Reading Informational Text, Grade 1 Teacher Resource

By Evan-Moor Educational Publishing

Build strong reading comprehension skills for first grade students with close reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities that support the rigor of current standards

This comprehensive resource for informational text covers grade 1 content-area topics.

What's Inside:
Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including:

Picture dictionary: content vocabulary and Words to Know list I Read and Understand: text-dependent questions I Read Closely: close reading activity Words I Know: vocabulary activity I Can Write: text-based, scaffolded writing assignment What I Learned: writing assignment to culminate units with two-page selections

Additional teacher support includes:

Correlations to current standards is provided for every unit for easy reference Downloadable home - school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students

The nonfiction minibooks cover 1st grade content-area topics:

Science Articles
We Need the Sun
Little Blue Butterfly
About the Wind
Water Social Studies Articles
The Statue of Liberty
Looking at the United States Biography Articles
Winslow Homer, American Artist
Maria Martinez, Native American Potter
George Washington Carver How-to Article
How to Make the President's Breakfast

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613689896
• ISBN13: 9781613689899
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2