Help your students avoid the STUCK feeling when writing about their reading! Reading responses do NOT have to be challenging when you can use sentence stems to get your students started.  These reading response posters are great as a wall display, a reference ring, or for your students’ interactive notebooks.  Each chart gives students multiple ways to begin their written responses to eliminate starting each response the same way. These charts will also assist all students (general education, special education, and ESL) with orally responding. This resource will help differentiate your students’ needs and will have your students feeling a lot less overwhelmed when responding to texts.  Here's what you'll get: 2 Different Size Options Color Accents AND Black and White Options 80+ Sentence Starters 12 Chart Categories to include: My Prior Knowledge Asking Questions Making Predictions Summarizing Visualizing Making Connections Inferring Characters Evaluating Text Monitoring & Clarifying Author’s Craft Reflection Your students will feel empowered with these charts as they realize they CAN respond to their reading. These stems will give your students the small boost they need to accurately show YOU their comprehension and mastery of reading skills & reading strategies. These are also great to use as a differentiation tool to give help to readers who feel stuck and do not know where to start.  Prep is so simple... Just print the size you need and go!  Ways to Use: Whole group discussion stems Interactive reading notebooks Guided reading (written response or discussion stems) In a picture frame at your guided reading table On binder rings (portable use) On your classroom wall (large anchor charts) TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jennifer Ellsworth. says, "This resource helps students of all reading, writing, and speaking levels feel more confident when answering text-based questions. I use it often in both whole and small-group instruction." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nadia B. says, "These sentence stems are perfect to help my students with writing written responses.  They are stuck with how to begin. I printed the small versions and we put them inside the plastic protectors for collection cards." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meridy W. says, "This resource was helpful as a reference tool for my students as they learn to write essays and recall information from their independent reading books. Thank you!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tammika T. says, "This is a great resource for providing additional instructional support during the ELA block. I use this product with small groups to help structure their writing incrementally. The organizer is a great anchor for students to refer back to in their Seed Notebooks as they continue to work independently to strengthen their writing abilities and produce high-quality work." You may also like… → Reading Trifolds → Reading Strategies Charts → Reading Graphic Organizers → Reading Response Stem Cards (Set 1 + 2) Copyright © The Literacy Dive. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.