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.

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.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

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

Deduce the definitions of tricky words in this engaging informational passage!

Hook young learners into reading with this colorful passage on crochet!

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

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

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Young readers can build their comprehension skills as they read this passage from a children's classic, "The Story of Dr. Dolittle."

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool trumpet facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.