Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

Give your beginning reader a fun way to practice reading comprehension with a classic story: "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling.

Children will use this sandwich-format diagram to write their prediction, evidence, and reasoning.

Get to know Arlen in this reading comprehension worksheet,

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Students will learn about the life history of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, in this introductory civics worksheet.

There are many endangered species all around the world. Read about the Amur leopard and why it's endangered with this information page.

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

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

Learn a little bit about the different kinds of breakfast foods consumed in different countries with this scrumptious reading comprehension worksheet.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.