During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Prepare students for reading A Night to Remember by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity.

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

To get a dog to come to you, sometimes you need to call its name. Your preschooler can learn each of these dog's names by reading the clues on this worksheet.

Help your preschooler learn to read with this simple and fun exercise. By reading the descriptions of each house, your child picks one of the houses.

See if your child can read these descriptions and decide which name goes with which cat.

Start developing your preschooler's reading skills with this fun game. Have him read each clue (or you can read to him) and match it with a picture.

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

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

This reading comprehension exercise combines important pre-reading skills with the fun of drawing.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

Put things in order from first to last! A big part of pre-reading comprehension is learning to put events in order.

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Kids love to observe what people look like and what they wear. Turn this curiosity into a fun game to help with pre-reading skills.

Before reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, use this pre-reading activity to build background knowledge and engagement. 

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.