Interactive Reading

Purpose

As students read, they need to interact with the text. Although we can't be sure what is going on in student's brains, we can try to orchestrate reading to draw students in. This helps bind the meaning to the sounds, forms and structures.

Helping Students Focus on Important Ideas

• Generic Graphic Organizer for Any Narrative Text
• Sample Story Map Mardi Gras
• Sample Story Map Las islas encantadas
• Beginning, Middle and End

Characters

• Point of View Chart
• Character Comparison

Interacting with Text

• Discourse Scrambles
• Reaction Guide
• Reading Action Chain Sample in Spanish