The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of rock 'n' roll music and the history of African-Americans in pop music!

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.

What if you met a snake who could make you rich? Enjoy one of the classic Panchatantra stories, animal fables from India that have a moral lesson.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.