Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Learn about these lush, diverse biomes and practice spotting their inhabitants.

Improve your child's reading skills and introduce her the classic tale of Peter Rabbit with this comprehension page, all about finding the main idea.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Learn all about this significant scientist with this Isaac Newton biography, detailing his life and work.

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

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.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

Children read a brief biography of world renowned opera singer Marian Anderson, then answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

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

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Jane Goodall has devoted her life to studying animals in the wild. This worksheet should spark an interest in research and recording in kids who love animals.