Help students learn to comprehend nonfiction with 20 engaging graphic organizers! They'll navigate text features, make connections, compare and contrast, and more. Interactive mini-lessons introduce each organizer; then photocopy for flexible use such as homework, class work, group work, and assessment. A great way to make learning visible and memorable! For use with Grades 2-4.

"Engage students with this collection of creative reading reponse graphic organizers for both fiction and nonfiction"--P. [4] of cover.

58 color reproducible graphic organizers to help your students comprehend any book or piece of literature in a visual way. Our graphic organizers enable readers to see how ideas fit together, and can be used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of your students' thought processes. Our graphic organizers are essential learning tools that will help your students construct meaning and understand what they are reading. They will help you observe your students' thinking process on what you read as a class, as a group, or independently, and can be used for assessment. They include: Story Maps, Plot Development, Character Webs, Predicting Outcomes, Inferencing, Foreshadowing, Characterization, Sequencing Maps, Cause-Effect Timelines, Themes, Story Summaries and Venn Diagrams.

Help students become active learners, use higher-level thinking, and read with a purpose by using these reproducible six-page booklets. Each visually appealing booklet contains several graphic organizers that will enable students to focus on key points,

These comprehension-boosting graphic organizers are designed for use with fiction and nonfiction books. The simple formats help young readers really think about what they read, then record their thoughts in an organized, meaningful way.--[book cover].

20 Graphic Organizers With Mini-Lessons to Help Students Respond Meaningfully to Any Fiction Book and Build Key Comprehension Skills

Organized into fiction, nonfiction, and word-study units, 32 graphic organizers build reading strategies such as predicting, identifying main ideas, making inferences, analyzing cause and effect, and drawing conclusions. Each organizer is supported by a six-page lesson comprising teacher instructions, a reproducible passage to read, a photocopy master of the organizer, a filled-out copy of the organizer along with model student responses, a writing assignment (for which the graphic organizer becomes a writing planner), and assessment and extension activity ideas. Grades 4-6. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 202 pages.

Easy-to-follow directions and reproducibles help kids work independently!

Dozens of skill-building activities and reproducibles to use before, during, and after reading.

This book has engaging lessons, graphic organizers, and hand-on activities that help students respond to what they read and deepen comprehension.