This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

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.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

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.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

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

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

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.

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

Read about the Wampus Cat, a famous Tennessee legend. Test comprehension as your child reads about some of the sightings.