This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean kids shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter.Teach your child how to write a letter to a friend.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children will learn about the St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida.