Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

Read this classic story by Rudyard Kipling with your students for basic reading comprehension practice. As they answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions, your students will prove that they understand what they read!

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Get an interesting lesson in science along with valuable reading practice with this Gregor Mendel biography worksheet.

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

This worksheet will help your child organize the details needed to write about a book they've read!

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Learners are transported to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as they learn about the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Ancient Egypt.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

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.