Reader response activities

In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

hese printable Reader's Response Sheets are These printable Reader's Response Sheets are perfect for helping your K-1 students reflect on their reading. With a variety of prompts, they encourage critical thinking and provide meaningful practice for literacy skills. Easy to use for independent reading, listening centers, read alouds or homework! I#ReadersResponse #ReadingComprehension #Kindergarten #FirstGrade #TeacherLife #ClassroomIdeas #TpT

Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,

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Dec 21, 2015 - Reading Response Worksheet Read and response sheet for your students to use after reading a book or listening to one on tape in your listening center. Great way to check for understanding of the book and also give them a time to reflect. Working on Reading? You might also be interested in... •Eme...

Do you use reading response journals during independent reading time? I made a free reading response journal prompts menu for you to use.

This year, I revised the materials in my reader's notebooks. I'm using a combo of a binder and a notebook for reading workshop this year, and I'm not 100% happy with it. I thought I would share some of what I've been doing. Maybe you can help me tweak. Let me first tell you how I've been working it. In their binder, they have a section for anchor charts and handouts. There's an index where they write the title of the paper so they can see at a glance what they have. It' sort of like a mini…

I have a fun reading resource for you! Book Talk is loaded with ideas to use for retelling stories, comprehending reading, and using books and tools to share some good conversations. Click here for a preview. Students will have plenty to do during reading time. Plus, there are some great homework ideas too! I recently updated this cover and added more graphic organizers and activities to this resource. Here are just a few examples of what's included: Questions to ask partners or questions…

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