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

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

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

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

A reading comprehension assignment with monsters and a wickedly complex labryinth? Yes, please!

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

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

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

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

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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