3rd - 8th Grade Make Connections Resources

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

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.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.