In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Count the syllables in the limericks in this poetry worksheet!

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

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

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool octopus facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

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

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool sea turtle facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Young historians learn about four pioneering female scientists as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

Improve your child's reading skills and introduce her the classic tale of Peter Rabbit with this comprehension page, all about finding the main idea.

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

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Children read a classic fable with an eye toward character analysis in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

This short nonfiction text will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words—and they'll have fun learning all about the life cycle of a chicken in the process!

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

When in Rome, what should visitors do? Let your students become a tour guide to Rome, the historic city in Italy, with this travel brochure activity.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.