Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

After completing Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, help learners connect with the book with this community-based extension activity! 

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Students will read and recall a story by answering comprehensive questions about the series of the events in the story.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

Whether you love the great outdoors or are preparing for the zompocalpyse, this round-up of survival skills will help kids be prepared for any disaster!

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool octopus facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

If your child needs help understanding big ideas and concepts, have her tackle this helpful reading comprehension worksheet.

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentence

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

Do you know what a memoir is? This worksheet will tell you and show you some great examples from famous memoirs.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn about these surprisingly diverse biomes, then test your biome and geography know-how with a desert-mapping activity.

A reading comprehension assignment with monsters and a wickedly complex labryinth? Yes, please!

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Get all the Tasmanian devil facts on this worksheet, from what they eat to how they got their name.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Constellation legends are full of adventure. These worksheets focus on the constellations Perseus, Andromeda, Queen Cassiopeia and the sea monster Cetus.

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.