This is a Venn diagram comparison organizer for a story character and a student. On the left side, write characteristics for the main character in the story. On the right side, writes characteristics for the student. In the middle, write the characteristics they share.
Post these reading strategies on the wall to remind students how to be critical readers. Students are encouraged to clarify, connect, evaluate, predict and question while they read. This .pdf file contains six pages, one page for each reading strategy.
This note taking template has five boxes without labels. Type the headings that fit your needs. Just click in the blank spaces, type, print or photocopy for students. Suggested uses include: textbook chapters, current event articles, lectures and interviews.
The Tortoise and the Hare Reading Comprehension
This story from Aesop’s Fables is followed by reading comprehension questions and the answer key.
This file contains two pages shown in the thumbnail images. One is the completed key for the teacher. The second is the blank note-taker for students. The purpose is to give a brief introduction to key facts about John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.
Similar to the Beginning, Middle and End Story Summary Sheet, young writers use this page to write sentences summarizing just the beginning and end of the story.
Young writers use this page to write sentences summarizing the beginning, middle and end of the story. It could be a story they have read or one the teacher has read to them.