Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.