Reading response questions

Discussions in the classroom should be student-driven. However, sometimes it can be hard for student to know where to get started. By using discussion question cards, students can use these prompts to springboard into meaningful conversation.

Use these reading response questions with ANY fiction book! The prompts are perfect for class novels, short stories, book clubs, literature circles, and more! Download the FREE printable PDF today! Use the standards-based questions to assess comprehension and promote critical thinking for students in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Focus on all the major story elements. Download the printable PDF today! #freebie #readingstrategy #comprehension #fourthgrade #fifithgrade via @literacyinfocus

Grab a cheap notebook and get kids reading and responding with these free reading response journal questions. Great for struggling readers! *The free download link can be found towards the end of this post. Just look for and click on the teal, oval button. *This post contains affiliate links. Simple Reading Response Journal Questions ... Read More about Reading Response Journal Questions {FREE!}

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

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

Wow, I can’t believe how far along we are in the school year! As our little 2nd graders continue to blossom as readers we have been looking for new ways to help students think more deeply about their reading. I have created comprehension prompting cards along with several different TIC-TAC-TOE response sheets to help students broaden their critical thinking skills during reading. Sample Prompt Cards TIC-TAC-TOE Reading Response (Comes with three different boards) The TIC-TAC-TOE boards can…

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…

I really love to teach guided reading groups. It is always interesting and you really get to see how every student is unique in how they learn and process all the information. I like to see them make progress and move up reading levels and also REALLY comprehend what they are reading on another level. Amazing. I know many teachers may have struggled with this question before like I have...What do I do with those high readers? In second grade they are just not quite ready to start literature…

Higher Order Thinking Questions To Use After Reading.pdf