Reading Response Templates {ANY Fiction or Nonfiction Text}

These reading response printables are such wonderful tools to help students organize their thinking, develop and practice higher level thinking skills, and provide a way for the teacher to assess what students are able to demonstrate in their thinking (and writing). Once taught, these graphic organizers can be used all year for independent reading, partnerships, book clubs, literature circles, homework, and guided practice in small groups.

With this resource, you're all set for the entire school year of your students thinking more deeply about the text they're reading! It contains 30 graphic organizer printables to help your students read closely and develop comprehension skills throughout the year.

This resource is aligned to ALL of the Common Core State Standards for Grades 2-4 for Reading Literature and Reading Informational texts.

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Graphic organizers included in this packet:

Asking questions before reading (2 versions)
Reading to find answers to my questions
Making comparisons between texts
Asking and answering questions before, during, and after reading (2 versions)
Comparing characters
Determining cause and effect (multiple versions)
Making inferences from a character’s dialogue
Making inferences from the text
Finding clues for meaning
Comparing and contrasting point of view
Confirming predictions
Evaluating a text
Evaluating the author’s message
Finding differences in point of view
Analyzing a character’s response
Analyzing nonfiction
Interpreting figurative language
Determining the main idea and key details
Identifying the theme of a text
Visualizing details from the text
Visualizing the text
Interpreting graphics and visual information
Summarizing the story structure
Summarizing chapters
Summarizing events, procedures, or ideas
Explaining how parts of a text relate to each other
Evaluating word choice


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