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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Collect your favorite summer quotes from friends and family in this Say What? sheet.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

Learn more about students’ reading preferences in this fun "This or That" worksheet!

Explore the art of papier-mâché in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!