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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Let the cold winter wind guide you to personification mastery with this fourth- through sixth-grade worksheet! 

Master metric units in this marvelous matching worksheet!

Explore the sights and sounds of the prairie with this fourth- and fifth-grade reading-comprehension activity!

Explore the science museum from your desk while you learn to write in present progressive tense!

Let uncertainty about your poetry analysis skills fall away as you spring into this charming poem about the seasons!