Your Source for Reading Comprehension Lessons

Reading Comprehension is the foundation of reading success. That’s why we offer a variety of Reading Comprehension lessons and resources that support strong reading comprehension skills.

In order for readers to develop stronger reading comprehension it is important that they have the opportunity to engage with text in multiple ways. According to the National Reading Panel, sound reading instruction should support growth and development in the following areas:

• Phonics and Word Study

• Vocabulary Development

• Fluency

• Comprehension

The Reading Comprehension lessons and resources available in our lesson plan library will support readers in each of the essential areas of reading development.  Each of the key areas of reading instruction work together to strengthen reading comprehension.  As a result, it is important to use a variety of Reading Comprehension lessons in your classroom in order to ensure that your students receive balanced literacy support.

When students receive balanced reading instruction, reading achievement improves. Help your students discover, comprehend and enjoy books by providing them with a variety of targeted reading comprehension lessons and build a classroom of readers today!

It is important to provide students with a variety of reading comprehension activities that support both their interest and ability levels.  You can use all of the lesson plans and resources in the lesson plan library to engage readers in whole group, small group and independent reading comprehension activities.

Before engaging students in reading comprehension activities it is important to assess students in order to determine their reading level.  (When you become a member of ReadingComprehensionLessons.com you gain free access to Running Record assessments for each of the trade books in the lesson plan library).

After determining a student’s reading level, you can begin to plan your instruction to meet the unique needs of the studetns in your classroom.  ReadingComprehensionLessons.com offers hundreds of lesson plans to help you deliver differentiated instruction to each of your students.

For example, if you are planning a unit on making connections to improve reading comprehension, you can take advantage of our Thinking through Reading resources.  Thinking through Reading  is a series of Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans.

Each of our Thinking through Reading lesson plans uses a trade book as a springboard for instruction.   We have carefully aligned strategy lessons with books that offer plenty of opportunity for readers to explicitly practice each reading strategy. There are multiple lesson plans for each reading comprehension strategy and reading level in first – fifth grade.

You can also engage students in reading comprehension activities that support phonics and word study.  Take advantage of our Fantastic Phonics & Word Study lesson plans.

Each of our Fantastic Phonics & Word Study lesson plans provides readers with an opportunity to notice and engage with the words in books.  Each lesson plan targets a specific phonics skill or focuses on a particular word pattern, allowing students an opportunity to build their understanding of the way words work.

Book Club offers you another way to engage students in reading comprehension activities.  Our Book Club series is designed for more advanced readers (fourth – fifth grade) who need support using more sophisticated reading comprehension skills.

We have created a unique approach to literature discussion groups that promotes deeper comprehension, improved student independence and creates a strong classroom community based on respectful conversation and a shared appreciation of quality literature.

Plan your reading comprehension activities using our lesson plan library. You will discover resources that support each of the key areas of reading development.