Top 10 Books for Comprehension Lessons

Are you ready to start beefing up that mentor book library of yours?  I thought this might help you get started!  All you have to do is click on the pic to go to Amazon and read more about these titles.  Every one of the books on this list is SUPER.  It would be hard to pick and choose, but if you have to, I would go for the book that helps with the skill that you have the hardest time teaching.  Just MHO!!

This book is great for grades K-3 when teaching inferring.  I wonder how that little guy off by himself is feeling??

This is one of my all time favorite books.  Not only is it great for summarizing, but it is another book that is great for inferring.  I wonder just WHAT the true story is?  Who is going to tell the true story??

This is a great book about MICHAEL JORDAN!!  I can remember watching him play basketball.  I remember learning that he didn't make the team the first time he tried out and thinking "Wow!  I wonder why he wasn't picked for the team?".  This book is great for teaching kids how to make connections to what they are reading.

This book was written for grades K-3 and is great for teaching visualization....do you see who the illustrator is??

I love this book!  I use it to reteach predictions.  My kids have heard that words several times by the time we get to biographies and/or realistic historial fiction.

This is another good one for teaching predictions!  What happened previously??

This book can be used in Grades K-3.  It is a great book to use when you need to compare 2 stories.  

The main character in this book is known for his controversy!  Written for Grades 3-6, this book can be used for making connections, inferencing, and summarization.  Maybe even some questioning after all, I know you are wondering who the main character is!!

Take a look at the author of this book!  He is better known for Chrysanthemum and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, but Kitten's Full Moon is a really sweet book.  It is perfect for visualization and imagery!

Eve Bunting wrote this book.  It is an awesome book to use when teaching questioning.  I have a question words poster pack and sort game that I use when I teach this one.

Start School Off Right With Kevin Henkes

Today I am linking up with my favorite author and his wonderful books!!!

I love all of the books by Kevin Henkes...my students can relate to all of his characters and remember all of their details even on the last day of school.  Their favorite characters?  Wendell, Victor, Chrysanthemum, and of course, Lilly!

These books are being discounted on Amazon right now!!!  Go check them out!  Be sure to look at the Kindle prices!  They are AWESOME!!

All of these titles are already linked to Amazon...just click to go look at the prices!

 About an imaginary friend.

You have to love Lilly....there is a little bit of her in all of us!

A Caldecott Winner!!!  It is all about Owen's baby blanket!!  So sweet!

I have had some guests like Wendell before!!

This one comes with a CD for a listening center!!  Excellente!

Here is a packet from my friend Winter Bowers did that I use every year when I use the book about Sheila Rae.  It is phenomenal to use at the beginning of the year with 2nd graders.  I apologize that these are so blurry, but I snatched them off of TpT's thumbnails because Winter is off on her summer vacation!!!  There are several pages in the packet!  Below are some thumbnails of just a few.

I also found stuffed animals that students can read to during buddy reading!!!  How cute!

Look how cute Penny is!  There is also an Owen and Lilly doll!

And, if you want to make life easy, just grab this teacher's helper!  I have it and it is great!