Reader+Response+Chart

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 * Reader Response Chart** - There are different types of Reader Response Charts. Some have students draw a T-chart on their paper. On the left side they write 3 interesting quotes from the story and on the right side students respond to the quote with personal reactions, memories, questions, compare/contrast, or something to learn more about. Some charts are much simpler where students focus more on drawing pictures and infer meaning of the text through visualizing what was read.

Through writing in logs in response to texts read, students demonstrate their written ability to synthesize and interpret information from silent reading and oral discussion. It is also an opportunity for students to write their opinions or questions about what was read or discussed.

The following are the four main parts to a Reader Response Chart:

Children make personal connections with the text by using their background knowledge. There are three main types of connections we make while reading text. It is important to activate children's background knowledge before, during, and after reading. Questions help students clarify and deepen understanding of the text they are reading. Teachers should model coding of the different types of questions. This strategy usually involves:
 * __ Making Connections: __**
 * ** Text-to-Self (T-S) ** refers to connections made between the text and the reader's personal experience.
 * ** Text-to-Text (T-T) ** refers to connections made between a text being read to a text that was previously read.
 * Text-to-World (T-W) ** refers to connections made between a text being read and something that occurs in the world.
 * __ Questioning: __**
 * __ Visualizing: __**
 * Mental pictures are the cinemas unfolding in your mind that make reading three-dimensional.
 * Visualization helps readers engage with text in ways that make it personal and memorable.
 * Readers adapt their images as they continue to read.
 * __ Inferring: __**
 * Forming a best guess using evidence -- context clues, picture clues, etc.
 * Making predictions
 * Drawing conclusions
 * Finding meaning of unknown words