This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

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

Get straight to the point with this worksheet about fencing, one of the lesser-known Olympic sports.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

"The Scarlet Flower" shares many similarities with a famous Western fairytale. Can you guess which one?

Meet one of the most well-known Native American women in our country's history--Sacagawea!

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

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Children learn about the history of the cycling event, one of the oldest sports in modern Olympic Games history.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Explore one of history’s earliest legal systems with this fifth- and sixth-grade nonfiction reading worksheet!

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

If your little one loves to read about the creepy creatures, he'll enjoy this spooky page about the Jersey Devil.

Engage in some sneaky warfare with the tale of the Trojan Horse, one of the most legendary Greek myths ever told.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners are transported to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as they learn about the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Ancient Egypt.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the early battles of the American Revolution. Discover the important features of the battle with this worksheet.

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students begin reading The Great Fire.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Introduce your child to a fascinating new animal, the Baird's tapir. This is just one of many endangered species around the world.

For October (or just for kids who love scary stories!), here's a great telling of Bancho Sarayashiki, one of Japan's most famous ghost stories.