Use this worksheet to help your students practice identifying adverbs, read fluently, and demonstrate their reading comprehension.

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

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

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.

Did you know that Texas was once an independent country? Travel back in time to learn about the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

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

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

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

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

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

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

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

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

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Meet Charles Darwin, the man responsible for the theory of evolution and many other revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.