Description
Support reading instruction with texts and skill-focused response activities.
- Grades: 1–5
- Format: Downloadable teaching resource
Learning Objective
Students will use reading strategies before, during, and after reading to ask questions, make connections, summarize, and evaluate texts.
What's Included
- 1. Building Schema- Make connections to what you already know
- 2. Preview Text- Genre
- 3. Make Predictions
- 4. Ask and Answer Questions Before Reading
- 5. Vocabulary- Context Clues
- 6. Ask and Answer Questions During Reading
- 7. Main Idea & Details
- 8. Cause & Effect
- 9. Retell Stories
- 10. Retell Chapter Books
- 11. Summarize
- 12, Ask and Answer Questions- After Reading
- 13. Author’s Purpose
- 14. Evaluate Text
- 19 Page Non Fiction Journal
- 1. Building Schema- Make connections to what you already know
- 2. Preview Text- Genre
- 3. Make Predictions
- 4. Ask and Answer Questions Before Reading
- 5. Vocabulary- Context Clues
- 6. Ask and Answer Questions During Reading
- 7. Main Idea & Details
- 8. Non Fiction Text Features
- 9. Retell Nonfiction Text
- 10. Retell Chapter Books
- 11. Summarize
- 12. Ask and Answer Questions- After Reading
- 13. Author’s Purpose
- 14. Evaluate Text
- All Stared pages are the same for fiction and non fiction journal
Ways to Use
Guided reading, small groups, intervention, or independent follow-up.
Preparation
Choose the texts students will read and the response pages that match your focus skill. Print the selected organizers or journal pages.
Standards & Skills
Common Core alignment is stated in the source listing. Students will use reading strategies before, during, and after reading to ask questions, make connections, summarize, and evaluate texts.




Dulcie C. –
This was a helpful resource to supplement our curriculum. It was easy for the students to follow, and it required minimal prep.
Laura C. –
I really enjoyed being able to use this for my students as a way to keep track of their reading. I picked the pages I wanted to include in their packets. Students enjoyed this too!
1B –
I have had advanced readers every year, and I am always looking for more comprehension activities. This made it easy to set up a reading journal for them.
Cheryl P. –
This is a great resource for guided reading groups!
brandy peebles –
great organizers for my students to use during my guided reading meet with teacher time or during their reading skill station
Becky Lindvall –
Many useful graphic organizers.
Easy Effective Teaching –
Great tool for Guided Reading using any text.
LeeAnna S. –
Thank you
THE ADVENTURES OF KINDERGARTEN –
Love it!
Dana S. –
Great resource
Rocking and Rolling in Kindergarten –
Great!
Steve K. –
Great resource! Thank you!
Casey S. –
Thanks!
Cynthia M. –
Great resource!
Cristina Beggs –
Exactly what I was looking for! Amazing! Thank you!
Krafty Katelyn –
Thank you! Very helpful!
Jenna McElroy –
thanks
Elizabeth S. –
So useful and time saving!
All Things Special Ed –
Thanks.
C C –
Great resource!
Margaret P. –
Excellent reading graphic organizers!
Dawn P. –
Thank you!
Gina P. –
Thank you.
Elizabeth P. –
I really like these for my 2nd graders.
Jill S. –
Loved this!! Great resource
Kim Biggs –
Such a great resource for my kid’s reader’s notebooks this year. I love how many options there and many can be used with any fiction book.
kim H. –
Good Tool!
Linda F. –
Great for guided reading groups. Enough activities that you can pick and choose.
Debra K. –
Excellent for guided reading groups!
Erlinda H. –
SUPERIOR RESOURCE
Jacki Hettinger –
A motivating and interesting way to do journaling with kids while they read chapter books, both fiction and non fiction.
Heather Shively –
This has been excellent for my high reading groups!
Sharon D. –
Great
Maria P. –
AWESOME
A A. –
this is a great user friendly resource! I’m looking forward to using this in my guided reading small group lessons. Thank you!
Amanda K. –
I used this journal in my guided reading groups. It was a great way to have the students interact with the texts they were reading.
Melissa Zenz –
Another great ready to use resource! Thank you!
Christina M. –
These are great! Thanks!
Mary V. –
I am pleased to find prepared worksheets to use in my reading program
Silvia Garay-Sanchez –
Thank you!
Lauren C. –
Great for little learners
Erin B. –
Great resource for my small groups!
Elyse Allen –
Great resource! Thanks!
Susan Land –
I love to use these during Guided Reading groups! Thanks!
Catherine S. –
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Jean M. –
I love this!!!
Maureen H. –
Looking forward to using these!
Sharon F. –
thanks
elisa F. –
Thank you!
KIMBERLY J. –
very organized and useful in small groups