In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

This Reader's Theater activity is festive Thanksgiving fun for the whole family!

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

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

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

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

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

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Children learn key vocabulary related to the executive branch of the U.S. government in this spelling worksheet.

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

Use this resource with your students to practice not only identifying the problem and solution in a text, but also the character’s attempts at solving the problem.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.

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

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Learn about these surprisingly diverse biomes, then test your biome and geography know-how with a desert-mapping activity.

Jump into the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem with a reading comprehension worksheet. Kids read the song, and then draw a picture to illustrate it.

Learn all about this significant scientist with this Isaac Newton biography, detailing his life and work.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.

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