Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Help your early readers get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. They'll predict what will happen and identify the moral.

Learn more about this magnificent marsupial in this science and reading worksheet that presents some quick facts and a fun writing exercise!

This worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop-motion effects.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

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

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.

Discover more about the dingo, a type of wild dog that lives in Australia, in this worksheet.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

What's a wombat? If you've got a kid learning life science, give her a fun introduction to animals with these wombat facts..

Use this worksheet to learn Cassowary facts, and introduce your child to an exotic species of bird from Down Under.

If your child prefers scaly and slithery to soft and fluffy, here's a worksheet on the goanna, a large lizard that lives in Australia.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.