Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

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

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

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

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

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

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

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

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

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

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.