When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the Wilhelm scream! Read about the famous Wilhelm scream on this worksheet with a research assignment.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Use this short story with comprehension questions to help your students practice identifying cause and effect relationships in a fictional text.

After reading a short text about a new puppy, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

What better way to get your child excited about reading than a series of fun stories? Meet Kolobok, a ball of dough who comes to life in this Russian folk tale!

In Russian, the word teremok means "little hideaway". Give your child a fun, fresh way to practice her reading with this Russian folk tale.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.