The Solution to Reading Comprehension
1st Grade Comprehension Units
Fountas & Pinnell
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Identify Bat’s physical characteristics and behavior to build students' knowledge of bats in nature
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Integrate information from the non-fiction reading passage “Bat News” and the book Bat Loves the Night to recognize that bats are more helpful than harmful to humans and identify reasons why
M
560L
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Describe how the feelings and actions of the characters change as the weather changes during the story
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Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “Cool in the Hot Desert” and the book Come On, Rain! to describe and compare weather in different places
AD780L
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Track changes in the main character’s behavior to infer changes in her state of mind, and then discuss why her behavior changes
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Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “How to Draw a Map” and the book The Dot to write or speak about drawing more knowledgably
L
AD500L
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll
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Gather information and describe important facts about thunder and lightning
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Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “The Whys of Weather – Clouds” and the book Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll to write or speak about clouds and weather knowledgeably
500L
Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships
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Examine instances of friendly relationships between animals of different species in order to discuss a main idea of the book
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Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “From Calf to Camel” and the book Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships to write or speak about camels more knowledgably
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Describe the main character’s problem and his attempts to solve it in order to discuss the themes of wisdom and happiness
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Integrate information from the fiction reading passage "Our New Old House" and the fiction text Ming Lo Moves the Mountain to compare and contrast the responses of characters to their surroundings
J
600L
Pierre the Penguin: A True Story
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Enumerate the sequence of events in the story that culminated with Pierre growing new feathers in order to discuss the main idea of the story
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Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “An Owl is a Bird” and the book Pierre the Penguin: A True Story to compare two different kinds of birds
AD580L
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Compare Stellaluna’s experience of living like a bird with her experience of living like a bat in order to determine a theme of the story
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Use evidence from “All About Bats” to determine whether the information about bats in Stellaluna is true
N
550L
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Explain how the journey of the main character illustrates the theme of the book
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Integrate information from the non-fiction reading passage “The First Thanksgiving” and the book The Treasure to identify and compare ways of giving thanks
K
650L
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Explain how Miss Hawthorn’s character changes as a result of her relationship with her student Willow, in order to discuss a theme of the story
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Integrate information from the fiction passage “Callie Learns to Listen” and the book Willow to compare characters across different texts
AD620L