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Independent and Guided Reading Resources

192 resources

Independent and Guided Reading Resources

192 resources

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeCactus Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This cactus reading comprehension worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a short nonfiction passage about desert plants and five text-based questions to answer. An answer key is included.

Worksheet
WorksheetPreschoolDetails about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet

This Details about Digging Up Dinosaurs Worksheet helps students identify the main idea and key details while reading a passage about dinosaurs.

Activity
Activity1st GradeComparing Texts Compare and Contrast Activity

This comparing texts compare and contrast activity has 1st to 3rd grade students read two honeybee texts and sort fact cards by Text 1, Text 2 or Both. Answer key included.

Activity
ActivityPreschoolLet's Read Emergent Readers Activity

This Let's Read emergent readers activity is a cut-and-tape mini book for PreK to 1st grade that builds sight word fluency. Answer key included for the practice page.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenReading from Left to Right Worksheet

This reading from left to right worksheet lets kindergarten students trace reading arrows, circle first words, and rewrite squished sentences with spaces. An answer key is included for quick checking.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeGroup Reading Non-Fiction Worksheet

Use this group reading nonfiction worksheet in small groups: 1st graders record their book, group members, topic, a fact they learned and a new word, building reading and speaking skills.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeSmall Group Discussions Worksheet

This small group discussions worksheet asks 1st graders to read six short sentences about talking in a group and fill in Yes or No for each one. An answer key is included, so the rules are easy to review together.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeStory Details Graphic Organizer Worksheet

A story details graphic organizer worksheet for 1st grade readers. Children write the story title, then record who, what, where, and when in four labeled boxes, building a retelling routine that works with any book.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeDescribing Your Favorite Book Worksheet

This Describing Your Favorite Book Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers three guided prompts and room to write about any book they choose, turning a retell into three easy questions.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeProse and Poetry Worksheet

The Prose and Poetry Worksheet gives 4th grade readers a one-page reading log with a reference strip, columns for the title and the form, and a five-star rating for every book they finish.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeMiss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet

Using Miss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet, students read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney to determine who says the lines from the story.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeThe Paper Bag Princess Worksheet

Using this The Paper Bag Princess Worksheet, students use the words from the story to respond to the story and retell the events.

KindergartenAsking Questions Activity

Using the Asking Questions Activity, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenRL.K.3 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

This RL.K.3 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson includes RL.K.3 Worksheets, RL.K.3 Activities, RL.K.3 Assessment, and RL.K.3 Poster.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeRI.3.10 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.3.10 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenAsking Questions about a Story Activity

This asking questions about a story activity helps Kindergarten to 2nd Grade readers match question cards to answers from a short story. Answer key included, so checking the work is quick.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeRead It Syllables Activity

A read it syllables activity for 2nd to 4th grade: students split 24 party words into syllables and sort them onto cake mats, with an answer key included.

Activity
Activity2nd GradePractice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity

This practice makes perfect fluency activity gives 2nd to 5th grade readers leveled passages, coach cards and a tracker for repeated reading. Answer key included for easy scoring.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

This firsthand and secondhand accounts activity has students sort 24 account cards by who is telling the story. Built for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Activity
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.