After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Find out what happens next with page 5 of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

How many Q's can your child spot in the Five Little Ducks poem? Kids find and count each letter Q in the rhyme on this kindergarten reading worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

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

If your child loves rhyming stories, he's sure to love this mini book about five little fish going off to bed. Color it, assemble it, and read it!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and filmed versions of the story!

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19–23 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide! 

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Encourage critical thinking and support your students’ literacy development by asking questions as they read the final chapters of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to watch a movie adaptation and compare the written and visual forms of the story.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you