Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

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

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

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.

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

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!

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

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

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.