Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

Submerge yourself in the fascinating history of submarines! Your little inventor will get a taste of the early stages of this important technology.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

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

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

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.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Students will craft their own essay using this graphic organizer as a helpful way to get started.

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Kids grow their vocabulary with antonyms and synonyms in this worksheet.

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

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

Learn how to properly write and say tag questions with this fun excerpt from our upcoming punctuation workbook.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

Develop your students' writing skills with this character and setting worksheet!

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

With this worksheet, students will read a short text about Malala Yousafzai's fight for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan, and then answer questions about the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Sharpen and assess your students’ proofreading skills with this worksheet that will also prepare them for peer editing.

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

What is a comma splice, and how do you fix it? Find out with this grammar worksheet, all about commas and conjunctions!

When in Rome, what should visitors do? Let your students become a tour guide to Rome, the historic city in Italy, with this travel brochure activity.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking writing prompt about leap year!

Students will use content-specific vocabulary in context as they learn about the Revolutionary War.

Researching, both online and offline, is a skill your student will find useful in any class. This writing worksheet gives her an interesting topic to research.