4th - 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 8

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish the

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Children learn about Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who would became a well-known symbol of the World War II war effort, in this social studies worksheet.

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.