4th - 7th Grade Reading Resources : Page 19

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

A reading comprehension assignment with monsters and a wickedly complex labryinth? Yes, please!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

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

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Get an interesting lesson in science along with valuable reading practice with this Gregor Mendel biography worksheet.

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

This worksheet is a quick-reference tool of space vocabulary for kids, with an exercise to use the words properly in provided sentences.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

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.

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.