4th - 7th Grade Make Connections Resources

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

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

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.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

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

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

When in Rome, what should visitors do? Let your students become a tour guide to Rome, the historic city in Italy, with this travel brochure activity.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.