Reading Comprehension Level 1
Part of the Reading Comprehension skill progression -- 8 lessons, each building toward demonstrated mastery.
8 Lessons
What Your Child Will Learn
- 1
What Happened? - Finding Key Details in Text
Learn to identify and answer questions about key details using who, what, where, and when.
Objective: Students will identify and answer questions about key details (who, what, where, when) in a text by returning to the text to find evidence.45 minutes - 2
Who and Where? - Identifying Characters and Setting
Learn to identify characters (who the story is about) and setting (where and when the story happens).
Objective: Students will identify characters and settings in stories, describing who the story is about and where/when it takes place.45 minutes - 3
Beginning, Middle, End - Sequence of Events
Learn to identify and describe the sequence of events in a story using beginning, middle, and end.
Objective: Students will identify major events in the beginning, middle, and end of a story, using sequence words to describe the order of events.45 minutes - 4
What Is It About? - Main Idea Introduction
Learn to identify the main idea - what a text is mostly about.
Objective: Students will identify what a text is mostly about (main idea) by distinguishing the main idea from supporting details.45 minutes - 5
Supporting Details - Details That Explain the Main Idea
Learn to identify supporting details that explain and support the main idea.
Objective: Students will identify 2-3 supporting details that explain and support the main idea, distinguishing relevant details from unrelated information.45 minutes - 6
Retelling Stories - Summarizing in Your Own Words
Learn to retell stories including characters, setting, and major events in sequence.
Objective: Students will retell a story in their own words, including the characters, setting, and major events in order (beginning, middle, end), using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then framework.45 minutes - 7
Making Connections - Text to Self Connections
Learn to connect events and characters in text to personal experiences to deepen understanding.
Objective: Students will make meaningful text-to-self connections by relating characters, events, and feelings in a text to their own personal experiences, and explain how those connections help them understand the text better.45 minutes - 8
Review and Application - Comprehension Practice
Apply all RC-1 comprehension skills to new texts through mixed practice, student choice of strategies, and checkpoint preparation.
Objective: Students will demonstrate mastery of all RC-1 comprehension skills by applying them to varied texts, choosing appropriate strategies independently, and preparing for the level checkpoint.45 minutes
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