Reading Comprehension Skills, Writing Strategies Guide, ELA Reference Sheets

Put visual reading skills and writing strategies in the hands of your students with this Reference Sheet BUNDLE! These ready-to-use resources include several reading and writing skills and strategies that serve as a great addition to a minilesson, reading group, writing conference, or the perfect spiral review for your students throughout the year. These are great for reader’s and writer’s workshops, small groups, or a tool for extra parent support at home.

These Reading and Writing Reference Sheets are a fantastic way to help students when they are feeling “stuck”, and provide them an opportunity to independently review specific reading and writing strategies without feeling like they cannot move forward until the teacher is able to assist. These help keep your students engaged in their work while you’re able to pull your guided writing or reading groups. Additionally, this tool empowers your students to solve their own questions by accessing their reference sheets before asking for help. 

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This Bundle Includes:

⭐️ Printable AND digital options

⭐️ Color and Black/White

⭐️ Full Page (instructions included to print to smaller scale)

⭐️ With AND Without Tabs

⭐️ Reading Reference Sheet Bundle:

• Genre: (17 definitions of genres in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama)
• Reading Skills: Author’s Purpose, Cause & Effect, Character Traits & Feelings, Compare & Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Fact & Opinion, Figurative Language, Genre, Important Information, Inferences, Main Idea & Details, Plot Structure, Predictions, Point of View, Sequence, Story Elements, Text Features, and Theme
• Reading Strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Making Inferences, Understanding Characters, Summarizing, Using Context Clues, Visualizing, Questioning, Monitoring & Clarifying, and Synthesizing
• Sentence Stems: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Making Inferences, Evaluating Text, Summarizing, Predicting, Visualizing, Questioning, Monitoring & Clarifying, and Synthesizing

⭐️ Writing Reference Sheet Bundle:

• Writing Genres: Narrative + Personal Narrative, Expository + Informational, Opinion + Persuasive.
  Example titles are given for student reference, writing hook and conclusion examples, as well as graphic organizers for things to consider when writing in that genre. Each page explains what the writing consists of as well as what the writing (story or paragraph) should include.
• Writing Tips: Choosing a Topic, Organizing Your Writing, Effective Writing Habits, Transition Words
• Descriptive Writing: Figurative Language (7 types with a definition, an example, and an explanation), Use Your 5 Senses, Show Don’t Tell, Grow Your Sentence
• Checklists: Writing Process (Brainstorm/Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit, Peer Edit, Publish) and Writing V.O.I.C.E.S -Six Traits (Voice, Organization, Ideas, Conventions, Exciting Word Choice, Sentence Fluency)

Your students will take control of their learning and use these sheets as a self-guided resource to reinforce what they have learned in class. This fosters independence and self-motivation, and makes our kids feel motivated and confident! Use these for simplistic language and visual support with general education students, ESL, and special education students. Check out each product page for up-close details!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dannielle E. says, "These guides have helped cut down on student questions because they know they have a space to go to to get immediate help and allows me to work with those students who need more assistance in order to make the necessary improvements to their writing."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Breanna M. says, "Love this resource! I use this as my binder dividers in our writing binder. It is a perfect tool for the kids to reference throughout the year. I love how it includes all the things I need! Such an amazing resource!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Laura B. says, "My students struggle with coming up with topics for writing. This is set up in a phenomenal way to guide them and help them become strong independent writers that actually enjoy writing."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Diana M. says, "I made these for my SPED kids this year to use as a reference all year long. It was super helpful!! Will definitely be using these again next year, but will laminate and keep a class set so if/ when they lose their copy, I have another copy for them to borrow.”

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