Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children will learn about the St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

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.

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

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.

Searching for a worksheet to help with your kid's reading skills? This printable uses a classic Aesop Fable.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Use this exercise to teach your students how to gain information from the text and the text features to better understand a topic.

Get ready for a ghostly reading activity! Here's a Halloween sheet that will teach your child all about ghosts and the history behind these spooks.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

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

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