Looking at prefixes, suffixes, and root words can help readers find meaning. Even young readers can start to build their vocabulary from prefixes and suffixes. In this activity, students will create words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

A riff on classic dot-to-dots, this dino worksheet asks kids to connect the dots from A to Z.

Assess kids' ability to define new words using context clues.

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.

Honor Dad this Father's Day by turning him into a veritable superhero! This printable is guaranteed to pack in the giggles (and writing practice, too).

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Young readers and sports enthusiasts will have a ball practicing sequence of events in this biography of Jackie Robinson. 

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

In this worksheet, children read along to a classic nursery rhyme, counting the M's as they go.

Writers learn how to plan a well-written paragraph with this two-part worksheet.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

First, kids trace lines on this prekindergarten writing worksheet to strengthen the fine motor skills needed to form the letter V. Then they trace the letter V!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

It's a word search celebration! See how many birthday words your child can find in this word search. They'll practice spelling as they hunt for each one.