Comprehension Strategy and Skill Reading Response Mats ** Fiction **

FREE SAMPLE! Fun Activity Mats to Engage Your Readers and Help Them Respond to Works of Fiction

Created by: Stephanie Moorman http://teachinginroom6.blogspot.com

© 2012

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Thank you so very much for purchasing this pack of Reading Response Mats. In my classroom, to escape the boredom of the same old response activities, I give the students these mats to use as a response to works of fiction. Each page contains two different reading strategies the students must use when comprehending text. The different strategies allow for differentiated thinking and give the students a chance to respond to the text. When constructing the mats, I choose two of the pages that follow and place them side by side on a large piece of construction paper. Once glued down, I then laminate them. This allows the students to use wet/dry erase markers, which can easily be wiped off. The mats are then able to be reused many different times by many different students! Saves paper and copies. If you enjoy this product, I would love for you to come back and leave feedback at my store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teaching-in-Room-6. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact me directly at [email protected]. For more information on these mats, and many other teaching ideas that I use in my classroom, please visit my blog at http://teachinginroom6.blogspot.com. All clipart is courtesy of Scrappin’ Doodles www.scrappindoodles.com Thank you again for your purchase. I truly appreciate your patronage. Happy Teaching! Stephanie Moorman The original purchaser of this document is granted permission to copy for teaching purposes only. If you are not the original purchaser, please download the item from my store before making any copies. Redistributing, editing, selling, or posting this item or any part thereof on the internet are strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Please contact me if you wish to be granted special permissions. [email protected]

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** Putting the Mats Together ** Here is a quick little walk through for constructing the Reading Response Mats. 1. Choose two of the pages that follow. You may choose any two you wish, however I would shy away from choosing two that have the same strategy responses on them.

2. On a larger piece of construction paper (or tag if you want them to be more rigid), glue the two response sheets right next to each other. If you wish, you may cut off the side border to make it seem as if it is one large piece of paper. I also like to leave a bit of a border around the edges, but that is optional.

With inside border

Without inside border

3. Laminate

4. Cut out and you are ready to go!

You can also print these sheets and use them individually! The teaching choices are endless with these.

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Summarize What is the story about? Write at least 5 sentences describing the entire story. Remember to only write about the most important events.

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Clarify Choose 2 words that were unfamiliar to you. List the clues you used to figure out the word. Finally, create a definition based on those clues. Word

Word

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Making Inferences Based on the text and your background knowledge, what is one thing you can infer from your reading?

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Background Knowledge

Character Traits Describe one character in your story. List the character’s qualities and then site evidence from the story. Use the stick figure to help you Describe your character. You may Draw the character if you wish.

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Here are the rest of the mats for you to sample Comprehension Strategy Pages

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Comprehension Skill Pages

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