Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

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

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

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!

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

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

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

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