Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Learn more about this amazing artist in this printable biography when studying the fine arts or Black History Month.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Got time to rhyme? Check out this fun rhyme scheme worksheet with two laughable limericks.

Reading primary sources doesn't have to be a bore! Learn to gather information from records using data given by celebrity whom you just might know.

This worksheet focuses on creating a title for a list of details.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

Introduce children to American playwright Lorraine Hanberry, who was only 29 years old when she won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play for "A Raisin in the Sun."

Children learn about three women who emerged as influential photographers during the Great Depression in the United States through the FSA program.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Your young readers are sure to enjoy this story about Ralph and the discovery he makes on his walk. This worksheet will help strengthen your students' comprehension skills as they answer questions about the text.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Take the monotony out of writing chapter summaries with this fun and creative alternative! Rather than writing out summaries, students will get to create illustrations and captions for major events from each chapter of their book.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple nonfiction text features with this delicious index activity. Young readers will practice using an cookbook index to locate information about tasty desserts.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.