Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Early in the American Revolution, the Patriots captured Fort Ticonderoga. Your young historian will learn the importance of this fort in this worksheet.

Engage readers with a colorful artistic extension activity to go along with The Giver by Lois Lowry!

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

Students will sort out sentences that reflect facts and opinions.

Return to school in the fall with a list of your best summer reads by recording them here.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Students will strengthen their reading comprehension with this challenging text and the accompanying questions.

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

Get ready for the back to school season with a printable to-do list full of fall colors, a great start to an organized school year!

What is the purpose of a narwhal tusk? Explore some interesting new findings about the narwhal, also known as the unicorn whale.