Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

In this yummy exercise, students will differentiate between statements of fact and opinion as they read all about chocolate!

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Learn all about conflict in literature and how it makes the story possible in this conflict in literature worksheet.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

This quick activity will enable your students to practice the skill of making predictions.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this worksheet to teach your students how to write declarative sentences with details from an informational text.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

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, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

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

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.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

What do you know about the wonderful country of Guatemala? Find out how the country got its name and what the people like to do for fun!

Students identify noun phrases that describe character and setting.