Use these informational text notetaking organizers in your intermediate classroom.
This set of organizers is designed to help your students practice how to take notes while reading informational text.
You will find three different pages to choose from.
This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from The Curriculum Corner.
The reasoning behind these pages
I created these organizers to use alongside the Scope magazines in my classroom. They contain so many great stories and pieces of nonfiction (this is not a sponsored post – just my honest opinion of a great product!)
When reading, I was finding that my sixth graders often would read the words without thinking about what they were reading. They needed practice slowing down and thinking through the text.
I needed students to be able to read a section and then identify the main idea. This seems basic but too often, students would just pick the first sentence or reword the heading to explain the main idea.
As a result, I worked to create some pages that would help my students with this process.
We used these pages a few times and I was really happy with how they helped.
These will fit into many 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade classrooms.
About these organizers
You will find three different organizers in the download.
Organizer 1 focuses on the following information:
title
- title
- author’s purpose
- number of sections in the text
- section headings
- section main ideas
- I wonder question for each section
- room for identify the text features
Organizer 2 focuses on the following information:
- title
- author’s purpose
- number of sections in the text
- section headings
- section main ideas
Organizer 3 focuses on the following information:
- title
- viewpoint 1
- support provided in the text
- viewpoint 2
- support provided in the text
You can download this free set of graphic organizers by clicking on the green apples below:
Looking for more organizers to help your nonfiction readers? Try this set:
Informational Text Graphic Organizers
This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families. You may print and use for your home or classroom. You may not sell or modify and sell any of these materials.