4th - 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

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

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

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