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

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Use this worksheet to help your students practice identifying adverbs, read fluently, and demonstrate their reading comprehension.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Build your students' emotional literacy with this handy emotion word bank! This resource provides students with visuals and a variety of emotion synonyms to increase their understanding of character traits in fictional text.

Did you know that Texas was once an independent country? Travel back in time to learn about the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Jump-start your kid's excitement about kangaroos! Together, you can learn some cool kangaroo facts, like how kangaroos can jump up to 30 feet.

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Get to know John Coltrane, a jazz legend, with this music history worksheet! Read his mini-biography and answer some trivia.