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Independent and Guided Reading Resources

195 resources

Independent and Guided Reading Resources

195 resources

Assessment
AssessmentPreschoolFerrets Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Using Ferrets Reading Comprehension Worksheet, students build their reading comprehension skills by reading an informational text about ferrets.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenSmall Group Discussions Checklist Worksheet

Using the Small Group Discussions Checklist Worksheet, students participate in a group discussion using these small group discussion rules.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeFirst Grade Nonfiction I Am Reading Worksheet

Using First Grade Nonfiction I Am Reading Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the date the book was completed.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeGroup Reading Activities Worksheet

Using Group Reading Activities Worksheet, teachers fill in the stars to record skills that students show during guided or group reading activities.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeTracking Reading at Grade Level Nonfiction Worksheet

Using Tracking Reading at Grade Level Nonfiction Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the date the book was completed.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeDescribing Arthur's Computer Disaster Worksheet

Using this Describing Arthur's Computer Disaster Worksheet, students read Arthur's Computer Disaster to write about how you have experienced something similar to Arthur's troubles.

Assessment
AssessmentKindergartenFinding Feelings within a Text Worksheet

Using Finding Feelings within a Text Worksheet, students read a story that and record examples of character feelings or make you feel a certain way when you read them.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeUnderstanding a Text Worksheet

Using this Understanding a Text Worksheet, students read a story and then respond to what they have read to build their understanding of the text.

Assessment
AssessmentPreschoolUsing Text to Answer and Ask Questions Worksheet

This Using Text to Answer and Ask Questions Worksheet helps students build their reading comprehension skills by reading a story about camping.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenDifferent Types of Text Graphic Organizer Worksheet

Using Different Types of Text Graphic Organizer Worksheet, students use the organizer below to sort out the different types of texts that you found as they look through a collection of texts.

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolThe Itsy Bitsy Spider Graphic Organizer Worksheet

Using The Itsy Bitsy Spider Graphic Organizer Worksheet,students identify the key details while reading the Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Activity
ActivityPreschoolKey Details in a Text Activity

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.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeRL.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this RL.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a fiction text.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRI.4.1 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.4.1 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeRL.4.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RL.4.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson,students determine the main idea of a text and recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeFiction and Non-Fiction Favorite Books Worksheet

Using Fiction and Non-Fiction Favorite Books Worksheet, students create a list of their favorite fiction and non-fiction books that they have read.

Activity
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.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeBook Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity

Using Book Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity, students make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual presentation of the text.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeDigging for Information Text Structure Activity

Using Digging for Information Text Structure Activity, students describe the relationship between events, scientific concepts, or procedures in a text.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeHurricanes Reading Comprehension Activity

Using Hurricanes Reading Comprehension Activity, students refer to details to explain what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences. This is perfect for making inferences and drawing conclusions.