Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

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

Children learn facts about dolphin's evolution, behavior, and physical traits in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

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

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

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

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

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

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Engage in some sneaky warfare with the tale of the Trojan Horse, one of the most legendary Greek myths ever told.