2nd - 4th Grade Reading Response Worksheets

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

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

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

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

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.

Kindergarteners through second graders can use this versatile Biography Booklet printable to research and write about someone in booklet form.

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,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Get your students excited about making text connections!

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

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

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.

Children are introduced to Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nine Supreme Court justices, and the only Latina, in this reading and writing worksheet.

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