Dinner At My House: A Ghost Story

Young readers explore independent reading strategies. They make self-to-text connections while looking at the  illustrations of Take a Tour of my House. Everyone reads the book independently, looking for word chunks if they need to...

Students explore independent reading strategies. In this fiction guided reading lesson, students take a picture walk through the book A Chair for My Mother, then predict  the plot of the story.   Students read the book independently and...

A great addition to a multicultural unit or curriculum study, use the set of questions based on Pam Muñoz Ryan's Mice and Beans to engage learners and enhance their reading experience. As youngsters read, they note the highlighted words...

Students explore reading comprehension by reading a children's story in class. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read the story My Tiger Cat and identify the characters, themes and settings of the story. Students complete a...

Learners will read a short story in a basic and advanced version. They then answer 3 comprehension questions and 5 vocabulary questions.

Delve into a Bengali folktale with a series of reading comprehension activities. Before kids read The Ghost Catcher, they discuss the concept of reflections and mirrors. They then answer comprehension questions about the characters and...

Review the story of The Three Little Pigs using this resource. Learners answer questions about the story, summarizing key elements. This is a terrific way to have them practice both reading and comprehension skills. It would be a great...

Listen to a folktale, The Ghost Catcher, and explore mirrors with primary learners. As hey listen to the Ghost Catcher and participate in activities with mirrors they will learn skills to retell/summarize a story.  They answer...

Students write a story. In this picture stories lesson, students write a story on a topic of their choice and then rewrite their story using only pictures. Students share their stories with the class.

Students complete pre reading, writing, post reading activities for the book Mushrooms For Dinner. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.