Using Who What When Where Why How Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using Why Was it Written Author's Purpose Activity, students identify if the author wrote a text in order to answer, explain, or describe.

Using Barnyard Prefix Matching Activity, students match prefixes to their definitions to build their vocabulary.

Using Beginning Middle End Plot Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Using the Can You Tell Us More? Speaking and Listening Activity, students ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to deepen understanding of a topic.

Using Character Setting Plot Activity, studentsfind examples of story elements as they read to build their reading comprehension.

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

Using Comparing Two Stories Activity, students compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.

Using Exploring New Words Prefix Activity, students will use prefix and base cards to create new words and then define the each new word.

Using Irregular Plural Nouns Activity, students match singular and plural nouns to build their understanding of proper usage.

Using Writing about any Topic Worksheet, students choose a topic to write about to provide facts about your topic and a sense of closure in your writing.

Using the Researching Together Worksheet, studentswork with a partner, or a group, to research a topic to research a topic using several books to gather information.

Using this Supporting the Point Worksheet, students read an information text to determine the reasons why the author wrote the piece.

Using the Telling a Story Orally Worksheet, students draw a pictureof someone you know, something you do, or somewhere you have been to share with the class

Using this Rainbow Fish and The Very Grouchy Ladybug Worksheet, students compare and contrast the adventures that each character experiences after reading the two stories.

Using Count Back Activity, students count back from one number to another number to solve the subtraction equations.

Using this Greater Than Less Than Dolphin Activity, students sort numbers into categories by deciding whether numbers are greater than or less than 50.

Using thisMaking Equal Parts Fractions Activity, students cut shapes into small parts and then describe them as halves, fourths, or quarters.

Using Favorite Books and Characters Activity, studentscompare and contrast characters in their favorite books.

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