Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

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.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

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.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Read about how the capybara live and other interesting facts about capybara. Sure to satisfy your curiosity about capybaras!

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.