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.

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

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

What if Paul Bunyan stepped into the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.