Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.