Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

Meet the mythical Captain Stormalong, a sturdy sailor who's said to have conquered the high seas.

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Get ready for the back to school season with a printable to-do list full of fall colors, a great start to an organized school year!

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

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Return to school in the fall with a list of your best summer reads by recording them here.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

Don't forget to pack a to-do list in your back to school binder! This helpful checklist will inspire excellent organizational skills in your child.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Tackle your summer schedule with a colorful, ready-to-print to do list! Your child can practice his organization skills to prepare for back to school.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Get your child into the patriotic spirit with this fun song-based activity.

Read this timeless poem by Jane Taylor aloud to your child. Work together to identify and circle the rhyming words.

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

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.