Help students become confident, independent readers with these three differentiated clarifying think mats.
Clarifying is an important reading comprehension strategy that helps students recognise when something doesn't make sense and take steps to improve their understanding.
These structured think mats encourage students to identify confusing words, ideas or sections of a text, select appropriate reading strategies and reflect on how their understanding has changed.
With three levels of support and challenge, teachers can choose the template that best meets each student's learning needs.
Students will:
Identify parts of a text they find confusing.
Select and apply strategies to clarify meaning.
Use context clues, rereading, visual information and other reading strategies.
Explain what they have discovered or understood.
Evaluate whether their chosen strategy was effective.
Reflect on their understanding and identify next steps.
What's included:
Explorer: A highly scaffolded six-step think mat with four simple clarifying strategies and opportunities to write or draw responses.
Investigator: A six-step think mat offering six reading strategies and encouraging students to explain how they resolved confusion.
Analyst: A more challenging seven-step think mat requiring students to examine why something is confusing, evaluate strategies and connect their new understanding to characters, themes or the author's message.
3-page printable PDF digital download.
Perfect for guided reading, reading groups, independent comprehension tasks, literature studies and formative assessment.
Suitable for use with a wide range of fiction and nonfiction texts – no specific book required.
Help students become confident, independent readers with these three differentiated clarifying think mats.
Clarifying is an important reading comprehension strategy that helps students recognise when something doesn't make sense and take steps to improve their understanding.
These structured think mats encourage students to identify confusing words, ideas or sections of a text, select appropriate reading strategies and reflect on how their understanding has changed.
With three levels of support and challenge, teachers can choose the template that best meets each student's learning needs.
Students will:
Identify parts of a text they find confusing.
Select and apply strategies to clarify meaning.
Use context clues, rereading, visual information and other reading strategies.
Explain what they have discovered or understood.
Evaluate whether their chosen strategy was effective.
Reflect on their understanding and identify next steps.
What's included:
Explorer: A highly scaffolded six-step think mat with four simple clarifying strategies and opportunities to write or draw responses.
Investigator: A six-step think mat offering six reading strategies and encouraging students to explain how they resolved confusion.
Analyst: A more challenging seven-step think mat requiring students to examine why something is confusing, evaluate strategies and connect their new understanding to characters, themes or the author's message.
3-page printable PDF digital download.
Perfect for guided reading, reading groups, independent comprehension tasks, literature studies and formative assessment.
Suitable for use with a wide range of fiction and nonfiction texts – no specific book required.
