4th - 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 35

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool saxophone facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Read a famous narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat," and practice reading comprehension skills at the same time in this printable mini-book worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

After completing Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Parts and Making Predictions.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

Young historians get to know the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, with this history and civics crossword puzzle.

Keep a record of friends you meet over the summer with this impromptu address book to fill with fun facts about all the friends you make this summer.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features and Their Purposes.

After reading a nonfiction text about the history, sights, and people of Vancouver, your student will create their own informational brochure about the city.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

About 14 million people visit the historic city of Berlin each year. Give your students the opportunity to study and share historic facts and places in Germany's capital with this brochure exercise.

Your students will pick their favorite information and create a travel brochure all about Amsterdam, complete with a map!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Language is fascinating and confusing! Learn some words in other languages that don't translate to English with this great linguistics worksheet.