Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Help learners further hone their understanding of percent calculation with this sixth-grade math worksheet! 

Get more practice calculating unit rates with this sixth-grade math worksheet!

Get more practice writing and simplifying ratios with this sixth-grade math worksheet!

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

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

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

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

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

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address—and the context in which was delivered—with this three-page social studies worksheet.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Your child will determine the winner of each boxing match by figuring out which box has the most surface area.

Learners sleuth out the area of three triangles in this simple geometry worksheet.

Learners sleuth out the area of three triangles in this helpful geometry worksheet.

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

Explore how the fossil record is used to study the evolution of organisms in this engaging science worksheet for middle grades!

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!