Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

This ocean-themed worksheet helps students with their reading comprehension skills as they figure out the order in which the story goes.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

This reading response worksheet gives the "evil" stepsisters a chance to defend themselves.

Give your beginning reader a fun way to practice reading comprehension with a classic story: "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling.

Children will use this sandwich-format diagram to write their prediction, evidence, and reasoning.

Get to know Arlen in this reading comprehension worksheet,

Rhyming words are great for boosting phonics knowledge and teaching word families. This little make-it-yourself story book is packed with fun animal rhymes.

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Students will learn about the life history of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, in this introductory civics worksheet.

There are many endangered species all around the world. Read about the Amur leopard and why it's endangered with this information page.

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

Looking for a way to help kids keep track of the longer books they’re reading? Tuck this sheet into their reading folders! After completing each chapter students will use the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to summarize their reading.

Children circle each P in this fun, tongue-twisting worksheet as they practice recognizing and naming uppercase and lowercase letter P.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Put your students' reading skills to practice with this rock 'n' roll themed worksheet! Ask your students to read the story, then answer questions about the events in the story.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Introduce young learners to the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, a barrier-breaking NASA mathematician, with this engaging mini book activity.