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

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

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

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

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.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

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

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

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.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

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

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this worksheet about Plymouth Colony, the Pilgrims' first home in America.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

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

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

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

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

Get your students excited about making text connections!