With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

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

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Children learn facts about dolphin's evolution, behavior, and physical traits in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

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

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

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

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

In this worksheet, kids find the titles of well-loved children’s stories — and match them to the sequence of emojis that describe them.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

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

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

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

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.