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Test your students’ reading comprehension with these resources that encourage a response to literature. Workbooks for upper elementary students provide in-depth practice responding to passages and incorporate interesting social studies lessons. Stories about Ichabod Crane and Peter Pan make responding to literature fun and creative. For more reading practice, head over to our reading fiction resources.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

Fourth Grade Reading Log

Kids reflect on what they read with this reading log.

Literary Essay Graphic Organizer

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

Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing

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.

Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

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

Best Friends Forever Literary Response

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

The flying, crowing, strutting figure of Peter Pan is known to kids of all ages, but how much do we really know? In this lesson, your class will use the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook to take a closer look at Peter and his world.

This workbook is swift to get through, much like the mushers who participated in The Great Race of Mercy. Through reading passages and math problems learn about the event that saved lives.

Sticky Note Stop and Jot

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.

Sticky Note Stop and Jot Reflection

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

From Page to Screen

Research, review, and read about classic and contemporary tales for kids! Analyze and explore five books and their movie adaptations in this writing workbook for avid readers and budding film buffs.

Early Cinema: Magic and Moving Pictures

Learn about amazing works of early cinema with this reading and writing workbook. Pick up fun movie trivia as you complete puzzles, watch your fave movies, make film-inspired crafts, and more.

Crafting a Thesis Statement: Literary Essay Writing

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.

Practice reading skills with the help of literary friends! From Frankenstein to Dracula and Mr. Hyde, the gory gang's all in this book, with read-and-respond passages from famous horror literature.

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called *The Monkey King*. Students will practice their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.

Learn about an unspoken, unfair rule regarding segregation in major league baseball during the early 1900s.

Literature Response Prompts

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

Writing in Response to Reading

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

Making Connections: Thinking Stems

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

Literature Response Reflection Cards

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

Dog Heroes of Alaska

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections

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

Let’s Investigate!

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response

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

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