2nd - 5th Grade Reading Response Resources

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

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

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

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.

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

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

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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