Reading Response Question Cards, Bookmarks & Response Sheets Generator (Any Book)

Print reusable reading questions that work with any book your class is reading, from kindergarten to grade 6. Choose fiction, nonfiction or both, pick the skills — characters, setting, plot, main idea, theme, author's purpose, predictions, connections and more — then print cut-apart question cards, before / during / after reading bookmarks, a response sheet with writing lines, a roll-and-respond page or a choice board.

Reading skills

Every question works with any book, so the same sheet serves a whole guided reading group. If the skills you tick don't have enough questions at this level, the sheet borrows from the nearest level, then from other skills. Fiction-only skills (characters, setting, theme) are skipped for nonfiction. Print cards and bookmarks on card stock.

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Reading Response Question CardsCut on the dashed lines
1Opinion
Why did you choose this book?
2Predict
Read the title. Predict what the book will be about.
3Vocabulary
Find a new word. Use clues to figure out what it means.
4Connect
What does this book remind you of in another book or movie?
5Purpose
What do you think the author wants you to remember?
6Plot
Retell the most important events in order.
7Visualize
Sketch a part of the book that has no picture. Add a caption.
8Compare
How is your life different from life in this book?
9Main Idea
What is the main idea of this page or chapter?
10Opinion
Who would enjoy reading this book? Why?
11Predict
Flip through the pictures. What do you think you will find out?
12Vocabulary
Find a word the author used to describe something. Why is it a good word?