1st - 5th Grade Reading Response Educational Resources : Page 2

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

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

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.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

This worksheet asks first graders to read, write and draw all about summer!

Show your child the benefits of making connections with the characters in a story with this introspective worksheet.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

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

Does an octopus have 8 tentacles? Test your fact and opinion identification skills with this colorful undersea adventure.

Writing nonfiction can be a daunting task for newbies, but this note-taking sheet contains helpful prompts that keep your young writer on track.

Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Help your students prepare to write about their favorite book with this opinion writing organizer. This handy worksheet breaks down opinion writing into easy-to-follow steps that will have your kids writing persuasive essays with ease in no time.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

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

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

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

This worksheet will have your child read a brief passage, and then decide on his favorite part.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Learn about school uniforms around the world as students are going back to school!

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.