Elementary School Reading Response Resources

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

In this worksheet, kids will look at the labeled diagram of them monarch butterfly and then use what they have learned to finish the sentences.