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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.

Use this resource to closely read a nonfiction text, come up with questions, and use text evidence to find the answers.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Young readers can discover the history of the Choctaw Native American tribe with this history worksheet.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.