Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 1 Teacher Resource - by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your first-grade students!

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

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.