Close reading prompts. Do you know the song "Are You Sleeping?" or "Frère Jacques?" I have created 12 Song Charts to help your young students learn how to ask and answer questions about the text they read or that you read to them. Topics include:

The Character Song - Identifying Characters
The Setting Song - Identifying the Setting
Compare & Contrast Informational Text
Compare & Contrast Informational Text & Literature
Compare & Contrast Characters by Adventures and Experiences 3 Versions
Compare & Contrast Characters Thoughts and Feelings 2 Versions
Characters' Feelings Charts
Opinion Reading Response
Author's Purpose for Informational Text

Each chart comes with 2 differentiated reading response recording sheets. Choose the response sheet according to the needs of your students.

Display the colorful pdf version on an Interactive Whiteboard or Digital Projector.
Print the white background color version to share with your class in whole group.
Print the black & white option for individual student reading response folders.

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