Looking for some ideas to engage your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students as they respond to a fiction text they have read? One of the 11 reading response ideas below is sure to work for your upper elementary classroom. You can get a no prep version of all of these activities (and more!) in this Fiction Reading Response Resource.Reading …
8 Reading Comprehension Activities You Can Use with Any Book
3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom teachers read a LOT of books and texts together, and assessing student comprehension is an important part of that. But completing the same comprehension activities can be boring, predictable, and un-rigorous. Below, find 8 reading comprehension activities that can be used with any book, fiction or nonfiction. And most of them are no prep …
The Best Chapter Book Read Alouds for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Classrooms
Fiction read alouds were an essential part of my education in elementary school. Almost 30 years later, I can still remember the chapter books that my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers read aloud to my class. Those read alouds helped instill a love of reading in me that has withstood the test of time. Some of my favorites as …