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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.