Have your child try her hand at storyboarding in this reading comprehension sheet.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

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

In this workbook excerpt, kids will learn about the history of vaudeville and variety shows, then will put together a show of their own at the end.

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

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

With 4th grade geography comes lots of maps and research. Get an introduction to research with this exercise. Label the countries and three cities on this map.

Decode common abbreviations in this upper elementary worksheet!

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Students will reflect on a special activity from class, then describe that activity using their own words!

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Write the story to go along with this series of story illustrations with this fun writing prompt.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

Do you know what a memoir is? This worksheet will tell you and show you some great examples from famous memoirs.

Invite fourth and fifth graders to analyze the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this worksheet.

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.