Informational Text Structures Graphic Organizers – Nonfiction text structures

Description

Is informational reading and writing a challenge for your students?  Are you expected to teach about nonfiction text structures but don’t have ready-to-use tools like “signal words” and text structure graphic organizers at your fingertips? 

I didn’t either!

This text structures resource was created for use in my classroom to support my increased use of informational text in both reading and writing. I have been explicitly teaching my students about these informational text structures and about the signal words that can help them understand written texts. 

This is perfect to help students…

• Recognize text structure signal words authors use to help you understand their information 
• Convey their own messages more clearly when working on informational writing by planning with graphic organizers
• Use these same graphic organizers to track their thinking when they read informational texts 

I have put all of it here in one place along with some suggestions for use!

Here’s what you get:

• Suggestions for use–lesson ideas and more. So often we forget to tie our reading and writing instruction together, and this tool can help you do just that.

• Posters for each text structure including the name, a brief description, and a collection of signal words. Each is available in color and black and white.

• An assortment of graphic organizers for each one to use for students to track their thinking while they read or to plan their own writing. There is more than one option for each text structure, so pick and choose–or let your students select the one that works best for them!
• A “text guide” for each structure. I use this when immersing my students in informational texts for them to make note of the different types of structures they find. They can also brainstorm a list of OTHER topics that would make sense to use with that structure.

• A few more goodies!

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