Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

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

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony with this social studies worksheet!

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

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

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

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.