About the store
Welcome to Comprehension Connection, an ELA focused shop for grades K-5 established in 2012. Here, you'll find a large assortment of mentor text units with a focus on social emotional learning, comprehension and writing, poem of the week and partner play resources for building fluency, literacy projects and anchor charts for comprehension, author studies, and more.
Carla Fedeler, owner of Comprehension Connection, is a licensed reading specialist with 27 years of public education experience in the regular classroom, as a K-5 Title 1 reading interventionist, as an ITRT (one year), and finally a literacy coach. Carla has been designing literacy resources for over 10 years, and since retirement, she's delved into web development with a focus on educational and small business websites.
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Summer Reading Lists for Grades K through 5
These summer reading lists are perfect for printing and sending home with your end of year report cards. The lists aren't huge, but certainly they can get your students rolling and help them avoid summer learning loss. Plus, this resource now comes with a collection of printables that you can share with your parents for discussion. If parents want to duplicate them, they can be used with multiple books too.WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SUMMER READING LISTS RESOURCE?In this resource, you'll find a list
K - 5th
Reading
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel Activities in Digital and PDF
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel is a great book for the beginning and transitional readers. This comprehension focused book companion makes planning for guided reading or book clubs easy and effective. HOW TO USE THE MOUSE SOUP RESOURCES:The bundle comes in both PDF and Digital formats to give you more options for modeling and practice. I typically use the digital for whole group discussion and the PDF for small groups. The resources can be used for mentor text lessons, for book clubs, in guided
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+20
Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Activities, Digital and PDF
Days with Frog and Toad is a wonderful choice for spring reading. Arnold Lobel's books are a hit for the primary grades. This fun and easy to use comprehension focused bundle includes lots of options for close reading. HOW TO USE THE DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD UNIT:The bundle includes activities for each chapter of the book. Each has a comprehension skill focus along with vocabulary words. You can use these activities in small groups, as mentor text lessons, for book clubs, or for interactive re
1st - 3rd
Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+29
Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Fall Winter Spring Poem of the Week for Kindergarten and 1st, Shared Reading
This Poem of the Week bundle for Fall, Winter, and Spring offers many opportunities for K/1 readers. Use them for shared reading, working on alphabet recognition and sounds, CVC words, high frequency words, recognizing white space and punctuation, and on vocabulary building. A Poem of the Week routine helps kids grow reading skills and easily includes all students from low to high. HOW THIS POEM OF THE WEEK YEARLY BUNDLE HELPS STUDENTS:These short four lined poems can be extremely helpful with c
PreK - 1st
Poetry, Reading Strategies
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1a
, RF.K.1b
+15
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel Reading and Writing Activities
Owl at Home is a sweet book for the primary grades. This comprehension focused unit has before, during, and after activities including tier 2 vocabulary for the book. It's easy to use and perfect for mentor text lessons, for use in guided reading, for partner work, or in your workstations. WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE OWL AT HOME UNIT?prereading schema buildingmaking predictionsquestioningmaking connectionscharacter traitsnarrative elements including sequencingcause and effectand a final
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+21
Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff Reading Skills and Activities
Celebrate the friendship between Danny and the Dinosaur with this interactive activity pack! Help your students improve their reading comprehension with these exercises inspired by Syd Hoff's classic. This comprehension focused unit includes before, during, and after reading activities that keep kids engaged and learning. Close reading practices are infused with the options giving a new reading purpose as fluency increases. WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR UNIT?️Prereading
1st - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+12
Also included in: Syd Hoff Author Study
Frog and Toad Series Book Companions Bundle in Digital and PDF
The Frog and Toad series are a classic for first through third grade, and it's a huge help to have materials that highlight the skills with each book. This product has themes of friendship, overcoming challenges, and more. The bundle focuses on comprehension skills with each chapter and is organized in a before/during/after format for better understanding. It also includes a Boom Card deck for each of the four book titles. WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FROG AND TOAD SERIES BUNDLE?The focus i
1st - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+23
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel Activities in Digital and PDF
Frog and Toad are Friends is a truly one of my favorite books to use with my students. This COMPREHENSION FOCUSED bundle is EASY TO USE. It's organized in before, during, and after format for each chapter and aligned with the Common Core and VA SOLs. It includes many written response opportunities too. WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS UNIT?schema buildingtier 2 vocabulary introductions and practice opportunitiesmaking predictionsmaking connectionssummarizingauthor's p
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.2.1
, RL.2.2
, RL.2.3
+24
Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel Activities in Digital and PDF
Frog and Toad Together is perfect for 1st and 2nd graders. This grab and go unit has 40 pages in all focused on comprehension including colorful graphic organizers, foldables, and activities. HOW IS THE FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER UNIT HELP STUDENTS?Your students will build schema, practice vocabulary before reading, deepen understanding and practice comprehension skills and strategies throughout the reading process. Additionally, they will work on constructing written responses that make use of tex
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+19
Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Arnold Lobel is a wonderful author for beginning readers. This bundle includes resources for EIGHT TITLES including MOUSE SOUP, MOUSE TALES, OWL AT HOME, GRASSHOPPER ON THE ROAD, FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS, FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER, FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR, AND DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD, They are perfect for introducing your first grade students to Lobel's work and chapter books. HOW YOU CAN USE THESE ARNOLD LOBEL RESOURCES:Your students will be ENGAGED and LOVE his work too. Each unit is compreh
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+30
Nursery Rhyme Activities, Concept of Print, Rhyming Words, Pocket Chart Lessons
Nursery rhymes are so helpful for introducing rhyme, beginning sounds, and so many other early reader skills. This Nursery Rhymes Bundle includes *12* sets formatted for working on building a concept of print. With each set, students work on accurate tracking, beginning sounds recognition, sightwords, rhyming, reading white space, and punctuation. HOW PREK-FIRST GRADE TEACHERS CAN USE THE NURSERY RHYME SETS:Each of the rhymes are set up like the preview. You get it in color and black and white
PreK - 1st
Poetry, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.K.1
, RF.K.2
, R.K.6.b
+5
Fall Poem of the Week for Kindergarten and First Grade, Pocket Chart Activities
Poem of the Week is not just for older readers. This bundle includes 14 poetry sets for early readers. Teachers can include the sets with themed units and use the poems to work on alphabet recognition and sounds, CVC words, high frequency words, recognizing white space and punctuation, and on vocabulary building. A Poem of the Week routine helps kids grow reading skills and easily includes all students from low to high. HOW THIS RESOURCE HELPS STUDENTS:These short four lined poems can be extre
PreK - 1st
Poetry, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1a
, RF.K.1b
+12
Koala Lou by Mem Fox Reading and Writing Activities in Digital and PDF
Koala Lou by Mem Fox is a sweet book, and this comprehension focused unit now comes in digital for Google Slides TM and pdf formats. It is perfect for mentor texts lessons, small group, and paired reading. It includes choices for before, during, after reading that students can complete via an iPad or Laptop or with a printable. It makes planning easy and learning fun. WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE KOALA LOU UNIT?schema building about koalas (alphaboxes)tier 2 vocabulary introduction and pra
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.7
, RL.1.9
, RL.2.1
+12
Word Building Tool Kit
Word building is so important in the development of phonics skills. This tool kit can be used to provide students with the manipulatives you need. The set includes printable phoneme cards that can be used for making words, push it say it, cards for modeling rhyme, or teacher made games. Print on colored paper as outlined, laminate, and cut apart. Then, store them in a small tackle box for guided reading or add velcro to create student phoneme folders WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS WORD BUILDING TOOL
K - 4th
Reading Strategies, Spelling
Also included in: Letter Name Word Sorts and Activities Yearly Bundle
Kevin Henkes Author Study Bundle for FIVE TITLES, Back to School, CCSS Aligned
You are headed back to school and need an author study. Kevin Henkes is a favorite author of most primary teachers. This author study includes before, during, and after activities for FIVE of Kevin Henkes' best books. Each of the units focuses on comprehension skills that tie nicely to the books for close reading. WHAT TITLES ARE FEATURED IN THIS KEVIN HENKES AUTHOR STUDY?The titles include: Lilly's Purple Plastic PurseOwenChrysanthemumA Weekend With Wendell, and Wemberly Worried. Each unit inc
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+37
Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli Activities
Biscuit is a lovely book and a great choice for beginning guided reading. This PRINT AND GO unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented. It's organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?✱ prereading schema builder about dogs ✱ vocabulary organizer and word cards✱ fiction and nonfiction anchor chart ✱ fiction vs nonfiction text evidence and opinion✱ making comparisons b
K - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+12
Also included in: Beginning Reader Book Bundle
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert Activities, Lessons, Graphic Organizers
Growing Vegetable Soup is a great book for the beginning reader, and these comprehension focused pages in DIGITAL and PDF will help your students connect to and comprehend the story. Skills are presented in a before, during, and after activities for the book. What's included:️ schema builder about gardening️tier 2 vocabulary intro and practice️sequencing events️making connections️thick and thin questions️writing about reading (how to plant a garden)️visualizing️categorizing information (vocabu
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
VA SOL
R.1.9.i
, R.1.8.b
, R.1.9.g
+8
Also included in: Lois Ehlert Author Study Bundle, Lessons, Activities, and Projects
Parts of a Story Activity Paper Bag Book Project Close Reading 2nd & 3rd Grade
This parts of a story project includes step by step lesson activities for any book. In the primary grades, learning the parts of a story is a common standard. This story elements paper bag book will help your students focus on the three parts of a story including characters, setting, and plot. You can use it with ANY fictional book. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTS OF A STORY PROJECT:This paper bag book project hits all of the teaching points for all three story elements with multiple practice op
1st - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
, RL.1.7
+15
Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff Reading Skills and Activities
Looking for an engaging way to teach Sammy the Seal? Syd Hoff's story is sure to entertain your 1st or 2nd grade students! In this PRINT and GO bundle, comprehension is the focus. The activities are perfect for skill modeling, guided reading, or literature circles. Best of all, this bundle follows a before, during, and after format and is Common Core aligned. I love that Syd Hoff's books for several reasons. They include many sightwords and words with vowel patterns that my students have learne
1st - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+22
Also included in: Syd Hoff Author Study
Beach Partner Play, Ocean Theme, Summer Readers Theater, Summer Fluency Builder
Partner plays are great for building fluency and comprehension skills. Sam and Max Go to the Beach is a partner play for grades 1-3 about how Sam and Max spend the day playing in the sand and ocean waves. The play includes before, during, and after reading activities for deeper comprehension and additional fluency practice. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PARTNER PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM:The play is five pages in length and includes two voices. I recommend using this resource as a fluency center during
1st - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+19
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to Comprehension Connection, an ELA focused shop for grades K-5 established in 2012. Here, you'll find a large assortment of mentor text units with a focus on social emotional learning, comprehension and writing, poem of the week and partner play resources for building fluency, literacy projects and anchor charts for comprehension, author studies, and more.
Carla Fedeler, owner of Comprehension Connection, is a licensed reading specialist with 27 years of public education experience in the regular classroom, as a K-5 Title 1 reading interventionist, as an ITRT (one year), and finally a literacy coach. Carla has been designing literacy resources for over 10 years, and since retirement, she's delved into web development with a focus on educational and small business websites.
Teaching style
Because Carla's primary responsibility has been with reading intervention for struggling readers, her instructional methods are based upon the individual needs of the student. Her lessons are hands-on, active, and thoughtful. She encourages lots of oral discussion with high level questioning, and she includes writing throughout the reading process. She LOVES interactive notebooks, anchor charts, mentor texts, and working with anything fun and active.
Awards & shining teacher moments
In the past, Carla has received several educational grants totaling almost five thousand dollars to purchase books for classroom lending libraries and literacy workstation resources for her schools lending room. With these funds combined with Title 1 reading funding, she was able to add nearly 3000 books to her school's classroom libraries. She has also presented many workshops through her involvement with the Virginia State Literacy Association and with her local reading council where she served in multiple leadership capacities including web development, social media, secretary, vice president and president. Now, she supports other TPTers with web design and development and continues presenting in workshops both for teachers and TPTers.
My own education history
Carla has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Iowa State University and a Master's degree in Reading Education from the University of Virginia.
Additional biographical information
You can follow Carla's website, Comprehension Connection, for lesson ideas and to learn more about Carla's teaching resources. Be sure to grab exclusive freebies from her website by joining her email list. Carla looks forward to sharing with you regularly there as well as through the notes to followers on TPT.
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