After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students begin reading The Great Fire.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Auggie from Wonder.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Amy March from Little Women.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by The Once-ler from The Lorax.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Gloria from Because of Winn-Dixie.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Tilly from Tilly and the Bookwanderers.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Thorin Oakenshield from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Christopher Robin from A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Charlotte from E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Anne Shirley from L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Booker T. Washington.

Don’t be a copycat! Learn how to cite sources and spot plagiarism with this middle-grade worksheet.

Watch Louis Sachar’s Holes come to life in the movie adaptation!

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

In this printable two-player game, learners practice graphing points in four quadrants of the coordinate plane and calling out ordered pairs.