⭐ First Grade Following Fiction Reading Board Game
A Fun & Engaging Way to Strengthen First Grade Fiction Comprehension!
Make fiction reading come alive with this interactive Following Fiction Reading Board Game designed specifically for first-grade readers! This playful, strategy-based game helps students think deeply about characters, retell key events, use decoding strategies, and talk about stories in meaningful ways—all while having fun.
Perfect for literacy centers, guided reading, strategy groups, partner work, or early finisher activities!
⭐ What’s Included
Full-color board game featuring essential first-grade comprehension + decoding skills:
• Track where and when the story happens
• Talk about the characters
• Think about how a character feels
• Figure out why characters act a certain way
• Name a lesson the character learns
• Compare characters (How are they the same? How are they different?)
• Retell important parts using first → next → last
• Predict what might happen next
• Read words you know in a snap
• Slide through the sounds in a tricky word (C-A-T)
• Look out for endings (-s, -ed, -ing)
• Watch out for vowels
• Talk about your favorite part
• Read a part in a character voice
• Reread to notice more
• And more!
✔ Bright icons + visuals perfect for supporting emerging readers
✔ Start/Finish format for smooth gameplay
✔ Easy teacher directions
✔ Print-and-play PDF
⭐ Skills Students Practice
This game aligns with First Grade Reading Literature Standards and supports:
✓ Character understanding (traits, feelings, motivations)
✓ Retelling a story with beginning, middle, and end
✓ Making logical predictions
✓ Using decoding strategies (vowels, endings, stretching tricky words)
✓ Comparing characters and story elements
✓ Naming lessons/morals
✓ Reading with fluency and expression
✓ Building accountable talk and oral language
✓ Strengthening comprehension during and after reading
⭐ Why Teachers Love It
❤️ Low prep — just print & play
❤️ Engaging, hands-on literacy practice
❤️ Supports small groups, centers, and intervention
❤️ Helps students talk and think like readers
❤️ Perfect for boosting comprehension + decoding in a playful way
