Reading Comprehension Strategies Hands-on Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.