4th - 7th Grade Reading Resources : Page 11

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

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

Support students’ comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

There are many animals around the world whose lives or homes are threatened. Read about an endangered species from Africa with this info-sheet

In this yummy exercise, students will differentiate between statements of fact and opinion as they read all about chocolate!

Batter up! It's time to get a hands-on history lesson in this fun printable activity that flexes your fourth-grader's memory and comprehension muscles

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Every state has lots of court houses and hundreds of judges, but our country has set one court above all the rest -- the Supreme Court.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

Students will rewrite the narration and point of view of various texts.

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Got time to rhyme? Check out this fun rhyme scheme worksheet with two laughable limericks.