Reading Resources : Page 13

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Help your first grader build her reading comprehension skills by predicting how a story ends.

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

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.

Help students analyze the words and form of a poem with this fun worksheet.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Young learners will enjoy tracing, coloring, and assembling this mini book about astronaut and scientist Mae Jemison.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Enjoy a classic Aesop's fable, retold through a short collection of coloring pages! Your child will love reading this funny story as she colors.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Practice putting things in order with your early learner! Help them cut out the scenes and decide what happens first, next and last.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

Test your child's reading comprehension with the story of "The Frog Prince"!

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.