Six organizers for any nonfiction text, on plain notebook lines. Pages 1 and 2 are KWL charts, the second with a column for where each fact was found. Pages 3 and 4 are main ideas, details and a summary. Pages 5 and 6 are text features: a hunt, and why each feature is there.
Use the KWL chart with sources for a research project: students fill in K and W before they start, and note each fact and where they found it as they read. Model page 3 with a short article, then let students try page 4 on a longer one.
After your child reads an article, ask them to tell you its main idea in one sentence and the two facts that best support it. Look at a chart or map in the article together and ask what it adds.
Graphic organizers for any nonfiction text: KWL charts, how key details support a main idea, two main ideas and a summary, and text features. Students note what they learn and where they found it, explain how details support a main idea, sum up a text and tell how each feature helps.
Reading Organizers for 4th–5th Grade
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