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Before reading a story, students walk through the book looking only at pictures. In pairs, they discuss what they think will happen in the story based on the illustrations. This builds prediction skills and activates prior knowledge. After reading, students compare their predictions to the actual story.

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Students receive a short text and different colored highlighters. They highlight different elements in different colors:
- Yellow: Main characters
- Green: Setting details
- Blue: Important events
- Pink: New vocabulary words
This visual approach helps ELLs identify key elements while improving comprehension.

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Students maintain journals where they respond to daily reading using sentence starters such as:
- The main character is...
- I learned that...
- This story reminds me of...
- I wonder why...
This builds writing skills while demonstrating reading comprehension.

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Convert a familiar story into a simple script. Assign characters to students and have them practice reading their parts. This activity improves fluency, expression, and confidence. After practice, students perform for the class. Consider using stories like 'The Three Little Pigs' or 'Little Red Riding Hood' that have repetitive phrases.

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Students create four squares for each new vocabulary word:
1. Write the word
2. Draw a picture
3. Write the definition in their own words
4. Use it in a sentence
This multi-modal approach helps reinforce new vocabulary.

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While reading a story, pause at key moments and have students quickly sketch what they visualize. This helps with comprehension and keeps students engaged. Students can share their drawings with partners and explain why they drew what they did.

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Students become 'detectives' searching for specific elements in their reading:
- Compound words
- Words with specific prefixes/suffixes
- Sight words
- Action words
They keep track of their findings in a detective notebook. This makes reading interactive and builds word recognition skills.

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Students read in pairs, taking turns reading paragraphs. After each page, they draw a question card and discuss. Cards include:
- What just happened?
- What might happen next?
- How does the character feel?
- What's your favorite part so far?
This builds comprehension and speaking skills.

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After reading, students sort story elements into categories using a graphic organizer:
- Characters
- Setting
- Problem
- Solution
- Beginning
- Middle
- End
This helps students understand story structure and organize information.

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Create large cubes with different reading response prompts on each side. After reading, students roll the cube and respond to the prompt that faces up. Prompts might include:
- Summarize the story
- Describe the main character
- What's the problem/solution?
- Make a connection to your life
This makes responding to reading fun and interactive.

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Select key vocabulary words from the text and have students act them out while others guess. This is especially effective for action words and emotions. It helps students connect physical actions to language and builds vocabulary in an engaging way.

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After reading a story, students create a 6-panel comic strip showing the main events. They must include speech bubbles and thought clouds. This helps with sequencing, summarizing, and understanding character perspectives while being creative.