Picture Understanding! Building Comprehension in the Primary Grades With Picture Books

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Picture Understanding! Building Comprehension in the Primary Grades With Picture Books

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Comprehension is an essential component of successful reading. Through modeling and progressive levels of independent work, students become aware of the importance of retelling and essential story elements. Students demonstrate their understanding of stories through the use of online interactive graphic organizers and present story elements of an individual book through a book talk.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
8. Apply previously-taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences to decodable words with accuracy and automaticity, in and out of context.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
21. Identify the main topic and key details of literary and informational texts.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
23. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.

a. Describe the characters and settings, using illustrations and textual evidence from a story.

b. Retell the plot or sequence of major events in chronological order.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
13. Read grade-appropriate poetry, noticing phrasing, rhythm, and rhyme.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
23. Identify the main story elements in a literary text.

a. Explain the plot of a narrative, using textual evidence to list the major events in sequence.

b. Describe the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors in a story.

c. Describe the setting of a narrative, using textual evidence.

d. Identify the central message or moral of a story.

e. Identify the theme in myths, fables, and folktales.
Tags: book talk, Circle Plot Diagram, comprehension, Cube Creator, interactive graphic organizer, modeling, retelling, story elements
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