Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 32 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review. The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple "teach, practice, and assess" approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students' overall comprehension and test-taking skills. First Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts Include: Main Idea and Details Visual Information Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Sequence Problem and Solution Predict Vocabulary Summarize Fact and Opinion Make Inferences Author's Purpose Make Connections Ask Questions First Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts Include: Character Setting Plot Theme Fantasy or Reality Vocabulary Visual Information Summarize Make Inferences Predict Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, mystery, realistic fiction, fables, fairy tales, and poetry. Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students' needs. This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only. About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.