2nd - 7th Grade Reading Resources : Page 31

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

To deepen your students’ understanding of dramas, have them utilize their understanding of the key terms to compare and contrast dramas to other genres. They will use information found in a Venn diagram to complete a paragraph frame.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Meet Harriet Tubman, a true American hero who devoted her whole life to caring for and protecting others.

How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

Use this exercise to give your students practice developing an opinion about a nonfiction topic. They will read a short passage and express an opinion about the topic based on the evidence in the text.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Your child can learn about the last manned space flight with this worksheet that works on history, reading comprenshion and science all in one.

Take a historical tour of Spain, home of the Running of the Bulls! Learn all about this Spanish-speaking country's diverse regions, dialects, and traditions.

Students will explore how illustrations can help deepen their understanding of a text.

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.