Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

For your budding environmentalist, here is an information sheet on a well-known endangered species, the Komodo dragon!

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

Your child will love learning all about the exploits of the famous European explorer Marco Polo with this attractively illustrated worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Teach your child about an endangered species with this information page, all about the Forest Owlet. They can color as they read some interesting facts.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.