Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Learn more about this magnificent marsupial in this science and reading worksheet that presents some quick facts and a fun writing exercise!

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Get your third grader familiar with basic poetry vocabulary in this diagram worksheet

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

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

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Children read a classic fable with an eye toward character analysis in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Is your child just learning how to cook? Help her learn the fundamentals of kitchen safety with this cheat-sheet.

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.