Grade 1:
Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 32 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| First Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | First Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Character |
| · Visual Information | · Setting |
| · Cause and Effect | · Plot |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Theme |
| · Sequence | · Fantasy or Reality |
| · Problem and Solution | · Vocabulary |
| · Predict | · Visual Information |
| · Vocabulary | · Summarize |
| · Summarize | · Make Inferences |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Predict |
| · Make Inferences | · Cause and Effect |
| · Author’s Purpose | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Make Connections | |
| · Ask Questions |
Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, mystery, realistic fiction, fables, fairy tales, and poetry.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.
Grade 2:
Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 33 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| Second Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | Second Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Character |
| · Text Features and Visual Information | · Setting |
| · Description | · Plot |
| · Cause and Effect | · Theme |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Point of View |
| · Sequence | · Predict |
| · Problem and Solution | · Figurative Language |
| · Description | · Vocabulary |
| · Predict | · Visual Information |
| · Vocabulary | · Summarize |
| · Summarize | · Make Inferences |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Cause and Effect |
| · Make Inferences | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Author’s Purpose |
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, and poetry.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension
Grade 3:
Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 35 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| Third Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | Third Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Character | |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Setting |
| · Text Features and Visual Information | · Plot |
| · Description | · Theme |
| · Cause and Effect | · Point of View |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Predict |
| · Sequence | · Vocabulary |
| · Problem and Solution | · Visual Information |
| · Predict | · Summarize |
| · Vocabulary | · Make Inferences |
| · Summarize | · Cause and Effect |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Make Inferences | · Dialogue |
| · Simile and Metaphor |
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, fables, and fairy tales.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.
Grade 4:
Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 35 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| Fourth Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | Fourth Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Character | |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Setting |
| · Text Features and Visual Information | · Plot |
| · Description | · Theme |
| · Cause and Effect | · Point of View |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Predict |
| · Sequence | · Vocabulary |
| · Problem and Solution | · Visual Information |
| · Predict | · Summarize |
| · Vocabulary | · Make Inferences |
| · Summarize | · Cause and Effect |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Make Inferences | · Foreshadowing |
| · Author’s Purpose | · Idioms |
| · Text Structure |
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, and mystery.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.
Grade 5:
Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 36 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| Fifth Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | Fifth Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Character |
| · Text Features and Visual Information | · Setting |
| · Description | · Plot |
| · Cause and Effect | · Theme |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Point of View |
| · Sequence | · Predict |
| · Problem and Solution | · Vocabulary |
| · Predict | · Visual Information |
| · Vocabulary | · Summarize |
| · Summarize | · Make Inferences |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Cause and Effect |
| · Make Inferences | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Author’s Purpose | · Foreshadowing |
| · Text Structure | · Hyperbole |
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, science fiction, and comedy.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.
Grade 6:
Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 35 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple “teach, practice, and assess” approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students’ overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
| Sixth Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts | Sixth Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts |
| · Main Idea and Details | · Character |
| · Text Features and Visual Information | · Setting |
| · Description | · Plot |
| · Cause and Effect | · Theme |
| · Compare and Contrast | · Point of View |
| · Sequence | · Predict |
| · Problem and Solution | · Vocabulary |
| · Predict | · Foreshadowing |
| · Vocabulary | · Summarize |
| · Summarize | · Make Inferences |
| · Fact and Opinion | · Cause and Effect |
| · Make Inferences | · Compare and Contrast |
| · Author’s Purpose | · Dialogue |
| · Idioms | |
| · Symbolism |
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, and myths.
Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students’ needs.
Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.
