vocabulary and comprehension - Literacy Please https://literacyplease.com A website dedicated to all things literacy Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:50:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://literacyplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-favicon2-32x32.png vocabulary and comprehension - Literacy Please https://literacyplease.com 32 32 191038029 Reading Response Journal https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-response-journal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-response-journal https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-response-journal/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:11:37 +0000 https://literacyplease.com/?post_type=product&p=2743 Reading Response Journals are a great way for students to integrate reading comprehension and writing.

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  • 2 options: 1/2 sheet and whole sheet response printables
  • 2 cover options
  • 21 journal prompts for kindergarten, first, and second graders
  • sentence frames to scaffold responses

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]]> https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-response-journal/feed/ 0 2743 Reciprocal Teaching for Beginning Readers https://literacyplease.com/product/reciprocal-teaching-for-beginning-readers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reciprocal-teaching-for-beginning-readers https://literacyplease.com/product/reciprocal-teaching-for-beginning-readers/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:54:49 +0000 https://literacyplease.com/?post_type=product&p=113 Reciprocal Teaching for Beginning Readers includes the resources you will need to implement picture walks, prediction making, setting the purpose, clarifying/monitoring, asking questions, visualizing, and retelling/summarizing.

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]]> If you have been wanting to try Reciprocal Teaching in your classroom, but don't know where to begin, this is for you!

Reciprocal teaching is the use of reading strategies to increase comprehension of text while working in small groups. You will find lesson plans and resources for each of the 7 strategies along with information for starting reciprocal teaching in your class.

Keep in mind that young readers need modeling and guided practice. They need explicit instruction in each strategy, which you will find in this product. Your students will learn the strategies of reciprocal teaching before beginning work in small groups. If having students work in small groups scares you, this product can also be used with the whole class or guided reading groups.

Each strategy begins with an introduction and step-by-step lesson plans to begin teaching. You will also find colorful anchor charts, sentence frames, and printables.

Included in this pack are Reciprocal Teaching Pals, which can be used during read alouds to continue practicing the strategies before having students work in small groups. Mini Reciprocal Teaching Pals also allow students to practice the strategies while they read independently. Finally, table tents are included for students to use once they begin small group reciprocal teaching.

Explicit lessons give you the guidance you need to begin reciprocal teaching in your classroom. Included are ideas for getting started and timelines. You will also find a section called Use it Before You Lose It, which reminds you to continue practicing each strategy even as you progress.

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]]> https://literacyplease.com/product/reciprocal-teaching-for-beginning-readers/feed/ 0 113 Reading Posters https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-posters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-posters https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-posters/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:54:02 +0000 https://literacyplease.com/?post_type=product&p=112 Make sure your students use and remember those comprehension skills and literary vocabulary you've taught! These bright and colorful posters are easy to read and are a great reference tool for your beginning readers.

Included are 26 color and black and white posters. Each poster comes with half sheet comprehension checks, which can be used after read alouds or independent reading. If you'd like to use the posters for a bulletin board, you will find bulletin board lettering and comprehension questions to add to your board.

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  • alliteration
  • ask questions
  • author
  • author's purpose
  • cause and effect
  • central message
  • character
  • compare and contrast
  • details
  • fable
  • main idea
  • major event
  • make predictions
  • moral
  • plot
  • poem
  • point of view
  • problem
  • retell
  • rhyme
  • setting
  • solution
  • story structure
  • summarize
  • use background knowledge

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]]> https://literacyplease.com/product/reading-posters/feed/ 0 112 Teaching Theme with Elephant & Piggie Books https://literacyplease.com/product/teaching-theme-with-elephant-piggie-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-theme-with-elephant-piggie-books https://literacyplease.com/product/teaching-theme-with-elephant-piggie-books/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:51:27 +0000 https://literacyplease.com/?post_type=product&p=108 Do you love Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie books? They are perfect for our young readers. They teach intonation. They are entertaining. And you can use them to teach theme/central message!

This resource includes printables for 9 Elephant and Piggie books to get your students started with theme/central message.

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  • theme poster
  • central message poster
  • evidence poster
  • 9 theme posters (perseverance, kindness, sharing, friendship, forgiveness, patience, gratitude, honesty, compassion)
  • 2 printables for each theme/central message to differentiate your instruction
  • 4 printable to be used with any book

You will need access to the following Mo Willems stories, which can also be found on YouTube:

  • Can I Play Too?
  • There is a Bird on Your Head!
  • Should I Share My Ice Cream?
  • My Friend is Sad
  • I Love My New Toy!
  • Waiting is Not Easy!
  • The Thank You Book
  • Listen to My Trumpet!
  • A Big Guy Took My Ball!

If you do not have the books on hand, don't let that stop you. You can find the stories online. Many of them read by children.

***This product does not include the books.

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