Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 1

Reading comprehension practice gives first-grade students strong foundations. It includes 7 paired text units with leveled minibooks about science and social studies topics. Each unit has a big question, a teacher's complex text, a picture dictionary, and illustrated reading and writing activities. Each unit also includes assessment activities.

Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 1 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 7 leveled paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills. Evan-Moor is known for helping to build strong literacy foundations.

Use Evan-Moor's grade 1 leveled paired text minibooks and activities units to help first-grade students develop their reading comprehension skills. Each unit contains two thematically related selections that are focused around a big question.

Each selection includes:
• a picture dictionary that helps students connect words and meaning
• a teacher's complex text
• questions for an oral close reading discussion
• illustrated comprehension questions and vocabulary activities
• a scaffolded text-based writing prompt

Additional features:
• student objectives
• topic introductions
• lesson plans

Grade 1 paired text science units include:

My Skeletal System:
"Jacob's Arm" Level D
"How Bones Work" Level F

Earth's Moon and Sun:
"Are the Moon and the Sun the Same?" Level E
"Earth's Moon" Level E

Everything Is Made of Matter:
"What Is Matter?" Level E
"Wonderful Water" Level F

Animal Classification:
"Goats" Level G
"Wild About Food" Level H

Grade 1 paired text social studies units include:

American Songs and Symbols:
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" Level D
"A Flag for America" Level E

Art Has Meaning:
"The Wonder of Art" Level F
"A Day in the Country" Level G

People Find Solutions:
"Ideas and Inventions" Level H
"Ben Franklin" Level G

Revised edition! This resource replaces Reading Paired Text and includes updates to the content.