Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

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

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

What if you met a snake who could make you rich? Enjoy one of the classic Panchatantra stories, animal fables from India that have a moral lesson.

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

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

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

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

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

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

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Every state has lots of court houses and hundreds of judges, but our country has set one court above all the rest -- the Supreme Court.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

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.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.