Reading Resources for Kids

Aid your students in learning to read and comprehend what they're learning with effective reading resources for kids! Creative reading activities have the power to transform your ELA instruction for the better. Inside you'll find reading comprehension worksheets and printables, favorite read alouds with activities, suggested picture books for kids, and word work. Find activity and lesson ideas for all reading skills like main idea, making predictions, character traits, and much more!
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Interactive Vocabulary Games: Engage Students with These 3 Fun Activities
Ditch the flashcards and get your students adrenaline rushing with interactive vocabulary games for elementary! These fun, hands-on ideas for teaching vocabulary will have students enhancing their word knowledge creatively. Find out more about our favorite vocabulary learning strategy using the Marzano Six Steps teaching method and how to incorporate a variety of vocabulary word activities for tier 2 words to transform your reading lessons including the student-loved Vocabulary Towers!
Make Vocabulary Instruction Fun: 3 Hands-On Games for Word Mastery
Ditch the flashcards and get your students adrenaline rushing with interactive vocabulary games for elementary! These fun, hands-on ideas for teaching vocabulary will have students enhancing their word knowledge creatively. Find out more about our favorite vocabulary learning strategy using the Marzano Six Steps teaching method and how to incorporate a variety of vocabulary word activities for tier 2 words to transform your reading lessons including the student-loved Vocabulary Towers!
Top Thanksgiving Picture Books and Activities to Teach Traditions & Family
Fall in love with these Thanksgiving read-alouds and activities to celebrate cultural differences in traditions, togetherness, and family! These heartwarming Thanksgiving books are perfect anchor texts for 4 essential reading comprehension skills—story structure, text-to-self connections, fiction & nonfiction connection, and character change. Add these fall books to your November reading list and learn how to enhance your Thanksgiving reading comprehension with fun, hands-on activities.
Reading Activities and Comprehension Ideas for Describing Characters
Bring character analysis to life with exciting, hands-on character traits activities to engage your students! This blog post has creative ideas like character analysis posters, graphic organizers, and interactive reading activities for kids. Learn how to teach character feelings through read-alouds, free chants for kids, and fun character change lessons. These strategies and books for teaching character traits will get your students talking about their favorite book characters in new ways!
Interactive Reading Response Activities for Elementary Kids
Are you looking for reading response activities that your elementary students can use with any book? Students respond to a story using a reading graphic organizer in 1st grade, 2nd grade, or 3rd grade. Reading response worksheets are the perfect way for students to show their reading comprehension skills for independent learning.
Character Trait Anchor Charts and Activity Ideas for Elementary Kids
Bring character analysis to life with exciting, hands-on character traits activities to engage your students! This blog post has creative ideas like character analysis posters, graphic organizers, and interactive reading activities for kids. Learn how to teach character feelings through read-alouds, free chants for kids, and fun character change lessons. These strategies and books for teaching character traits will get your students talking about their favorite book characters in new ways!
3 Picture Books to use during Black History Month and All Year
Discover engaging and age-appropriate resources to teach children about the struggles and triumphs of the Black community. Whether you're a teacher looking to enhance your curriculum or a parent seeking educational activities for your child, this blog post has something for everyone.
FREE October Reading Activities and Crafts for Fall
Celebrate fall with these free October reading activities! Engage your elementary students with fun story retelling using candy corn, explore fascinating owl facts with nonfiction reading, and dive into animal research projects with free templates. Perfect for teaching reading comprehension, research skills, and adding a seasonal twist to your lessons. Check out fall books for kids, grab these free fall activity printables, and bring autumn fun into your classroom!
Black History Read Alouds and Reading Comprehension Activities
Discover engaging and age-appropriate resources to teach children about the struggles and triumphs of the Black community. Whether you're a teacher looking to enhance your curriculum or a parent seeking educational activities for your child, this blog post has something for everyone.
3 FREE Fall Reading Activities and Craft for the Classroom
Celebrate fall with these free October reading activities! Engage your elementary students with fun story retelling using candy corn, explore fascinating owl facts with nonfiction reading, and dive into animal research projects with free templates. Perfect for teaching reading comprehension, research skills, and adding a seasonal twist to your lessons. Check out fall books for kids, grab these free fall activity printables, and bring autumn fun into your classroom!
5 Activities and Ideas for Making Inferences in Elementary
Teaching students how to make inferences doesn't have to be intimidating! These making inferences activities encourage students to think critically, read between the lines, and connect their schema to relatable read-alouds. Follow along to incorporate an interactive inferences lesson plan and fun chants, making inferences anchor charts, creative drawings, and more hands-on practice. With these exciting strategies, your students will confidently infer meaning and deepen their comprehension.
Reading Response Journal or Booklet for 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Are you looking for reading response activities that your elementary students can use with any book? Students respond to a story using a reading graphic organizer in 1st grade, 2nd grade, or 3rd grade. Reading response worksheets are the perfect way for students to show their reading comprehension skills for independent learning.
Making Inference Activities, Anchor Charts, and Chants
Teaching students how to make inferences doesn't have to be intimidating! These making inferences activities encourage students to think critically, read between the lines, and connect their schema to relatable read-alouds. Follow along to incorporate an interactive inferences lesson plan and fun chants, making inferences anchor charts, creative drawings, and more hands-on practice. With these exciting strategies, your students will confidently infer meaning and deepen their comprehension.
Writing Sentence Activities for Elementary Students
Looking for engaging ways to teach sentence writing and punctuation to elementary students? Check out these creative ideas to engage your students with sentence writing practice and grammar activities to help students master sentence structure. Learn hands-on strategies to teach kids to write complete sentences, including sentence anchor charts, punctuation activities, and a Super Sentence Heroes craft! Plus, find books that teach punctuation essentials.
The Best Way to Teach Making Connections
Is it time to engage students in making connections but you don't know where to start? Learn how to teach making connections to elementary students using practical lesson ideas and hands-on activities! Discover making connections anchor charts, graphic organizers, printable and digital activities, plus a making connections chant to enhance text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.