Soni Krasky

This organizer will help your students reosrd the important parts of plot when reading. Look for my matching poster to create a great bulletin board with students' finished work or remind them why finding the parts of plot when reading is important.

Active Reading and Annotating Strategies can be so hard for students to remember! What if they had a handy cheat sheet right there while reading? I put together some of the most common ways to annotate literature in this easy-to-understand bookmark. It includes highlighting, margin notes, and using symbols. This pdf is a 2 pager - print 2 copies per page, giving you an ideal size to hand out to your students. Have them keep it in whatever novel you assign! It's designed for high school, but shou

Active Reading and Annotating Strategies can be so hard for students to remember! What if they had a handy cheat sheet right there while reading? I put together some of the most common ways to annotate literature in this easy-to-understand infographic. It includes highlighting, margin notes, and using symbols. Print and hand out for students to glue into an interactive notebook; or enlarge and hang up in the classroom. It's designed for high school but should also work for middle school students

Use these pages in conjunction with lessons that include actual work students are doing in school. My students create a "strategies notebook" and add a page each time we cover a skill in class. They could also be printed and placed on the walls in the classroom as reminders. Included: -Taking notes from a textbook -Taking notes during class -Making good use of study time -Doing well on assessments -Doing work at home

This document will allow your students to record the amount that they are reading at home on a weekly basis. Research shows a link between the number of words read per year and reading comprehension ability.

This organizer will help your students practice paraphrasing using sentences from short stories or novels that they are reading. Look for my matching poster to create a great bulletin board with students' finished work or remind them how to paraphrase when answering questions or summarizing.

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember the different types of graphic sources. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it. Look for my matching graphic organizer (column notes) to help teach how to use graphic sources when reading!

Hang these 18 posters up in your classroom to help students remember reading strategies/concepts. I usually put them up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it. They are bundled for $10 but usually sell for $1 each! Included: -Author's Purpose -Author's Viewpoint -Cause and Effect -Chronological Order -Compare and Contrast -Context Clues -Drawing Conclusions -Generlization -Graphic Sources -Main Idea/Supporting Details -Paraphrasing -Predicting -Sequence -Setting -Steps in a

This organizer will help your students draw conclusions based on evidence from the text and their own background knowledge when reading. I use it with guided reading and small novel groups. Look for my Drawing Conclusions poster and create a bulletin board with your students' work!

This organizer will help your students learn and keep track of new vocabulary words. First, get a three ring binder or three pronged folder. Then, insert alphabetical section dividers. Next, have at least ten to twenty blank pages printed to get ready. When students learn or encounter a new word (from reading, science or social studies, in life) they should add it to the notebook. Eventually there will be multiple pages in each letter section. The words don’t need to be alphabetical on the pape

This organizer will help your students identify and keep track of the different types of graphic sources and the information they provide when reading. Examples include illustrations, pictures, tables, charts, diagrams, and maps. I use this with my students in content class (science or social studies) and when reading informational or expositiory text in reading class. Look for my matching poster to create a great bulletin board with students' finished work or remind them how to identify and use

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember this reading strategy/concept. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it. Look for my drawing conclusions graphic organizer to assist students with learning how to draw conclusions when reading!

This organizer will help your students to memorize the spelling of sight words. First, they write the word in the left hand column. Next, they copy it in the middle column. Then they spell the word aloud while looking at it. After that, they fold the paper so only the right hand column is showing. Next, they spell the word aloud again but this time not looking. Then they write the word in the right hand column without looking. Finally, they open up the paper to check to see if the spelling is co

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember this reading strategy/concept. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it.

This worksheet will help your students collect their thoughts to determine the theme after finishing a short story or novel.

This organizer will help your students to write a friendly letter. There is a description of each part and places to write their own letter. They can then transfer it onto a card, type it on the computer, or write it on nice paper. Works great for holiday time, mother's day, father's day, veteran's day, or any occassion you need your students to write a letter!

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember the main point of paraphrasing. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it. Look for my matching graphic organizer to teach students how to paraphraze when answering questions or summaring.

This organizer helps students plan out important story details before they begin writing - Setting, Characters, Problem/Conflict, Rising Action, Climax/Turning Point, and Resolution! It can be used with almost any grade level, although will probably work best in upper elementary school or middle school.

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember this reading strategy/concept. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it. Look for my matching graphic organizer to use with your students while reading!

Hang this post up in your classroom to help students remember that making predictions is important when actively reading. I usually put it up on a bulletin board with my students' related work around it.