Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Children expand their vocabulary with this hands-on fill-in-the-blank activity.

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

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.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Learners explore word parts as they seek to identify patterns and build new words in this fifth-grade grammar worksheet!

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into larger-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

This worksheet asks students to find the transition words and to use them in their own sentences.

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

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

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.

Can you figure out the homonyms from the clues provided?

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.

A conjunction is a word that joins two phrases together. With the help of this worksheet, students will learn how to use conjunctions to connect related facts—and they'll learn about waterspouts along the way!

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

With this organizer, students will be able to find unfamiliar vocabulary as they read and use context clues to determine meaning.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

Being a fish might be fun! Your young writer can write their own under the sea story with this creative writing prompt.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have young readers select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

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

Is your student a budding novelist? Start her career off on the right foot with this short story writing worksheet.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.