Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Teach kids that there is a time for play and a time for work with this lesson featuring Aesop's The Ants and the Grasshopper.

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Batter up! It's time to get a hands-on history lesson in this fun printable activity that flexes your fourth-grader's memory and comprehension muscles

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

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

This quick activity will enable your students to practice the skill of making predictions.

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.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the early battles of the American Revolution. Discover the important features of the battle with this worksheet.

This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.

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 the facts on Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the U.S., full of awesome animals and gigantic geysers.

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.

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.

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

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

Boost your first grader's reading comprehension by using a story map to outline a story visually.

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this worksheet about Plymouth Colony, the Pilgrims' first home in America.

Have you ever been the new kid? Well, maybe you can relate to the character’s point of view. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the point of view of a text and explaining the character’s opinions.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

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