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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Nonfiction Text Features Flipbook for Primary Grades
This flipbook featuring five nonfiction text features (table of contents, photographs, captions, headings, and charts). Students use the flipbook and identify examples of each features with a given nonfiction text and explain h ow the feature helps with understanding the book's topic. It is best used in a small group setting where the teacher can scaffold instruction as needed and/or supervise use. However, once students have an understanding of these features, it could also be moved into a lite
1st - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading Strategies
Reading Behaviors Checklist
Use this checklist to assess how your readers are progressing with the reading continuum. Checklist includes phonics, fluency, comprehension, and writing behaviors.
1st - 5th
The Day Tom Turkey Got Away Writing Project
Fun! Fun! Fun!! This writing project can accompany your favorite Thanksgiving turkey book such as 10 Fat Turkeys, My Lucky Day, How to Catch a Turkey, and Turkey Trouble. For this project, you will need:GlueScissorsa 9 x 12 Mailing EnvelopeCrayonsa copy of the printable for each studentDirections:Share one of the book titles suggested above.Brainstorm ways a turkey might get away and why.Have students use the planner included to map out their story.Write the story and illustrate the scenes.Cr
2nd - 4th
Creative Writing, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
Synonyms and Antonyms Vocabulary Lesson, Degrees of Meaning
Help your students understand how word meanings between words that are synonyms can vary in intensity with this sorting freebie. In this activity, students rank the word cards from the most basic level of meaning to the most extreme meaning. This activity works well with guided reading groups or cooperative groups through oral discussion to help explain words that may be unfamiliar. As a follow up activity, students can create madlibs using the words or create their own vocabulary spectrum.
4th - 5th
Vocabulary
CCSS
RI.5.4
, W.4.2d
Back to School Ebook with Free Literacy Resources by The Reading Crew
Back to school is here, and this bundle of TWENTY FREE literacy resources will help you start the year off right! Each literacy blogger includes information about their resource and how to use it. Additionally, you can find helpful tips, book recommendations, classroom organization ideas, and more on the posts linked within the book. WHAT RESOURCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE?K-5 Author Study PlannerSay it to Win it! Center GameWriting Prompts for the Primary GradesReading Interest InventoriesRea
K - 5th
Creative Writing, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary
Hickory Dickory Dock Nursery Rhymes Boom Cards
Boom Cards are engaging and fun, and Hickory Dickory Dock is a favorite nursery rhyme. This FREE Boom Card deck is perfect for introducing your students to poetry and rhyming. It includes teaching slides, several practice slides, slides for comprehension, and slides for working with words. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE HICKORY DICKORY DOCK BOOM CARD SET?Each digital task card has full audio support. Students are actively involved with the following skills: matching voice to printreading white space bet
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Poetry, Reading Strategies
Overused Words
This Parking Lot Game is intended to help your students learn to replace overused words with vivid synonyms. Students can play in pairs, or the teacher can divide into two teams. The first student/team to replace all the words in their parking lot wins. Easy to use and yet, it will help your kids expand their thinking and vocabulary.
4th - 6th
English Language Arts, Vocabulary
Custom Bundle Information
Are you interested in multiple resources from my store? You can build a CUSTOM bundle with at least $20.00 worth of resources (excluding bundles), and I will put it together with a 20% discount on the total price. Make a list of the resources you would like to have bundled.E-mail your list to Carla@comprehensionconnection.net with the subject line, BUNDLE REQUESTI will create your bundle and e-mail the link within 48 hours.You will purchase your Custom Bundle from my TpT store. It will be liste
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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
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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.
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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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