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

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reading about the holiday’s history and imagery!

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.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

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

Any kid studying the American Revolution will likely have to memorize this famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

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

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

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.

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.

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

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

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.