary