Help your kindergarten students practice good reading habits by using this handy reading checklist.

Encourage your child to read more by giving her a series of fun coloring pages that tell a story! She'll get to enjoy a Japanese folktale as she colors.

Have your child try her hand at storyboarding in this reading comprehension sheet.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

In this workbook excerpt, kids will learn about the history of vaudeville and variety shows, then will put together a show of their own at the end.

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

Decode common abbreviations in this upper elementary worksheet!

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

You’ll be over the moon when you ace this first- and second-grade worksheet all about the oo digraph! 

Write the story to go along with this series of story illustrations with this fun writing prompt.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Get to know the letter D with this tracing, writing, and drawing worksheet! 

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Review and record the elements of a story in this first- and second-grade worksheet!

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

Use analysis skills to better understand your favorite character in this worksheet!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Use these thought-provoking prompts to reflect on the plot, characters, and themes in Louis Sachar’s Holes!

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.