Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Brush up on some St. Patrick's Day-themed spelling words with this creative word search activity!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

Help students clarify the meaning of their sentences and improve their writing by learning to identify and avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Does your child know their parts of speech? Here's a great review of articles (or determiners), which are technically a type of adjective!

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

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.

Is the sleeping dragon a watchdog or a pet? Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.

Writing a paper doesn't have to be boring! Introduce your student to research and writing with this thorough guide.

No, introductory elements aren't hellos and how-do-you-dos--they're a little piece of a sentence that gets things started.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

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

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

History buffs, get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about all of our U.S. presidents with a fun matching game!

If your students need additional practice matching abbreviations and acronyms, use this worksheet. This is great practice for your future Prof., Dr., or NBA player.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

Get ready for some wordplay! This homographs worksheet will help your child sort out those words that look alike but sound different and mean different things.

Do you want your students to have confident, informative discussions? Build student discourse and writing confidence with these comparison sentence frames! Students will use sentence and paragraph frames to practice comparing two nouns of their choice.

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