Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

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

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

The Shoshone were an important Native American tribe. Your little historian will learn about the culture and history of this tribe.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

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

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

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

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

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

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Travel back in time to discover the Cheyenne tribe. Young readers will learn all about Native American history with this worksheet.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

Learn about these lush, diverse biomes and practice spotting their inhabitants.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

This passage sheds light to the powerful women's workforce in World War 2. After reading the passage, students will use their critical thinking stills to answer comprehension questions.