Whether you walk into a classroom in Asia, North America or Europe, you will almost certainly see teachers and students building their understanding of the world through a dedicated daily reading session full of great reading activities.
Books allow students an opportunity to be informed, entertained or escape as they comprehend fiction and non-fiction texts against their understanding of the world, their personal insights, and opinions and finally compare those texts to others.
Whilst you may have a wealth of books in your school library, developing fresh and engaging ways to study literature can often be challenging. So today, we will explore 25 proven activities that can be applied to any book and at any age level.
These reading activities to improve reading comprehension are easy to follow and suitable for most age groups within an elementary/junior high school level.
This massive collection of ☀️READING ACTIVITIES☀️ covers all essential reading skills for elementary/primary students. NO PREP REQUIRED! Works with all text and media types.
Thousands of teachers have adopted this as a GO-TO RESOURCE for independent and group tasks.
Draw the main character from a book you have recently read. Show them as a baby, middle-aged and an older person.
Underneath each picture, write what you think they might be doing at that point in their life, and explain why they may be doing so.
For example, if you drew Harry Potter as a baby, he might cast spells on his mum to feed him lots of yummy food.
Post-reading activities like this are accessible for all age groups to adapt their skill level and text style.
If you want to learn more about characters, read our complete guide here.
