This uniquely structured kit challenges active young readers to move beyond decoding to reflection to transactive reading. Thinking Pads are functional graphic organizers that frame student-to-text interactions.

Each kit contains the following:

• 5 packs of 8 different Spanish Thinking Pads that focus on
  • analyzing characters
  • creating sensory images
  • understanding elements of nonfiction
  • making connections
  • predicting
  • questioning
  • mapping story elements
  • summarizing fiction
• Rubrics for assessing each Thinking Pad
• A teacher’s manual that provides lessons incorporating the gradual-release model of teaching

Product ID: 501-1660