After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

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.

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

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

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Engage readers with a colorful artistic extension activity to go along with The Giver by Lois Lowry!

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

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, readers reflect on the theme of individuality vs. conformity in this fun post-reading activity. 

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

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

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

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

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

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

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

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, encourage students to examine the novel's setting with this creative writing worksheet! 

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