Using Looking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters to gain a different perspective.

Using this Making a Point with Support Worksheet, students read an information text to determine the reasons why the author wrote the piece.

Using Reading Informational Texts Book Review Activity, students read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts.

Using Research It Animals Activity, studentsparticipate in shared research and writing projects to learn about a specific topic.

Using Share Your Opinion About Your Favorite Book Activity, students write opinion pieces in which they state an opinion about the book and supply reasons that support the opinion.

This Using New Words From Books Activity helps studentsto use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Using What Have You Read This Year Activity, students read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry.

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