Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

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

Learn all about wildfires, a natural phenomenon looked upon with awe and caution.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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.

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

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

In Blarney: A Game of Deception, children learn about the legend of the Blarney Stone, along with the rules for a fun game where they must decide which player is lying!

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

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Children learn about writer and poet Langston Hughes in this Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes worksheet.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

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.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

This passage sheds light to the powerful women's workforce in World War 2. After reading the passage, students will use their critical thinking stills to answer comprehension questions.

The Underground Railroad aided thousands of enslaved Americans on the road to freedom. Students will learn about the leaders of this movement.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to use information from multiple sources about coral reefs.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

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.

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.