Gr1 Reading Comprehension Nonfictin

Build strong literacy foundations with leveled nonfiction minibooks and comprehension activities! Engage first-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include picture dictionaries with words to know, plus comprehension, vocabulary, and scaffolded writing activities. Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your first-grade students! This series supports new readers with illustrations and controlled vocabulary as well as scaffolded comprehension, vocabulary, and writing practice. Choose from 10 units that span a variety of grade-level topics or use them all! Illustrated nonfiction minibooks and two-page selections in this grade 2 book include a variety of content-area topics: Science: "We Need the Sun" Level C "Little Blue Butterfly" Level D "About the Wind" Level G "Water" Level G Social Studies: "The Statue of Liberty" Level D "Looking at the United States" Level E Biography: "Winslow Homer, American Artist" Level C "Maria Martinez, Native American Potter" Level E "George Washington Carver" Level F How-to: "How to Make the President’s Breakfast" Level F Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A Teacher’s Complex Text and a leveled student minibook or two-page reading selection with photos and illustrations A picture dictionary with content words and words to know An illustrated close-reading activity A comprehension and vocabulary activity An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion A scaffolded writing activity Additional teacher resources: "How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students A reproducible reading journal for students An answer key Revised edition! This resource replaces Reading Informational Text and includes updates to the content.