Reading & Literature Circle Worksheets

Book Bingo

Read books and color in the corresponding squares on the bingo board.  When you get a bingo, turn the page into your teacher for a prize.

To complete this bingo board, read books like Frog & Toad, Henry & Mudge, and Nate the Great.

To complete this bingo board, read  Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, Bailey School Kids,

To get a bingo you'll need to read books by popular authors like Louis Sachar, Andrew Clements, Jerry Spinnelli, and Roald Dahl.

Book Report Forms

Write about the beginning, middle, and ending of a fiction book.  Great form for basic chapter books.

Summarize the main idea of the book and list interesting facts you've learned.

Tell what the person has accomplished, why the person is important, and list a few interesting facts.

Describe the main mystery the characters have to solve, list some clues, and describe how they solve the mystery.

Describe the beginning, middle, and end of the fable.  Then, tell what lessons you learn from the fable.

Literature Circle Roles

Summarizer role worksheet for literature circles

Discussion leader role worksheet for literature circle groups

The word wizard writes down and defines challenging words to share with his/her literature circle

Worksheet for the literature circle illustrator to draw a picture

The real-life connector's role is to show how the story is similar to real-life events; Best for higher-level students

The story-connector shows how the story they're currently reading is similar to other stories they've read;  Best for higher-level students.

If you're printing out several literature circle worksheets to form a packet, you can use this cover page.

Reading Logs

Students keep track of the number of minutes they read each night.

This 25-box chart includes a picture of a boy sitting on a pile of books.

This 25-box chart includes a picture of a girl in the library.

Students can use this reading log / book log to keep track of the stories they've read.