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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.
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The Mitten by Jan Brett Literacy Activities Interactive Read Aloud Comprehension
The Mitten by Jan Brett is a classic, must read book for all children. These interactive activities will be just what you need for meaningful learning. In fact, you might use it to kick off a Jan Brett Author Study! Great for sub plans too! HOW IS THE MITTEN UNIT ORGANIZED?This comprehension focused unit includes materials to use in guided reading or as mentor text lessons before/during/after reading. It is CCSS ALIGNED and in DIGITAL AND PDF to give you lots of teaching options for the skills
2nd - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.2.1
, RL.2.3
, RL.2.5
+20
Also included in: Jan Brett Author Study Book Companion Guides Winter Literacy Bundle
Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Activities Reading and Writing Lessons
This unit for Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco is just what you need to inspire your students. It is comprehension focused for deeper meaning. Thank You Mr. Falker's rich vocabulary and meaningful themes are so important for students. This well reviewed bundle includes both a full color digital option using Google Slides TM for modeling and 1-1 devices and the PDF for small group. It is common core aligned too! HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS THANK YOU MR. FALKER UNIT:The Thank You Mr. Falk
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.4.1
, RL.4.2
, RL.4.3
+13
Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
Winter Poem of the Week Fluency Activities Winter Poetry
This Winter Poem of the Week resource has just what you need to practice reading fluency with easy to implement routines. Reading fluency is a critical skill for all primary readers, and using a Poem of the Week program is a well establish fluency building strategy. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE WINTER POEM OF THE WEEK RESOURCE?This fun and engaging winter poetry bundle includes 9 ORIGINAL poems with blackline illustrations and color illustrations to use between January and the end of March along wit
2nd - 4th
Poetry
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+14
Jan Brett Author Study Book Companion Guides Winter Literacy Bundle
Jan Brett is a favorite author for the winter months. This comprehensive Jan Brett author study includes resources for her most popular titles including The Hat, The Mitten, Armadillo Rodeo, Wild Christmas Reindeer, Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends plus a few more making planning a breeze! Each book companion in this set is perfect for the winter months whether you’re teaching in person, hybrid, or remotely. Your students will be engaged in rich discussion on each of the books’ themes
2nd - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.2.1
, RL.2.2
, RL.2.3
+39
Poem of the Week: Summer Poetry Activities for Fluency and Comprehension 2nd 3rd
Build reading fluency and comprehension with an engaging Poem of the Week routine! This resource includes high-interest poems for 2nd and 3rd grade paired with meaningful poetry activities for fluency and comprehension that help students practice important literacy skills all week long. Students love poetry, and a Poem of the Week program makes it easy to integrate short, engaging texts into your literacy block. Through repeated readings and focused activities, students build reading fluen
2nd - 3rd
Poetry
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+14
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Reading Activities Figurative Language Winter Read Aloud
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen is a delightful story that is perfect to read during the winter months. Yolen takes readers on a early morning journey, describing it with an interesting array metaphors and vivid imagery which makes it an excellent mentor text to use while teaching writing. HOW TO USE MY OWL MOON BUNDLE?A perfect complement to the Caldecott Award-winning book, Owl Moon, this comprehensive resource comes in both PDF and Google Slides TM formats. It is organized into three main sections – b
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.3.1
, RL.3.3
, RL.3.4
+29
Also included in: Winter Book Unit Bundle
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg Activities Mentor Text for inferences
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg is the BEST mentor text for teaching inferences, but with this well planned bundle, you can teach so much more! You have both digital options for Google Slides TM and printable activities for paired and small group lessons. It will make your planning EASY and EFFECTIVE. One book, but many skill options! In this awesome book, the two bad ants find lots of trouble. VanAllsburg does a fantastic job using metaphor to describe things from the ants' perspective. You
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.3.1
, RL.3.2
, RL.3.3
+16
Fall Poems of the Week August & September Fluency Activities Poetry Lessons
Celebrate fall themes this August, September and October with these fun poem of the week resources. Students will be using fluency and foundational skills as they read and analyze 9 original fall themed poems. This Poem of the Week product focuses on building reading fluency, comprehension, and phonics skills. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS FALL POEM OF THE WEEK RESOURCE?This bundle includes 9 original poems with blackline illustrations and color illustrations for fall and the beginning of winter. It
2nd - 3rd
Poetry
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+15
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Unit
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is a classic. We all have bad days, and you can use this EASY TO USE and MEANINGFUL activities highlight the book's themes. HOW TEACHER USE THE ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY UNIT:This bundle includes a variety of comprehension focused activities to make reading the book meaningful. Teachers can choose the skills that best mesh with their standards and student needs. I suggest using the materia
2nd - 4th
Literature, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.2.1
, RL.2.3
, RL.2.5
+21
Poem of the Week Bundle Poetry Lessons Fluency Comprehension 74 sets included
Bring poetry into your classroom all year long with this Poem of the Week bundle packed with engaging poetry activities, fluency lessons, and poetry comprehension practice. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to build a consistent Poem of the Week routine that strengthens reading skills while helping students develop a love for poetry. With 74 original poems and companion activities, this bundle provides everything you need to teach poetry across the entire school year. Students practice
2nd - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Poetry, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+16
Parental Involvement Brochure and Poster
Parental involvement is very important to a child's success in school, but how can we get our parents in? This blog post shares information about how and why parental involvement matters. Resource Description:This resource includes a printable poster with 20 suggestions for involving your parents PLUS a parental involvement brochure which can be printed and given at the beginning of the year or at conference time. Parents may not be able to visit during the school day, but every parent can be
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Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
If you love Patricia Polacco's books, then this book study bundle is just what you need. My Patricia Polacco Book Study Bundle includes materials for *13* titles PLUS an author research lapbook for a total of 560+ pages of materials. You get resources for her most popular books including Thank You Mr. Falker, Thunder Cake, Chicken Sunday and more for use throughout the year. HOW TO USE THIS PATRICIA POLACCO AUTHOR STUDY:Patricia Polacco is a favorite for teachers and students. Her books are fil
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.4.1
, RL.4.2
, RL.4.3
+53
Henry's Freedom Box Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for Reading & Writing
Henry's Freedom Box narrates the compelling journey of Henry "Box" Brown escaping his life as a slave. This book is an engaging read-aloud to use when teaching about the Underground Railroad. In this resource, you get activities, task cards, graphic organizers, and a lapbook project in digital for Google Slides TM and in PDF. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX UNIT?The unit includes the following skills. There is a version for printing and a color version for Google Drive TM. Schema B
4th - 6th
Creative Writing, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.4.6
, RL.4.9
, RL.5.2
+7
Author's Purpose Activity Paper Bag Book Interactive Notebook
Are you looking for an exciting new way to teach author's purpose? This author's purpose activity offers a new hands-on way to learn and practice. Author's purpose is not as easy as it seems. With this resource, you can explain it, help students identify the look-fors, practice with multiple texts, sort examples, and apply learning with real life examples. When the project is complete, students can refer to it with new reading. HOW IS THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE ACTIVITY ORGANIZED?This paper bag book
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RI.5.8
, CCRA.R.6
, LA.4.10.B
+12
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
Salt in His Shoes Read Aloud Activities Book Companion
Salt in His Shoes by Deloris and Roslyn Jordan is a wonderful book for introducing a study of Michael Jordan's life and contributions. This interactive bundle includes graphic organizers for group discussion, question task cards, a lapbook project, and more in both DIGITAL and PDF. Your students will LOVE it, and you'll love the time you save! WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SALT IN HIS SHOES UNIT?The bundle addresses the following skills: Story Vocabulary and Word CardsSchema BuilderBeginning/Middle/En
3rd - 5th
Creative Writing, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.3.3
, RL.4.1
, RL.4.2
+9
Each Kindness Reading Activities, Kindness Lapbook, Black History
Kindness in the Classroom is so important, and one of the best books to help teach this is Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. This bundle in both digital using Google Slides TM and PDF includes a book companion for introductions, a hands on kindness building lapbook project, a class book project, and an electronic digital lapbook. HOW TO USE THE EACH KINDNESS UNIT?You can use it for community building with whole group at the beginning of the year, for writing extensions, to celebrate Black H
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Classroom Community
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.3.1
, RL.3.2
, RL.3.3
+35
Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett Cowboy Days Activities in Digital and PDF Formats
If you're using a rodeo theme this year, Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett is the perfect book. It's one of my favorite Jan Brett titles, and this unit will make your planning EASY and lessons EFFECTIVE with all of the engaging options. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS ARMADILLO RODEO UNIT:This comprehension focused book companion includes materials to use with a guided reading group or as a mentor text before/during/after reading in both PDF and DIGITAL formats using Google Slides TM. You can project the c
2nd - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.2.1
, RL.2.2
, RL.2.3
+28
Also included in: Jan Brett Author Study Book Companion Guides Winter Literacy Bundle
Readers Theater Scripts Partner Plays Close Reading Fluency Activities Bundle
Partner plays are engaging and effective in building reading fluency and comprehension. This huge bundle of 15 ORIGINAL partner plays includes before, during, and after reading activities to help your students with vocabulary, reading fluency, comprehension skills including story elements, questioning, finding text evidence, characterization, sequencing, and writing. Students read and practice in a Close Reading format to improve fluency and deepen comprehension. Each script is written on a 3r
3rd - 5th
Close Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS, VA SOL
RL.3.3
, RL.3.4
, RL.3.9
+12
Spring Poem of the Week Fluency Activities Spring Poetry for 2nd and 3rd Grades
This spring poem of the week bundle highlights common themes from March to June, and is perfect for many reading skills including fluency, sightword recognition, comprehension, and phonics. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SPRING POEM OF THE WEEK BUNDLE?This poem of the week resource works well for building fluency and includes 11 ORIGINAL poems with blackline illustrations and color illustrations for March through June plus vocabulary, comprehension and word study practice for repeated reading opportun
2nd - 4th
Poetry
CCSS, VA SOL
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+14
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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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