Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

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

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Read part two of this classic tale by the Brothers Grimm! Enjoy a fun fairy tale series where your child can color in the illustrations herself.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

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

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts on the same topic.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Frederick Douglass, an influential African American writer and abolitionist.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

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

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

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.