The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

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

Get to know one of the most unique and colorful monkeys, the red-shanked douc langur. Read about why they are an endangered species with this info-sheet.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

Students underline key details, such as vocabulary and important information, to strengthen reading comprehension.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

There are many animals around the world whose lives or homes are threatened. Read about an endangered species from Africa with this info-sheet

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Engage your students in retelling stories and sharing their thoughts with this fun worksheet. After reading a book independently, young critics will tell what happens in the story and explain why they would or would not recommend it.

Your second grader can create his own presidential seal by coloring in this fun printable page.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

Students will read and recall a story by answering comprehensive questions about the series of the events in the story.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

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.

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

How well do you know your country's past presidents? Here is a challenging series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!

It's always perfect weather for writing poems! Engage students in writing poetry with this fun activity. Go outside and start thinking creatively!

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

After reading informational books, have students share a summary with a partner. Then have them write out their retelling using this worksheet. Students will be masters of their topics when all is said and done!

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Being able to describe and compare character development is an important skill for young readers. Using this handy graphic organizer, students will use adjectives to compare characters at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.