Six organizers for any nonfiction text, on handwriting lines. Page 1 is a KWL chart. Pages 2 and 3 are the topic of each paragraph, then the main idea and three details. Pages 4 and 5 are text feature hunts, and page 6 is a class KWL chart.
Model each organizer once with a short article everyone can see, then let partners use it with their own book. The feature hunts work well with a stack of library books. Copy page 6 large, or project it, for the class chart.
After reading a nonfiction book together, ask your child what each part was about, and what the whole book was mostly about. Look at the pictures and captions together and ask what they add.
Graphic organizers for any nonfiction text: a KWL chart, the topic of each paragraph, main idea and details, and two text feature hunts. Students write on handwriting lines what a text is about, the details that tell more, and what its features show.
Reading Organizers for 2nd–3rd Grade
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