These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

If your students struggle with how to compare and contrast texts, this worksheet can be used for reteaching or extra practice.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features and Their Purposes.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Revolutionary War Vocabulary.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

History buffs, get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about all of our U.S. presidents with a fun matching game!

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Students will sort out sentences that reflect facts and opinions.

This worksheet, part of our upcoming A Day in the Life of the President workbook, helps refine knowledge manners that change from culture to culture.

Return to school in the fall with a list of your best summer reads by recording them here.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool jellyfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often simply called "The Wall," with this interesting printable.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

A soldier meets a mysterious stranger in a graveyard. Could this be the dark figure that townsfolk have seen darting in and out of the shadows?

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.