Reading Response

A set of seven reading ‘Making Connections’ charts to help students to connect books to life experiences. The resource includes a reading log recommending the student’s favourite books.

A set of ten ‘Making Connections’ charts to help students to connect books to life experiences. The resource includes a reading log recommending the students favourite books.

A set of three graphic organisers suitable for planning, decision making and reviewing a topic.

A set of three graphic organisers suitable for recalling, grouping, classifying and summarising ideas.

A set of three graphic organisers suitable for sequencing events and ordering ideas.

A set of three graphic organisers suitable for showing links between cause and effect ideas.

A set of three graphic organisers suitable for deeper analysis and exploring attributes of a topic.

The metacognition charts help the reader to ‘think about thinking’. The ‘After I read’ prompts help the student to check their understanding of what they have read.

The metacognition charts help the reader to ‘think about thinking’. The ‘Before I read’ prompts help the student to clarify the purpose for reading and to preview the text.

The metacognition charts help the reader to ‘think about thinking’. The ‘While I read’ prompts help the student to monitor their understanding of the text and ‘fix’ any comprehension problems they might have.

A colourful poster with a list of twenty-eight ways in which oral reading might sound. A useful resource for monitoring reading.

Five inquiry cards with a series of questions focused on a readers’ response to a narrative text.

The Blooms Taxonomy thinking tools, prompt student respond to a narrative text.

FREE | Students respond to the Maori legend of Hatupatu and the Bird Woman by creating an illustration to match the text. The completed activity may be made into a class booklet or displayed on the wall for future reading.

FREE | Three graphic organisers to assist students in the planning of a character description. The character study might be a person from their personal life or a response to a character in narrative reading.