Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students will look for noun phrases in a familiar story!

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

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

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

Children read a classic fable with an eye toward character analysis in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

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.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

Noun phrases can give readers important information about the characters and settings of a story. This worksheet will help your students identify noun phrases that describe characters and settings in fictional texts.

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

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Kids will learn more about the meaning of a monster hoax and read about some of the most famous hoaxes.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

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