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.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of rock 'n' roll music and the history of African-Americans in pop music!

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

Reading nonfiction can be tricky, whether read individually or as a group. Young readers will be asked to match common text features to the correct illustrated features in this tree-themed activity.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

This short nonfiction text will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words—and they'll have fun learning all about the life cycle of a chicken in the process!

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Give your young readers some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the beloved story of The Three Little Pigs! Students will consider protagonists, antagonists, and character dynamics with this version of the classic story.

Children learn key vocabulary related to the executive branch of the U.S. government in this spelling worksheet.

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

The class watched an exciting movie about a castle adventure. But now the students need help recalling the details of the film.

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Help your first grader build her reading comprehension skills by predicting how a story ends.

This worksheet provides students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. After reading and completing Part 1 as a class, challenge your students to complete Part 2 on their own or with a pa

Do you know how to haiku? This haiku worksheet gives your budding poet practice with counting syllables and noticing the role of rhythm in poetry.

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Use this fairy tale story map to follow the details of your child's favorite stories and strengthen his reading skills.

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Read this sweet poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a few short reading comprehension questions.