Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 26–33 of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Help your child read this page about the Sumatran rhinoceros, where they can color an illustration as they learn about why this animal is endangered.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Your child can learn about the last manned space flight with this worksheet that works on history, reading comprenshion and science all in one.

During this activity, students will create cause and effect comic strips complete with captions, pictures, and speech and sound effect bubbles.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Introduction to Charts and Diagrams.

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.