Elementary School Fiction Passages Activities

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.