Using Key Details for Comprehension Activity, students read The Lucky Blue Shoes to describe the characters, setting, and major events in the story.

Using Key Details in a Text Activity, students ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using this Question Cards for Reading Books Activity, students answer questions aboutkey details in a text.

Using Spin and Answer Story Elements Activity, studentsdescribe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Using Author's Purpose Sorting Activity, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Using Comparing Characters Activity, studentsuse popular picture books to compare and contrast the adventures of and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

Using this Find the Groups Grouping Activity, students place picture objects in the most appropriate category based on where it fits best.

Using Same or Different Activity, students usethe picture cards to practice visually discriminating things that are the same and/or different.

Using this Wants Needs Reading Response Worksheet, students readAlexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday to build their understanding of wants and needs.

Using this Bunny Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories or what they know about bunnies.

Using this Dino Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories or what they know about dinosaurs.

Using this Ice Cream Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories about Ice Cream.

Using this Size Activity, students play Categories to practice identifying the sizes tall, short, big and small.

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

Using this Author's Purpose Activity, students read and sort story idea cards to determine the author's purpose as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

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

Using Cool Cat Sentences Activity, students sort and organize the different types of sentences (Telling Sentence, Asking Sentence, Exciting Sentence).

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

Using thisSilly Stories Story Starters, studentschoose a Character, Setting and Plot from the picture and word cards to write or tell a story about the fun and unique combination.

Using Retell the Story Activity, students read Floppy Ears aloud to students and then use the question chart to assess students ability to retell the story.