DD304 Guide - Lakeshore Learning

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identify cause and effect relationships in text.
distinguish the main idea from supporting details in text.
make and confirm predictions about text.
sequence and retell important events in text.
identify and describe story elements.
analyze characters.
make connections with text.
Help students practice valuable reading comprehension skills with our Magnetic Write and Wipe Graphic
Organizers. The set comes complete with 8 different graphic organizer charts designed to target 8 key areas
of reading comprehension, including sequencing events, making predictions, finding main ideas, and much,
much more! Each chart can be used again and again. Simply write information with any write and wipe
marker, and when you are ready to begin a new story, erase and begin again! Plus, the handy magnetic strip
on the back lets you stick it to any magnetic surface!
These graphic organizers are great for whole-class instruction, small-group practice, or independent reading.
The guide includes reproducibles of all 8 charts so you can have students work independently or in small
groups to complete their own graphic organizers.
What’s Included
• 8 write & wipe magnetic graphic organizer charts
• 8 reproducible graphic organizers (in this guide)
Getting Started
Select a chart to go with the lesson you are teaching. Decide if you will use the chart with the whole class, in
small groups, or in student pairs. Whichever grouping you are using, you may want to make a copy of the
graphic organizer reproducible you are using for each student or for groups of students.
Whole Class
After reading a story or nonfiction text together, discuss the text with students and complete the chart
together, as a whole group. Write in information or choose to have students come up and write information.
Keep the chart available as a reference for students.
Small Groups
Place students in groups of four or five. Make a copy of the graphic organizer reproducible for each group.
Have students discuss the story and work together to complete their graphic organizer. Encourage groups to
share their responses with the whole class. Fill in the large poster with their responses. Keep this posted for
reference.
Partners
Students can work together in pairs to complete a graphic organizer. Copy the reproducible and give one to
each pair of students. Have them discuss the story and complete the organizer together.
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Using the Charts
1. Sequencing Chart
This graphic organizer is designed to help students organize the events of a
story in chronological order. To use the chart, place the title of the story in
the designated box, then list six important events that occurred throughout
the story, some from the beginning, middle, and end.
• This graphic organizer is also great for chapter books. Have students
fill in the boxes to sequence what happened in a chapter. When the
next chapter is read, erase and fill in for the new chapter.
• After completing the graphic organizer, have students make a paper
chain placing the events of the story in order. Students can use as
many events as they wish, in order to include all the main events in
the story.
2. Making Connections
This graphic organizer is designed to help students make personal connections with the story they are reading. Place the title of the story in the designated box. Then, in the first column, have students write a quote
or sentence from the story that they can connect with. In the second column,
have students write what it makes them think of. In the last column, have students write the name of the type of text connection they made. There are
three types of text connections:
Text to self: This type of connection is made when the reader relates a personal memory, emotion, or event to something in the text.
Text to text: This type of connection is made when the reader relates something he or she has read in another book to something in the text he or she is
currently reading. A similar event may have happened in both books or there
may be a similar character or setting.
Text to world: This type of connection is made when the reader relates something that happened in the text to something happening in the world. It might
be something the student has read about in the newspaper or seen on the
news, or something happening in the community.
3. What’s the Main Idea?
This graphic organizer is designed to help students focus on the main idea
of a story and the details that support the main idea. It can be used with
either fiction or nonfiction. After reading the text, have students determine
the main idea and write it in the top box. Then, write details that support
the main idea in the three smaller boxes
at the bottom.
4. Finding Cause and Effect
This graphic organizer is designed to help
students identify cause and effect relationships in the story they are reading.
Write the title of the story on the top line
of the chart. In the three sets of boxes,
write three causes and three effects.
• After completing the poster, have students create cause and effect
puzzles. Have students write a cause on one piece and its effect on a
matching piece. Have students cut out the pieces and trade with a
friend to solve.
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5. Character Analysis
This graphic organizer is designed to help students focus on a character by
describing the character’s traits and providing evidence that supports those
traits. Have students choose a character and then brainstorm a list of traits
they feel describe this character. Write these on the poster. Have them then
focus on two important characteristics. Ask them what in the story made
them conclude that these traits describe this character. Write two pieces of
evidence from the story to support the traits.
6. Story Elements
This graphic organizer is designed to help
students identify the characters, setting,
problem, and solution or conclusion of a
story. Place the title of the story in the
center box and the characters and setting
in the boxes at the top. Then, write the
problem that occurred in the box on the
bottom left and the solution or conclusion
in the box on the right.
7. Vocabulary
The vocabulary organizer is designed to
help students identify new vocabulary
words used in the story. Write new
vocabulary words, then the definition and
the word used in a sentence.
• After completing the graphic organizer, have students create a crossword
puzzle using the vocabulary words
from the story. For the clues, the students could use the sentence they
wrote or the definition of the word.
8. Predicting Outcomes
This graphic organizer is designed to help students make predictions about
what they are reading. It is great to use with a read-aloud or a book that
the students read together. Throughout the story, the teacher can pause
and have students make predictions. On the chart, record predictions, the
page, and clues that led to the prediction. As you continue reading, write
yes or no in the last column to identify whether the conclusion was correct.
Meeting Individual Needs
ELL
Use the vocabulary organizer with any text students read. Afterwards, have the students draw or act out the
meanings of the words.
Reteach/Extra Support
Use the charts in small, guided reading groups with books at students’ levels. Select specific charts to target
specific areas of reading comprehension the students need practice with.
Challenge
Make copies of the reproducible you are using. Have students complete their copy independently or with a
partner. Then, have them share their responses with the class. Have students use a graphic organizer to create their own story.
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