Comprehension graphic organizers

Freebie! One of the keys to teaching reading comprehension is showing kids how proficient readers think about text. Teachers have to find a way to make their thinking visible. One way is with graphic organizers.

Hi bloggy friends! Here's a quick post with two freebies for you. The first is what I called "Spooky Suffixes." We used these in a literacy center and the kiddos basically played Concentration with the cards. You could easily use the cards to play Suffix Go Fish or just a simple matching game. Spooky Suffixes The next is a graphic organizer that I typed for my students to use with the Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then Summarizing Strategy. I was introduced to this strategy by Kathy Bumgardner…

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Four effective approaches for teaching reading comprehension strategies to 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students.

How do you develop Kindergarten reading comprehension? Here are some tips and a look at these purposeful Kindergarten response worksheets.

Worksheets are a different way to formatively assess students. Students complete the worksheet, turn it in, and it goes for a daily grade to see what they know. Open ended worksheets such as this one help teachers get an accurate description of what students are thinking.

FREEBIE! Get started with close reading using this printable and digital graphic organizer. Download your copy today! #freeprintable #closereading #readingcomprehension

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Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.