Short Reading Passages with Graphic Organizers to Model & Teach Key Comprehension Skills


Book Description

In each book, 40 high-interest passages are paired with graphic organizers to help all kids easily learn how to find the main idea, understand cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence events, and more. The ready-to-use Notebook files on CD contain companion activities that make it easy to model these essential reading comprehension skills on your SMART Board. Following your lead, students can draw, move, highlight, and underline key text right on the board. Teacher-tested activities Instantly engage students with interactive lessons Great for struggling readers Improve automaticity Boost reading comprehension




Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension


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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.




Main Ideas and Summarizing


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"Grades 4-8"--Cover.




Reading Response for Fiction


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"Help students build reading comprehension skills with 20 engaging graphic organizers! They'll predict, make connections, identify story elements, and more"--Back cover.







Reading Comprehension: Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Context Clues


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**This is the chapter slice "Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Context Clues" from the full lesson plan "Reading Comprehension"** A child’s ability to read and comprehend the written word is his touchstone to success in school and in life. The primary object of our Reading Comprehension guide is to teach the reading skills that are basic to reading fluency and understanding in all subject areas and situations. Reading is the most essential communication skill in our society. For this reason, the author has given emphasis to many of the primary building blocks of reading acquisition, such as using context clues, determining main idea, and understanding inferences. “Reading Comprehension” emphasize important concepts and appear throughout this series. Definitions of important terms and many opportunities to practice the skills being taught also make this book user-friendly and easy to understand. In addition, the objectives used in this book are structured using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning to ensure educational appropriateness. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.




Reading Comprehension: Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Fact and Opinion


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Fact and Opinion" from the full lesson plan "Reading Comprehension"** A child’s ability to read and comprehend the written word is his touchstone to success in school and in life. The primary object of our Reading Comprehension guide is to teach the reading skills that are basic to reading fluency and understanding in all subject areas and situations. Reading is the most essential communication skill in our society. For this reason, the author has given emphasis to many of the primary building blocks of reading acquisition, such as using context clues, determining main idea, and understanding inferences. “Reading Comprehension” emphasize important concepts and appear throughout this series. Definitions of important terms and many opportunities to practice the skills being taught also make this book user-friendly and easy to understand. In addition, the objectives used in this book are structured using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning to ensure educational appropriateness. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.




Reading Comprehension: Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Main Ideas


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Using Graphic Organizers to Identify Main Ideas" from the full lesson plan "Reading Comprehension"** A child’s ability to read and comprehend the written word is his touchstone to success in school and in life. The primary object of our Reading Comprehension guide is to teach the reading skills that are basic to reading fluency and understanding in all subject areas and situations. Reading is the most essential communication skill in our society. For this reason, the author has given emphasis to many of the primary building blocks of reading acquisition, such as using context clues, determining main idea, and understanding inferences. “Reading Comprehension” emphasize important concepts and appear throughout this series. Definitions of important terms and many opportunities to practice the skills being taught also make this book user-friendly and easy to understand. In addition, the objectives used in this book are structured using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning to ensure educational appropriateness. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.