Does this shark look strange to you? Learn all about why his tail is so long with a fun and informative coloring page!

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Learn all about Galileo! Whether your kid is an aspiring scientist or just needs some reading practice, this Galileo biography worksheet hits the mark!

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Get to know John Coltrane, a jazz legend, with this music history worksheet! Read his mini-biography and answer some trivia.

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Use this activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write procedural texts. Students are prompted to write step-by-step instructions for how to do or make something of their choosing.

Read a classic Aesop's fable about the importance of honesty! Your child will get to practice punctuating this passage with periods.

Help kids get familiar with the process of writing a thank you note, so they'll never complain about writer's block again.

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Students will learn how to read a chart of real mountain elevations and answer questions based on this worksheet.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

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

Use this simple and effective graphic organizer to have students predict or describe events from their own lives or from stories.

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of learning how to read. This worksheet has students slow down and reflect on what they’ve learned, as well as what they’d like to work on next.

Students will use content-specific vocabulary in context as they learn about the Revolutionary War.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!