Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

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

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Learn about the climate, fauna, and flora of these high-altitude biomes, then review what you've learned with a quick sentence-matching activity.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

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

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

These worksheets, which cover social studies, reading comprehension and writing, teach kids all about the Great Race of Mercy.

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.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.