Homeschool Reading Strategies Independent Work Packet (by price, high to low)

TWELVE Dragon Masters NOVEL STUDIES for #1 Rise of the Earth Dragon #2 Saving the Sun Dragon, #3 Secret of the Water Dragon, #4 Power of the Fire Dragon, #5 Song of the Poison Dragon, # 6 Flight of the Moon Dragon, #7 Search for the Lightning Dragon, #8 Roar of the Thunder Dragon, #9 Chill of the Ice Dragon #10 Waking the Rainbow Dragon, #11 Shine of the Silver Dragon and #12 Treasure of the Gold Dragon.

These novel studies are highly engaging and comprehensive literature units that allow your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

These units can be followed chapter by chapter.

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests - including polar bears, Svalbard, Global Warming and more.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

You are welcome to request a novel study in the questions and answers section of my shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

SIX Dragon Masters NOVEL STUDIES for #7 Search for the Lightning Dragon, #8 Roar of the Thunder Dragon, #9 Chill of the Ice Dragon #10 Waking the Rainbow Dragon, #11 Shine of the Silver Dragon and #12 Treasure of the Gold Dragon.

These novel studies are highly engaging and comprehensive literature units that allow your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

These units can be followed chapter by chapter.

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests - including polar bears, Svalbard, Global Warming and more.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

You are welcome to request a novel study in the questions and answers section of my shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

Word Family Short Vowel CVC Word Work Pages

No Prep, just print and go!

Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short uVowel CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short vowel sounds. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short vowel words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using short vowel words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-u words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short vowel words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Seven pages for practicing short vowel words

with a variety of strategies

I'd love to see how you use this in your classroom! Tag me on Instagram @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

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THREE Dragon Masters NOVEL STUDIES for #10 Waking the Rainbow Dragon, #11 Shine of the Silver Dragon and #12 Treasure of the Gold Dragon.

These novel studies are highly engaging and comprehensive literature units that allow your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

These units can be followed chapter by chapter.

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests - including polar bears, Svalbard, Global Warming and more.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

You are welcome to request a novel study in the questions and answers section of my shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

Word Family Short e CVC Bundle
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On Interactive notebook pages, word work practice, decodable readers, and small group lessons!

Interactive Notebooks make learning to read FUN!
These interactive notebook pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master short-e CVC words. Each page focuses on a specific word family and includes activities and exercises to reinforce phonics skills. Students will engage in hands-on learning as they cut, paste, write, and read words in a fun and interactive way. These notebook pages are perfect for use in the classroom or at home for extra practice.

Features:
- Interactive activities for hands-on learning
- Focus on short-e CVC word families
- Cut, paste, write, and read exercises
- Engaging and fun for students

Benefits:
- Helps students practice and master phonics skills
- Reinforces word recognition and reading fluency
- Provides a visual and interactive way to learn
- Suitable for use in the classroom or at home

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

• Word sort with pictures

• Build-a-Word Picture Puzzles

• Label the picture with short-e words

• Word family fluency reading page

• Easy spelling test page

Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions

• Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable readers booklets. 

• Can be used with ANY curriculum

• Science of Reading Aligned

• Low Prep Required. Simply print the decodable books and you're good to go!

• These decodable books will align with ANY phonics program you teach.

• Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.

• Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st grade, and RTI for second grade

•  CCSS and TEKS Aligned

• Added benefit of Comprehension Questions, too!

Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions are perfect for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read stories that focus on sound spellings and comprehension. Your students will love these little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions now!

Word Family Short e CVC Word Work Pages
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!
Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short e CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short-i sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:
- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-i words
- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words
- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-i words in context
- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:
- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-i words, helping students develop their phonics skills.
- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-i words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.
- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.
- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Six pages for practicing short-i words
with a variety of strategies

Word Family Short eCVC Small Group Fluency Practice
Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

>>>What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, and even nonsense word practice, as well
as an end-of-unit assessment page.

Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie
Check out my website here

Word Family Short o CVC Bundle
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On Interactive notebook pages, word work practice, decodable readers, and small group lessons!

Interactive Notebooks make learning to read FUN!
These interactive notebook pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master short o CVC words. Each page focuses on a specific word family and includes activities and exercises to reinforce phonics skills. Students will engage in hands-on learning as they cut, paste, write, and read words in a fun and interactive way. These notebook pages are perfect for use in the classroom or at home for extra practice.

Features:
- Interactive activities for hands-on learning
- Focus on short o CVC word families
- Cut, paste, write, and read exercises
- Engaging and fun for students

Benefits:
- Helps students practice and master phonics skills
- Reinforces word recognition and reading fluency
- Provides a visual and interactive way to learn
- Suitable for use in the classroom or at home

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

• Word sort with pictures

• Build-a-Word Picture Puzzles

• Label the picture with short-e words

• Word family fluency reading page

• Easy spelling test page

Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions

• Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable readers booklets. 

• Can be used with ANY curriculum

• Science of Reading Aligned

• Low Prep Required. Simply print the decodable books and you're good to go!

• These decodable books will align with ANY phonics program you teach.

• Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.

• Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st grade, and RTI for second grade

•  CCSS and TEKS Aligned

• Added benefit of Comprehension Questions, too!

Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions are perfect for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read stories that focus on sound spellings and comprehension. Your students will love these little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions now!

Word Family Short o CVC Word Work Pages
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!
Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short e CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short o sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:
- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-i words
- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words
- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-i words in context
- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:
- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short o words, helping students develop their phonics skills.
- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-i words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.
- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.
- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Six pages for practicing shor ot words
with a variety of strategies
Word Family Short o CVC Small Group Fluency Practice
Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

>>>What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, and even nonsense word practice, as well
as an end-of-unit assessment page.

Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie
Check out my website here

Word Family Short i CVC Bundle

No Prep, just print and go!

Hands-On Interactive notebook pages!

Interactive Notebooks make learning to read FUN!

These interactive notebook pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master short-i CVC words. Each page focuses on a specific word family, such as -it, -in, or -ib, and includes activities and exercises to reinforce phonics skills. Students will engage in hands-on learning as they cut, paste, write, and read words in a fun and interactive way. These notebook pages are perfect for use in the classroom or at home for extra practice.

Features:

- Interactive activities for hands-on learning

- Focus on short-i CVC word families

- Cut, paste, write, and read exercises

- Engaging and fun for students

Benefits:

- Helps students practice and master phonics skills

- Reinforces word recognition and reading fluency

- Provides a visual and interactive way to learn

- Suitable for use in the classroom or at home

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

• Word sort with pictures
• Build-a-Word Picture Puzzles
• Label the picture with short-a words
• Word family fluency reading page
• Easy spelling test page

Short 'i' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions

• Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable readers booklets. 
• Can be used with ANY curriculum
• Science of Reading Aligned
• Low Prep Required. Simply print the decodable books and you're good to go!
• These decodable books will align with ANY phonics program you teach.
• Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.
• Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st grade, and RTI for second grade
•  CCSS and TEKS Aligned
• Added benefit of Comprehension Questions, too!

Short 'i' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions are perfect for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read stories that focus on sound spellings and comprehension. Your students will love these little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these Short 'i' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions now!

Word Family Short i CVC Word Work Pages

No Prep, just print and go!

Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short i CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short-i sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-i words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-i words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-i words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-i words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Six pages for practicing short-i words

with a variety of strategies

Word Family Short i CVC Small Group Fluency Practice

Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

>>>What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, and even nonsense word practice, as well

as an end-of-unit assessment page.

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie

Check out my website here

Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade, Interactive Notebooks

Everything you need for supplementing First Grade Wonders Unit 4 Week 1.

By bundling resources, you save money, save planning time, as well as enrich your reading instruction for the week.

Focus Wall

Spelling Pattern Cards

ai ay worksheets for class or home use

Reading Group resources

This bundle of reading comprehension passages with interesting questions covers all the cool things about jungle, aquatic, insects, and desert animals. Did you know that snow can be pink? Or that ice cream was invented 500 years ago and was only available to the rich and privileged? Grab this bundle of 40 animal-themed reading comprehension worksheets with questions to learn more!

This resource includes:

   ✏ 10 jungle & rainforest-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 desert animal-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 aquatic animal-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 insects & bug-themed worksheets

   ✏ All answer key cards

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute

If you liked this product, check out my other reading comprehension products:

   ✏ Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 3rd & 4th Grade | Four Seasons BUNDLE

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This bundle of reading comprehension passages with interesting questions covers all the cool things about the four seasons. Did you know that snow can be pink? Or that ice cream was invented 500 years ago and was only available to the rich and privileged? Grab this bundle of 40 winter, summer, spring, and autumn season-themed reading comprehension worksheets to learn more!

This resource includes:

   ✏ 10 winter-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 spring-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 summer-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 fall-themed worksheets

   ✏ All answer key cards

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute

If you liked this product, CLICK to check out my other Reading Comprehension products!

Please download the preview to view a sample of the included pages.

I’m so glad you stopped by my store and checked out this resource! Follow my store to be updated about new products and sales. Don’t forget to leave feedback to earn credits toward future purchases by heading to MY PURCHASES in your TeachShare account. 

Connect with me!

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• Send me an email at bethanierosesmith@gmail.com.

❤️  Teacher Bethanie @TaughtOught Homeschooling

A BOOK COMPANION for DRAGON MASTERS #13 Eye of the Earthquake Dragon by Tracey West.

This 54 page Chapter Book Companion includes highly engaging and comprehensive reading comprehension questions and activities that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context. Check out the PREVIEW for an example of some of the content included.

This is a NO-PREP resource that has been created in the order of the book.

AN ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• Research - relevant to the story including bats, turtles, volcanoes and owls.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

You are welcome to request a novel study in the questions and answers section of my shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DRAGON MASTERS #10 Waking the Rainbow Dragon by Tracey West.

This 47 page BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

Thank you for your continued support.

A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DRAGON MASTERS #11 Shine of the Silver Dragon by Tracey West.

This 48 page BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

Thank you for your continued support.

The 2001 movie, The Luck of the Irish makes a connection with St. Patrick's Day, and the luck of the Irish. Kyle, the main character is trying to discover his heritage and learns a few things about being Irish as he learns. Vocabulary that is learned and reviewed includes: heritage, immigrants, and heritage. Students will learn facts about Ireland and being Irish as they watch the movie.

Students will also learn about problem solving skills, working hard, following rules, working together, and being a good friend, citizen, and family member. The comprehension questions in this product relate with the movie as well as students own experiences. Students can also write sentences uses unknown vocabulary words in sentences. Students can answer these comprehension questions as they watch the movie or after they have finished the movie. Multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions are included in this product.

An answer key is included at the end of the packet.

If you download this product, and found it useful, please leave me a positive review! :)

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St. Patrick's Day Mindfulness Activity

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St. Patrick's Day Mindfulness Writing Activities:

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Ramona and Beezus Movie (2010) Comprehension Questions:

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Nancy Drew 2007 Movie Comprehension Questions:

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The novel, Sideway Stories from Wayside School is a great read for students. My students enjoyed this book because it is humorous. It gives students the idea that children know more than their teachers. Each chapter has a vocabulary review and comprehension questions. Therefore, written comprehension skills are emphasized while reading.

AR Word Family R Controlled Vowels Word Work Pages

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Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These AR Words-Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the ar sound spelling. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of ar words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development and align with the science of reading strands: phonemic awareness, decoding, and sight.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize ai and ay words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using ai and ay words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These ar word work pages provide targeted practice for working with ar words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of ar words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with word families will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

14 pages for practicing ar vowel team words

with a variety of strategies

I'd love to see how you use this in your classroom! Tag me on Instagram @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

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-Leslie @smalltownteacherlife

Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade, Interactive Notebooks

Word Family Short U CVC Word Work Pages

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Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short U CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short-u sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-u words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-u words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-u words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-u words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Seven pages for practicing short-u words

with a variety of strategies

I'd love to see how you use this in your classroom! Tag me on Instagram @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group Lessons

Thank you!

-Leslie @smalltownteacherlife

Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade, Interactive Notebooks

This product is made for:

• adapting instruction
• differentiating instruction
• on level learners
• struggling writers
• struggling readers
• ESL/ENL
• Deaf Education
• Homework
• Classwork
• Homeschooling
• Bell Work
• Virtual Instruction
• Remote Instruction

This product covers comprehension question asked when students are reading the historical fiction book, Meet Samantha, 1904 - An American Girl. Students can work on the comprehension questions with 1:1 support, independently, or with help. Included with this product are comprehension questions - fill in the blank and short answer that relate directly with the movie Samantha: An American Girl Holiday. The questions asked in the 2nd half of this product also provide students the opportunity to compare and contrast the book and the movie with one another.

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Word Family Short A CVC Interactive Notebook Pages

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Hands-On Interactive notebook pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short A CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short-a sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-a words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-a words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-a words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-a words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

with a variety of strategies

I'd love to see how you use this in your classroom! Tag me on Instagram @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

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The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie @smalltownteacherlife

Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade, Interactive Notebooks

Beginning Blends Word Work Pages for First Grade

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Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Beginning Blends Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the s and r blends sound spelling. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of words with blends. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development and align with the science of reading strands: phonemic awareness, decoding, and sight.

Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize ai and ay words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These beginning blends word work pages provide targeted practice for working with s and r blend words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of words with l blends, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with word families will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

8 pages for practicing words with s and r blends

with a variety of strategies

I'd love to see how you use this in your classroom! Tag me on Instagram @smalltownteacherlife or use #smalltownteacherlife

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group Lessons

Thank you!

-Leslie @smalltownteacherlife

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