Reading comprehension practice gives first-grade students strong foundations. It includes 7 paired text units with leveled minibooks about science and social studies topics. Each unit has a big question, a teacher’s complex text, a picture dictionary, and illustrated reading and writing activities. Each unit also includes assessment activities.
Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 1 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 7 leveled paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills. Evan-Moor is known for helping to build strong literacy foundations.
Use Evan-Moor’s grade 1 leveled paired text minibooks and activities units to help first-grade students develop their reading comprehension skills. Each unit contains two thematically related selections that are focused around a big question.
Each selection includes:
• a picture dictionary that helps students connect words and meaning
• a teacher’s complex text
• questions for an oral close reading discussion
• illustrated comprehension questions and vocabulary activities
• a scaffolded text-based writing prompt
Additional features:
• student objectives
• topic introductions
• lesson plans
Grade 1 paired text science units include:
My Skeletal System:
"Jacob’s Arm" Level D
"How Bones Work" Level F
Earth’s Moon and Sun:
"Are the Moon and the Sun the Same?" Level E
"Earth’s Moon" Level E
Everything Is Made of Matter:
"What Is Matter?" Level E
"Wonderful Water" Level F
Animal Classification:
"Goats" Level G
"Wild About Food" Level H
Grade 1 paired text social studies units include:
American Songs and Symbols:
"My Country ’Tis of Thee" Level D
"A Flag for America" Level E
Art Has Meaning:
"The Wonder of Art" Level F
"A Day in the Country" Level G
People Find Solutions:
"Ideas and Inventions" Level H
"Ben Franklin" Level G
Revised edition! This resource replaces Reading Paired Text and includes updates to the content.
- Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 1 contains units that have a big question, a teacher's complex text, a picture dictionary,
- Includes 7 leveled paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills.
- Helps first-grade students develop their reading comprehension skills.
- Includes a picture dictionary that helps students connect words and meaning.
- Includes illustrated comprehension questions and vocabulary activities