This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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.

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.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

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.

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