Kindergarten - 6th Grade Make Connections Worksheets

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

Get some cool facts about geckos on our reading and writing worksheet! Your little one is sure to be tickled by all the curious facts about geckos.

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

Read about how the capybara live and other interesting facts about capybara. Sure to satisfy your curiosity about capybaras!

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

This fun sequencing worksheet will help your child practice putting events in order, which will prepare her for reading comprehension.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.