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Independent and Guided Reading Resources

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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.

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Worksheet1st GradeAsking Questions to Understand Worksheet

Using Asking Questions to Understand Worksheet, students ask questions and locate the answers by reading other resources, watching an informative video, or by talking with an expert in that topic to understand more about a topic.

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

This RI.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson includes RI.3.1 Worksheets, RI.3.1 Activities, RI.3.1 Assessment, and RI.3.1 Poster.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeUnderstanding a Text Worksheet

This Understanding a Text Worksheet helps second graders ask a who, what, where, when, why or how question about any story, write the answer, and draw a picture that shows it.

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Worksheet1st GradeDescribing Who Has Seen the Wind Worksheet

This describing who has seen the wind worksheet has 1st graders read a classic wind poem, then find and write the describing word in five sentences. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet3rd GradeSmall Group Discussions Checklist Worksheet

Use this small group discussions checklist worksheet to help 3rd grade students rate how they take part in a reading discussion and write a goal that makes their next group talk better.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeTalking to Peers Assessment Worksheet

The Talking to Peers Assessment Worksheet is a 1st grade teacher form for recording three peer writing conferences, with writer, topic, four behavior checkboxes and note lines on every card.

Assessment
Assessment2nd GradeEat Healthy Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Eat Healthy Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade students a short nonfiction passage about food and the body, plus six questions and an answer key, so nonfiction reading practice takes no prep.

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 GradeIn Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity

Using In Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity, students paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in any formats in your own words.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeInformational Books Reading Log Activity

Using Informational Books Reading Log Activity, studentsread informational texts to build reading comprehension skills and their understanding of informational texts.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenFables and Folktales Activity

Using Fables and Folktales Activity,students recount fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

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Activity1st GradeFirst Grade Informational Texts Activity

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

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ActivityKindergartenRetelling Using Key Details Activity

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

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ActivityKindergartenKey Details for Comprehension Activity

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

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeThe Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash Worksheet

Using this The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash Worksheet, students use the words from the story to respond to the story and retell the events.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenAfter Reading Discussion Cards Activity

Using the After Reading Discussion Cards, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeRL.2.1 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this RL.2.1 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a fiction text.

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

Using RI.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.

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.