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Comprehension 1A:
Develop and demonstrate reading skills in response to reading text and read-alouds by:

a.        predicting what will happen next using prior knowledge

b.       asking  and responding to relevant questions

c.        seeking clarification and locating facts and details about stories and other texts

d.       retelling main ideas in sequence including key details

e.        recognizing beginning, middle, and end

f.         monitoring comprehension and making corrections and adjustments when that understanding breaks down

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Big Books:
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Regular Books:
one copy of the Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn for each student.
A copy of Dragon of the Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne for the teacher.

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At this center, students will work with the teacher on specific skills that they are striving in. This may be through reading, writing, activities, games, and remediation. Whatever the student needs will be met on a small group basis here.

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Comprehension 1A:
Develop and demonstrate reading skills in response to reading text and read-alouds by:
e. recognizing beginning, middle, and end

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The students will be able to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of stories read in class and independently with 100% accuracy.

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Jasmine age 9 - Magic Tree House Dragon of the Red Dawn

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Mini Lesson:
Have all students gather around the anchor chart stand where the big book "The Kissing Hand' is displayed. Hand each child their own copy of the book.
Introduce the book
divide the anchor chart into three columns. Label them begining, middle, and end. Let the students know that we will be using this book to answer these questions!
As you read the story. Ask questions to make sure everyone is engaged. Pause along the way to fill out the chart.
Remind students that the begining is what happens first, the end is what happens last, and the middle is everything in between!
Read aloud prologue and chapter 1 of Dragon of the Red Dawn

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Play the smart board activity for chapter 1 of Dragon of the Red Dawn

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At this time, students will take out their journals for Dragon of the Red Dawn. They will journal for 10 minutes. They will write about their favorite part of the chapter. They need to tell me if it's at the begining, middle, or end of the chapter and why they like that part!

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watch each child as they play the smart board game...do they understand what begining, middle, and end is in a story?

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For this lesson, my differentiation is the center times. There are several choices to choose from per center. Also, i will have specific differentiation for each child in the teacher center.

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Remind the children that in every book there are several parts to the begining, middle, and end...not just one! Remind them to always be very descriptive in their practice!

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Divide the students up into five groups for literacy centers. Each group should go to one center for 20 minutes

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The graphic organizer is designed to help young readers identify, the beginning, middle, end from a story. Students will identify the title, author, illustrate and write down the beginning, middle, end. This is a great template for independent practice at the classroom library, homework, class work, and for centers.

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Reading Comprehension dice Game - grades K-2

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Students read a picture book in pairs. After reading they roll a dice and the corresponding number instructs them to apply a certain comprehension strategy - make a text to self connection, retell, determine importance, use questioning, visualizing, infer

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Comprehension 1A:
Develop and demonstrate reading skills in response to reading text and read-alouds by:

a. predicting what will happen next using prior knowledge

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The students will be able to make predictions of the story Dragon of the Red Dawn based on what they have read in chapters 1 and 2 with 100% accuracy.

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Review what happened in chapter 1 and introduce what will happen in chapter 2! (Be very enthusiastic :)

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Have everyone gather on the rug.
Bring out the anchor chart from yesterday and review begining, middle, and end.
Let them know that today we will be practicing working on predicting stories! explain the term if children are confused :)
Get another anchor chart out and get out the Green Eggs and Ham book
Introduce the book
. Ask the children what they think the book might be about? Who do they think the main characters are etc.
As you read the book, stop throughout and ask the children questions about what they think will happen and write them on the anchor chart....Let them know they are making predictions. Show them what a wrong prediction looks like such as "I think the pink elephant will get some icecream"..it doesn't go with the book :)
Their predictions have to make sense :)
Let them know they are going to practice making  predictions for Dragon of the Red Dawn.
Read chapter 2

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Break the children into groups of two. Have them go and discuss with each other two predictions they have about the story. They will share with their partner and come back to the rug and share their ideas.
After this, play the smart board game with the students
Have several different predictions from the book. For every group of questions, one will be right. Have the students vote for which prediction they think is true. Then, make a poll with their answers from earlier and have another vote :)

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Ask the students to get out their journal and write what their prediction for the story is. Ask them to be very descriptive! If they have extra time they can illustrate it or write about their favorite part in the chapter.

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evaluate each child as they are making predictions about the story. Also look at their journal entries :)

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My differentiation is the choice found in the journal section. It is also in the center times

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Rotate centers with the same groups from yesterday. They should be in a new center for 20 minutes