Alexandra Romean

Reading Comprehension Lesson

Rationale:
To help students that struggle with comprehension questions
strengthen their ability to retain information from a given text and
answer questions about it.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 Key Ideas and Details
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key
details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 Key Ideas and Details
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major
events in a story.
Objective:
Students will be able to identify the main idea of a story through
context clues.
Students will be able to answer questions based on the story.
Procedures:
I will start the lesson off by asking the students to come down to
the carpet:
o Alright super scholars, would you please come down to
the carpet?
The students will come sit on the carpet and receive instruction
based on reading level.
o Students that struggle with comprehension will take a
previous story read in class and be asked to read it again
with me at the back table.
o The students that did not struggle will work on silent
independent reading in their designated spots.
The students that struggle with comprehension will sit at the
back table, while I choose a book they have previously used for a
read aloud in class.
Since the students are familiar with the book, they should be
able to answer comprehension questions such as:
o What was the theme of the book?
o Who are the main characters?
o What was the problem in the book?
o What was the solution?
o How did the characters come to the solution?
The students will then do a second read aloud with me, which will
be A River Dream by Allen Say to relate to the students life.

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o Begin with This book reminds me of the time my father

took me fishing. Have you ever been fishing?
o Read through the book and as the book is being read, ask
students the comprehension questions as they just
happened to ensure the students pay attention and realize
when key events take place.
Have the students then work on a worksheet with designated
Who, What, Where, When, Why questions and evaluate
afterwards for each individual students understanding.

Materials:
A River Dream by Allen Say
Writing utensil for answering questions afterwards
Assessments:
Have the students in specific groups with assigned books that
they must summarize. Look for key details and important
themes.
Differentiation:
For learners who struggle with comprehension, guide them
with the system of who, what, where, when, why and how.
For advanced learners, assign them a harder book.
Future Connections:
Students will be capable of summarizing future stories that
are on benchmark exams such as the NJ ASK and improve
reading comprehension skills.