After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

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

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean kids shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter.Teach your child how to write a letter to a friend.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

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

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Take an adventure through the woods with this "Little Red Riding Hood" story, fit for young readers.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Even fluent readers sometimes come across words they can’t decode. In this worksheet, students practice using pictures and context cues to figure out unknown words.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.