Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Connections Within Text
Learn how information in a text can be connected through compare and contrast, cause and effect, and sequence.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify and Summarize Information [Pdf]
This learning module contains a link to graphic organizers that will help students categorize content and comprehend short and extended texts. The graphic organizers are designed to be applied to reading nonfiction passages in science...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify Facts and Opinions [Pdf]
A T-Chart is provided for students to use as they classify facts and opinions. Students will explain how to determine facts and opinions after completing the T-Chart.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Locate and Classify Information [Pdf]
A blank T-Chart is provided for students to use as they sort facts into two categories. Students will classify science information with this aid.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Show Understanding of Text
This quick activity includes a passage from an information text, and explains reading comprehension strategies to use to answer questions.
Other
Five Main Types of Graphic Organizers
This site provides information on how to use each graphic organizer. There are also 21 different graphic organizers for you to see.
Other
Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Evaluate
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "evaluate" mold, including PMI and KWLH charts (consult the site for what these terms mean).
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: K W L Chart
Use this printable template to create a KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) graphic organizer.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: I Chart
A printable inquiry chart designed to help students ask questions and collect information from various texts when conducting research on any topic. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: K W L S Chart
A printable K-W-L-S sheet to help students activate prior knowledge, ask questions, record new learning, and then ask additional questions to extend inquiry beyond the text . Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Making Connections
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when making text to self, text, and world connections while reading a text. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: T Chart
A printable T-chart for students to use when comparing two topics or two sides of one topic. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
Quia
Quia: Reading Charts and Graphs Quiz
This 25-question quiz asks students to read various kinds of charts and graphs and to select the correct answers to the questions. Immediate feedback is provided after each question. Java is required.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Identify Important Info When I Read [Pdf]
Links to self-assessment activities for content area fluency activities are found on this resource. Students will read, time themselves, and record facts. Students will improve their reading rates and levels of comprehension.
Other
Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
Read Works
Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Texts: Pictures and Photographs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses All About Cats and Kittens by Emily Neye to teach students how to identify facts from photographs and pictures in informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...
Read Works
Read Works: Super Stats
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a paragraph and a chart about the popularity of different types of Girl Scout cookies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
Read Works
Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Making Predictions Worksheets and Lessons
In this learning module, students will learn more about making predictions in reading. Worksheets and a leson are provided to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Reading Charts and Graphs
Practice graph reading skills with these exercises and companion tutorials.
Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Five Finger Facts [Pdf]
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following information about their...
Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Informational Reading Response [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write three facts they learned, two questions they still have after reading, and one interesting fact that they want to share.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used as a response to informational texts. Students will write two topics from their informational text as a during or post-reading activity. Under each topic, students will list similarities and differences...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...