Appropriate for Grades 1-5 Fun, Interactive Learning! Use the Guided Reading Beach Balls to help children develop important concepts as they read, and lead them to develop written story maps. The goal in teaching comprehension skills is for children to learn how to use the strategies independently as they read on their own. The Beach Ball is a fun, interactive activity to help children develop two important comprehension strategies: following the structure of a story and summarizing a story. Included are 2 (10" diameter) Beach Balls with 6 questions or phrases on each ball and a resourceguide