This document provides guidance for a first grade reading comprehension activity about distinguishing between living and nonliving things. It outlines the objectives, strategies and assessment for a three-part lesson - before, during and after reading. Students are asked to make predictions before reading based on pictures, underline key words while reading, and complete a graph organizing the characteristics of living things after reading. The document emphasizes locating specific information, selecting key terms, and designing simple diagrams from the text.