RIF's 2025 Back to School Reading Supply List
Literacy Tools & Resources for Back to School Success
Kick off the 2025-26 school year prepared and ready to create engaged, young readers with RIF’s recommended Reading School Supply List providing back to school reading resources for educators and families.
MOTIVATE
Reading Motivation Tools
 | Create custom word games effortlessly with our free, easy-to-use interactive puzzle maker. |
 | Get excited for our monthly calendars with daily reading activities that build literacy skills with reading tips and book recommendations celebrating important dates. |
 | Delight your child with fun, motivational reading notes as they head back to school—everyone loves a special message from home! |
ENGAGE
Recommended Book Lists and More
 | Back to School Recommended Booklist Explore some of our favorite books to help elementary-aged children transition back to school smoothly and confidently. |
 | Books and resources to support teaching social and emotional learning, with book recommendations that ease school anxiety for kids. |
 | Use our reader interest inventory at the start of the school year to understand students' reading preferences and interests, build relationships, and recommend suitable books. |
EXCEL
Literacy Tools
 | Use leveled reading passages to practice fluency, build background knowledge, increase vocabulary, and strengthen comprehension skills. |
 | Enable educators and families to quickly monitor students' reading progress year-round and recommend books tailored to their interests and reading level using RIF's free and user-friendly tool. |
 | Aid visual tracking and enhance reading comprehension using BeeLine Reader, which applies a colored gradient to wrap text from one line to the next on leveled reading passages. |
 | Emphasize language and critical thinking, helping kindergarten through fifth-grade readers more effectively comprehend their reading materials with RIF's collection of graphic organizers. |
 | Family Reading Tips Leverage family reading ideas and resources for the back to school season to ensure your kids start the school year off right and ready to read. |
Kick off the school year by joining the Rally to Read 100 Challenge. RIF's annual reading engagement initiative, Rally to Read 100, launches October 1, 2025! Visit RallytoRead.org from October 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026 to join the challenge, watch free monthly author read-alouds, download literacy-building activities, and so much more.