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Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of <em>The King of Elfland&rsquo;s Daughter </em>by Lord Dunsany.

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From 'The King of Elfland’s Daughter'

Help students hone spelling and vocabulary skills&nbsp;with this sweet, pastry-themed grammar worksheet!&nbsp;

Spelling Practice: Parvati’s Pastry Palace

Students will be able to read between the lines after studying this exercise on identifying contextual clues.

Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 3

Practice differentiating between commonly confused words in this eighth-grade grammar game! 

Game of Bones: Commonly Confused Words

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from &ldquo;The Wreck of the Golden Mary&rdquo; by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Wreck of the Golden Mary

Create your own crazy story with this fill-in-the-blank story! Your budding writer will practice parts of speech as he fills in missing parts of the story.

Fill in the Blanks Story

Practice reading, writing, and understanding poetry with the help of the Mudville Nine by exploring the classic poem, "Casey at the Bat."

Casey at the Bat

This workbook is packed with challenging third grade spelling words that your child can practice writing and applying to his or her vocabulary.

Stress-Free Spelling Practice

This workbook helps third graders brush up on their skills over the summer months by engaging them with targeted practice in core subjects, including word study, math, reading and writing.

Get Ready for Third Grade

The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this&nbsp;classic Robert Frost poem.

Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken

Go on a crazy camping adventure with this fill-in-the-blanks story! Your student can practice their parts of speech as they fill in the missing words.

Fill in the Blanks Story: Camping

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life

In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.

Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

This analogies worksheet helps children compare two unlike things. Try our analogies worksheet with your third grader to strengthen reading and writing skills.

Analogies Worksheet: We're Related!

Your little reader is sure to enjoy this selection from the children's classic, "The Secret Garden." She'll build her vocabulary and reading skills.

Reading Comprehension: The Secret Garden

If you want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, don't miss this grammar worksheet! Kids will have tons of fun completing these Irish tongue twisters.

St. Patrick's Day Tongue Twisters

Introduce your child to Ramadan, a holiday celebrated by millions of Muslims around the would, with this informative worksheet.

What is Ramadan?

Building a good vocabulary is an important step in becoming a great writer. Here are 17 awesome vocabulary and spelling lists that can help your child grow into a well-spoken scholar.

Voracious Vocabulary

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Reading Comprehension: Peter Pan

Explore nonfiction with this set of short and sweet facts on notable people, places and events in history. Young readers can practice taking notes, answering questions and analyzing primary sources.

Reading Nonfiction

Let's cook up a funny story! This fun fill-in-the-blank is sure to please any beginning writer. He'll practice parts of speech as he goes.

Fill in the Blanks Story: Cooking

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

“I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Vocabulary Think & Seek

Use this worksheet to give children a challenge as they use context clues and their detective skills to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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