Community Helpers Activities Reading Comprehension Unit Book Companions

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The resources were exactly as described and incredibly helpful! I love that this resource is highly engaging for students!

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I loved this unit! It is sometimes hard to find relatable activities for text to world, but this resource made it easy! It also incorporated many topics: community helpers, text connections, art, etc. My class loved working through this unit! Thank you!

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This fun unit was created for to focus on community helpers. The focus reading strategy is TEXT TO WORLD but there are loads of other goodies to work on as well. Each day a different story will focus on text to world connections. The literature used in this unit is On the Town by Caseley, Officer Bu

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Where are my first grade teachers? I’m here to save you time and energy with your reading comprehension lesson planning! My curriculum RCP (reading comprehension with a purpose) provides everything you need to deepen comprehension by focusing on one reading strategy each week and includes spiraling

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This bundle includes the four units I use to teach guided reading and comprehension strategies in September. The first unit is Me and my Family with a focus on making text to self connections. The second unit is community helpers with a focus on making connections to the world. The third week is far

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This fun unit was created for to focus on community helpers and work on the reading strategy text to world. There are loads of other goodies to work on as well. This unit includes daily lesson plans, posters, parent connect letter, an original strategy song, comprehension strategies, literacy connections, extension activities, sort activities, and crafts. The literature used in this unit is On the Town by Caseley, Officer Buckle & Gloria by Rathman, Fly Guy Presents Fire Fighters by Arnold, Froggy Goes to the Doctor by London, The Little Red Hen by Galdone and recently added Fly Guy Presents Police Officers by Arnold. There are 4 bonus mini digital readers included too that you view on the BOOM learning platform. There is a police officer craft, a fire fighter craft, a farmer craft, a little red hen craft, and a doctor craft. In addition there are suggestions for creating a noun town or building a class community. It is all you will need and more to introduce, cover, and teach this concept.

This is part of a weekly series of units covering different reading strategies throughout the year. Guided Reading with a Purpose MEGA BUNDLE.

Some other fun ways to connect.

@MEGAN MITCHELL

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***BONUS 4 Mini Reader BOOM DECKS INCLUDED***

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Some of this resource is in Google Slides format. You will NEED TO HAVE ACCESS to GOOGLE SLIDES to use this resource. It is also helpful to have GOOGLE CLASSROOM but not necessary. It will help you easily send the activities to your students.

Please note: I am not affiliated or associated with Google, nor do they endorse this resource.

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There are also blank templates so you can incorporate any book with the literacy connections.