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

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

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.