This activity will encourage your child to think critically after reading books, and best of all can be used over and over again!

What you need:

  • Dry erase marker

  • Page protectors or laminatorΒ 

How to prep:

  • Laminate each graphic organizer (or slip it in a page protector).

Directions:

  1. After reading a book,Β use a dry erase marker to complete a graphic organizer of choice using information from the book.

  2. TheΒ Cause & Effect Graphic OrganizerΒ can be used with both fiction and non-fiction books.

  3. TheΒ Story Plot Graphic OrganizerΒ can be used with fiction books.

  4. TheΒ Making ConnectionsΒ Graphic OrganizerΒ can be used with both fiction and non-fiction books.

  5. TheΒ Problem & SolutionΒ Graphic OrganizerΒ works best with fiction books, but can be used with select non-fiction books addressing certainΒ problems.

  6. TheΒ Main IdeaΒ Graphic OrganizerΒ can be used with both fiction and non-fiction books.

  7. TheΒ Theme Graphic OrganizerΒ can be used with fiction books.

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