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

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

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.

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 reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

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

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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

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.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

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

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.