Reading response prompts wheel
Twelve comprehension moves for any book: predict, question, connect, visualize, retell and more.
12 entries
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Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.
Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.
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How to use it
- The wheel already holds 12 entries for “Reading prompts wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
- Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
- Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.
Ideas for class
- During a read-aloud, stop at a good place, spin, and ask the class to answer in a turn-and-talk.
- Make it a literacy center: partners read a page, spin, and write one sentence in their notebooks.
- Pick a strategy of the week: spin for the prompt each day and watch for students to use it on their own.
- Ask students to point to the words or picture that proved their answer.
- Send the wheel link home so families can use it for reading together for twenty minutes.
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Questions
Does it work with any book?
Yes. The prompts are about reading skills, not about a particular text, so they work with picture books, chapter books and short articles.
How do I make it easier for younger readers?
Cut the list down to Make a prediction, Ask a question, Picture it and Retell it, then add prompts as the class learns each one.
Are these the same as the research-based strategies?
They reflect widely taught comprehension strategies such as predicting, questioning, visualizing, summarizing and making connections. They are prompts to get students talking, not a complete reading program.
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