This graphic organiser, ‘Genre Grid for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ helps students to identify the literary genre to which The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis belongs.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Goldie and the Three Bears’ encourages students to understand similarities and differences within and among literary works from various genre and cultures. It also builds on reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
This reading activity, ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears Part 1’ provides opportunities for reading about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and answering comprehension questions.
This reading activity, ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears Part 2’ provides opportunities for reading more about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and answering comprehension questions.
This worksheet, ‘Graphing Our Favourite Books’ is a fantastic resource to link English and mathematics. Students are asked to use tallies or numerals to record preferred books in their class. Using this table students are then provided with a graph to record their findings. The students are directed to create a bar graph however, it …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Hats Off to Facts and Opinions’ asks students to distinguish between a fact and an opinion when reading a chosen text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Hats Off to Facts and Opinions for Diaries’ asks students to determine if different statements from a diary entry are facts or opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Heidi’ asks students to answer questions about a story of a young Swiss girl who lives with her grandfather. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This ‘Home Reading Log’ form helps students (with parental or guardian sign off) record the title, the duration of their reading session and their thoughts and responses to the reading material. It encourages students to develop their ideas and understanding of a text and allows teachers and parents to monitor extra-curricular reading practice.
This graphic organiser, ‘Hot Diggity-Dog’ asks students to compare and contrast topics discussed in a text, such as characters, events and vocabulary.
This graphic organiser, ‘I Spy A Word for Squids’ asks students to find unfamiliar vocabulary words as they read Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka and then use a dictionary to define those words.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Life Balloons’ helps students to understand the themes and ideas in a text by relating events in the text to their own experiences.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Life Balloons for The Library Card’ asks students to read and reflect on The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli and connect the themes and ideas in the book to their personal lives.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Own Words’ enables students to map out ideas prior to writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘In My Own Words for Anne of Green Gables’ asks students to summarise and paraphrase information after reading a passage from Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
This graphic organiser, ‘Inference Iceberg’ helps students to visually organise the concept of layers of meaning in texts.
This sequencing activity, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
This reading activity, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk Part 1’ provides opportunities for reading about Jack and the Beanstalk and answering comprehension questions.
This reading activity, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk Part 2’ provides opportunities for reading more about Jack and the Beanstalk and answering comprehension questions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Like Day and Night for The Polar Express’ asks students to make a list of words that describe the characters from The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, then think of synonyms and antonyms for the descriptive words.
This sequencing activity, ‘Little Red’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
This sequencing activity, ‘Little Red Hen’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the story of the Little Red Hen.
This graphic organiser, ‘Living or Dead Opinion Organiser’ asks students to read the story Is He Living or Dead and decide whether Millet makes the right decisions, then write paragraphs to support their opinions.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Word’ provides opportunities for practice with matching words within paragraphs to those in a list.
This graphic organiser, ‘My Favourite Passage’ asks students to share their opinions with their classmates about their favourite book passages.
This graphic organiser, ‘My Favourite Passage for From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler’ asks students to prepare and present a passage they have selected independently from the book From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by EL Konigsberg and explain why it is their favourite.
This ‘My Home Reading’ form allows students to record the date, book title and their comments. It allows teachers and parents or guardians to monitor a student’s extra-curricular reading practice.
This sequencing activity, ‘Odon the Giant’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the story of Odon the Giant.
This graphic organiser, ‘One, Two, Three, Read’ asks students to use repeated readings to improve fluency and comprehension of a text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Opinion Organiser’ helps students organise their thoughts and opinions regarding a character’s decisions in a story.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Peter Pan’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which Mr and Mrs Darling’s children are missing. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Peter Pan’ asks students to answer questions from an excerpt of J.M. Barrie’s famous story. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up’ asks students to answer questions about an excerpt from the famous story. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Picture Clues Map’ asks students to preview a text and use their prior knowledge to predict the outcomes.
This graphic organiser, ‘Picture Clues Map for Runaway Ralph’ asks students to make predictions prior to reading Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary.
This graphic organiser, ‘Picture Pyramid’ allows students to visualise and draw the various elements of a story as they read them.
This graphic organiser, ‘Picture Pyramid for Descriptive Text’ asks students to visualise pictures from a piece of descriptive text that is read aloud to them, then create drawings from their visualisations.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pollyanna’ asks students to answer questions about the tale of a girl named Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pollyanna Part I’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a young girl named Pollyanna goes to live with her stern Aunt Polly. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pollyanna Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a young girl named Pollyanna goes to live with her stern Aunt Polly. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pollyanna Part III’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a young girl named Pollyanna goes to live with her stern Aunt Polly. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Precision Decision T-chart’ helps students to see patterns and relationships among words and phrases used in a book and how they connect to the overall meaning.
This graphic organiser, ‘Precision Decision T-chart for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ asks students to use word-resource texts to find more precise adjectives for vague descriptive words or phrases while reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
This graphic organiser, ‘Protagonist and Antagonist Diagram’ asks students to think about similarities and differences in characters from a text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Protagonist and Antagonist Diagram for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ asks students to examine the similarities and differences in the protagonist and antagonist in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.
This graphic organiser, ‘Random Word Draw’ helps students to visually piece together otherwise unrelated information.
This graphic organiser, ‘Random Word Draw for Olive’s Ocean’ helps students understand how mood and meaning are created through an author’s word choices in Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reading Aloud’ helps students to organise their thoughts before performing as a class, concentrating on correct expression and changes in voice.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reading Aloud for the Eensy Weensy Spider’ asks students to determine the type of voice and facial expressions that should be used for The Eensy Weensy Spider, then perform the song using their chosen voice, facial expressions and word emphasis.
This ‘Reading Log’ form helps students (with parental or guardian sign off) record details about their reading material and duration of their reading session. It is aimed at encouraging and monitoring extra-curricular reading practice.
This ‘Reading Responses’ form helps students list their reading material as well as record their responses to it. It encourages students to develop their ideas and understanding of a text and provides an early introduction to basic principals of reading comprehension.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reflecting Triangles’ promotes application of knowledge as students reflect on three of the elements of literature and connect them with their own lives.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reflecting Triangles for Alexander’ asks students to respond to how Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst relates to something in their own lives.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reflective Thinking Mirror’ allows students to review and record their prior knowledge of the topics addressed in a text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reflective Thinking Mirror for The Mysterious Benedict Society’ asks students to formulate ideas, opinions and personal responses to The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.
This graphic organiser, ‘Relationship Tree’ asks students to identify the main theme and central ideas of a story.
This graphic organiser, ‘Relationship Tree for Click, Clack, Moo’ asks students to identify the main theme and central ideas in the story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
This graphic organiser, ‘Responding to Texts’ supports the teaching of reading by giving students a template for recording their thoughts and responses as they read.
This graphic organiser, ‘Rings Theme’ asks students identify themes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, then select one theme to write about in detail.
This graphic organiser, ‘Sequencing Train for The Mitten’ provides a structure with which students can focus on the beginning, middle and ending of The Mitten by Jan Brett.
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