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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

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.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

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.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fourth Grade Reading Log

Fourth Grade Reading Log

Kids reflect on what they read with this reading log.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Literary Essay Graphic Organizer

Literary Essay Graphic Organizer

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

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.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Literature Response Prompts

Literature Response Prompts

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sticky Note Stop and Jot

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.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections

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!

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fact or Fiction

Fact or Fiction

Learn the difference between fact and fiction by concocting a story in a favorite fiction style: science fiction!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

From Page to Screen

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.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Crafting a Thesis Statement: Literary Essay Writing

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.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Literature Response Reflection Cards

Literature Response Reflection Cards

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Best Friends Forever Literary Response

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.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Book Script

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Stop & Jot Sticky Note Sequencing

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.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Early Cinema: Magic and Moving Pictures

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.

5th grade

Social studies

Workbook

The Serum Run

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.

5th grade

Social studies

Workbook

Five Ways to Respond to Literature

Five Ways to Respond to Literature

Prepare your students to analyze and respond to literature by practicing five types of responses: predictions, questions, clarification, connections, and opinions.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Find the Central Message: Literary Response

Find the Central Message: Literary Response

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.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Haunting Plots

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.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe

Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe

Get your students excited about making text connections!

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Making Connections: Thinking Stems

Making Connections: Thinking Stems

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing in Response to Reading

Writing in Response to Reading

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Main Event

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

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