D. Read a variety of appropriate material for sustained periods of time daily.
 

Lesson Exchange: Guided Reading  - Cat's Colors
This is a guided reading lesson plan for the book Cat's Colors.

Weather:  A Journey in Nonfiction
Students will be exposed to texts about weather.  Then they will engage in a research project.

Literature Circles with Primary Students Using Self-Selected Reading
This lesson is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students.
 

Read, Click and Win with Book Adventure!  This site creates personalized lists of books on the reader's level.

Spectrum Home School Network:  A series of finely illustrated stories and poems written in progressive reading levels.

Literacy Activities for First Grade:  This site offers lots of literacy activities.

Guided Reading Lesson Plan Format:  This site offers printable lesson plans for a variety of guided reading levels.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Identify key characters through gesturing or with key words when given an oral prompt; D: Identify key characters, setting, and main events with spoken or written words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Identify key characters, setting, and main events with spoken or written words, phrases, and more complex sentences.
E/B: Represent key characters, setting, and main events nonverbally (i.e. pictures or gestures) or with spoken one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Respond to simple questions about characters and setting nonverbally (i.e. pictures or gestures) or with spoken one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Describe key characters, setting, and important events with spoken words or phrases; D: Describe key characters, setting, and main events with spoken or written words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Describe key characters, setting, and main events with spoken or written words, phrases, and more complex sentences.
E/B: Answer simple questions about characters, setting, and main events with spoken words or phrases; D: Answer more detailed questions about story with spoken or written words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Answer more complex questions about story with spoken or written words, phrases, and more complex sentences.
E/B: Retell beginning, middle, and end of story nonverbally (i.e. pictures or gestures) or with spoken simple words or phrases; D: Retell beginning, middle, and end of story with spoken or written words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Retell beginning, middle, and end of story with spoken or written words, phrases, and more complex sentences.

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