During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

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.

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.

Ancient mariners mistook the manatee for a mermaid! Your young biologist won't make the same mistake after learning about the manatee with this worksheet.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Learn about the grasslands biome, then use your knowledge to unscramble the missing words of the paragraph that follows.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Cleopatra ruled Egypt and conquered the hearts of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Read a mini-biography on this remarkable woman in history.

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

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this soulful worksheet!

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

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.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.