How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Engage students in reading by having them share about the nonfiction books they read. In this activity, students write a summary—in speech form!—of a book that they read. For added fun, have them give their speeches to a partner—or even the whole class!

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

In this historical heroes worksheet, children are introduced to Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to help found Tuskegee University and advocate for the educational and civl rights of fellow African Americans.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Add some fun to the old-fashioned placeholder with this bookmark! Your child answers a few questions and makes the bookmark, and the experience, all her own!

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

Close reading texts from mixed media puts a fun twist on the usual compare and contrast. This writing worksheet guides your kid in examining the story's climax.

This worksheet gives kids a place to list all the books they've read!

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Give your child a fun series of coloring pages that tell a story! She can read "The Mouse's Marriage" as she colors the illustrations.

This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.

Help your child understand how conflicts factor into plots with this inventive reading worksheet.

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!

Our writing worksheet guides your budding film buff as he explores theme and character development in the movie Ender's Game.

Keep track of weekly reading with this reading log worksheet!

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Practice identifying text features with your kindergarten students using this handy text feature hunt worksheet.

Kids rate stories and share favorite texts in this worksheet.