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

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

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

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

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

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

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Students will learn to identify introductory phrases and use them to cite nonfiction texts.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

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

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

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.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

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

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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

Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

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

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.