Engaging Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary

This post focuses on engaging literacy activities for upper elementary students.  Have you been searching for more student engagement or varied ways to teach and apply essential literacy skills throughout the year? We are excited to share these helpful activities!

Engaging Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary

Whether you focus solely on ELA or balance multiple subjects, we know you’ll love the versatility of these resources. There are many ways to use them so you can design the best fit for your teaching needs. The two resources we will share are The Lit Kit and our Reading Response Graphic Organizers. 

95 Reading Response Graphic Organizers

This resource contains 95 literacy response sheets for any text, book, or selection. Reader response pages are perfect for lit circles, guided reading groups, whole group lessons, small groups, intervention, enrichment, and extension of independent reading at home.

Skills Covered

The Lit Kit for Upper Elementary

The Lit Kit addresses your literacy needs aligned to Common Core and Texas TEKS through activities such as workstations, literacy mini-lessons, small groups, interventions, and more.  We’ve recently added fifth grade to our K-4 vertically aligned Lit Kit Resources.

Comprehensive Literacy Activities

Each Lit Kit comes packed with engaging literacy activities for upper elementary students.

• Standards Alignment
• 12 Hands-On Literacy Activities
• 10 “Lit Log” Activities -Literacy Notebook
• 10 Teaching Slides/Printable Literacy Posters
• 8-10 Application Skill Pages
• Answer Keys

The Lit Kit Resources for Upper Elementary

Here are the links to each grade level for upper elementary.

Third Grade Lit Kit

Fourth Grade Lit Kit

Fifth Grade Lit Kit

More Engaging Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary

Our Literature Circles resource provides materials for running, organizing, and grading Literature Circles. Here’s a full post sharing all about how we do this.