2nd - 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 11

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

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.

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

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Encourage thoughtful media consumption with this set of television show comprehension questions.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!