Great for Synchronous, Asynchronous and Semi-Synchronous Teaching! First Grade Reading Skills made easy with Comprehension Strategies for Retelling! I love to introduce my first graders to literature with Corduroy. There are so many story elements and comprehension skills that my firsties can understand in this story! These Response to Literature Activities are all Ready to PRINT or ASSIGN on GOOGLE CLASSROOM! Use the New TpT Digital Activity Tool to Assign the READY-MADE, NO-PREP DIGITAL Assignment on GOOGLE CLASSROOM, OR... Edit or Create your own instructions for your students! Introduce Early Reader Comprehension Skills with a FUN Unit on BEARS! Read the story with your class or for Distance Learning, see here: Corduroy Story Special Permission Discuss the story using Comprehension Strategies... *BEGINNING *MIDDLE *END, *STORY ELEMENTS, *Text to Self CONNECTIONS Have students Write and Draw their own responses on DIFFERENTIATED GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS An easy visual to help students to process the story in several ways. CORDUROY CRAFT for a FUN Response to Literature! Create a BULLETIN BOARD with student Projects, Posters & Banner! OR...allow students to PRINT the PATTERNS for an AT HOME CORDUROY PROJECT Use as a Retelling Comprehension Unit, or Revisit the Corduroy story throughout the year as you introduce each comprehension strategy. Lots of choices provided! 3 Kinds of DIFFERENTIATED RETELLING TEMPLATES PLUS: CORDUROY CRAFT BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAY! Introduce RETELL TEMPLATES for Early Readers to Comprehend Stories! Included: •Beginning, Middle, End Differentiated Graphic Organizers •Characters-Setting-Plot Differentiated Graphic Organizers •Text-to-Self CONNECTIONS •Posters & Banner for Bulletin Board •PATTERNS FOR A CORDUROY CRAFT •Answer Key Examples •Children’s Literature suggestions for Retelling •Discussion Questions to use with ANY story Differentiated Versions: Color box around Name tells the level YELLOW: Basic (draw pictures to respond) GREEN: Mid-level (draw pictures and write sentences to respond) BLUE: Advanced Level (draw pictures and write paragraph to respond) Color and Black-line Versions: Choose the version for your differing needs. Color for Centers, Smart-board, Whiteboard, Examples, Displays. Black-line for student copies, easy print on digital. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR: •*Digital Lesson for GOOGLE CLASSROOM •*Whole Group Lessons •*Guided Reading •*Substitute Lesson Plans •*Centers •*Partner Reading •*Silent Reading •*Homework: Weekly/Daily •*Reading Incentive Program **Great for helping students develop skills to help them advance in Reading Levels and Running Record Programs! **Introduce early Reading Comprehension skills with such a wonderful story of Friendship and Hope and Acceptance! ***************************************************************************** Other resources from Silly Sam Productions to help you MAKE LEARNING FUN! Point-of-View-DIGITAL-and-PRINT-Readers-Writers-Workshop-Unit SEL-The-Story-of-My-Name-Family-Project-English-Spanish-EDITABLE ALL ABOUT ME BOOK Get to Know Me Writing Craftivity. My Learning Colors Wheel Desktop Self-Monitoring Scale. Numbers & Colors Classroom Posters Bookmarks Version 2. And Much More! ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. There you have it! You will now receive email updates about this store. Let’s COLLABORATE and STAY CONNECTED!: eMail me at: [email protected] ☺