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

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying key ideas by looking for repeated words and phrases in a text.

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Children learn about writer and poet Langston Hughes in this Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes worksheet.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

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

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

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 fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Use this worksheet to help your students practice identifying adverbs, read fluently, and demonstrate their reading comprehension.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

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.

Did you know that Texas was once an independent country? Travel back in time to learn about the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

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

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.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

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

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Get to know John Coltrane, a jazz legend, with this music history worksheet! Read his mini-biography and answer some trivia.

Read this chapter from the classic book Pinocchio, and identify the verbs and verb clauses the author uses to create action and set the scene.

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.