4th - 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 5

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

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 students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will use context clues as they select the meaning of words.

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

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

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

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