Reading Response Choices for Fiction (Grades 2-3)

Each week, choose one of the activities for your response letter.
Put a check in the box when you have used the response.

Name _______________________________________ Grading Period 1 2 3 4

Which character deserves Draw a picture that How was the problem
an award? describes the setting. solved? Draw a picture to
Why? How is the setting important describe it.
to the plot?

Use the 5-finger retelling to Describe and illustrate your Compare two characters in
retell the story. favorite event in the story. the story. How were they
alike?

Contrast two characters in Make a connection. What Draw three pictures to

the story. How were they
different?
did the story remind you of? describe events that
happened in the beginning,
middle, and end of the
story. Write about each
picture.
Reading Response Choices for Nonfiction, Grades 2-3
Each week, choose one of the activities for your response letter.
Put a check in the box when you have used the response.

Name ______________________________________ Grading Period 1 2 3 4

What questions do you have What connections did you Write about some facts you
about the topic? make as you read? learned from your reading.
Share your opinion about
something you read.

Pick three events from your Describe and illustrate the Compare or contrast ideas
book and write about the main ideas and details you from the book. Write about
things that caused those read this week. two things that are similar
events to happen. or different.

Main Idea

Detail Detail
1 2

Draw a picture that
summarizes what you
learned this week. Label
your drawing to identify
important ideas.
What information was most Write a letter to the author.
interesting to you? What did you like? What
questions do you have?