Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Batter up! It's time to get a hands-on history lesson in this fun printable activity that flexes your fourth-grader's memory and comprehension muscles

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the early battles of the American Revolution. Discover the important features of the battle with this worksheet.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this worksheet about Plymouth Colony, the Pilgrims' first home in America.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

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

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

Engage in some sneaky warfare with the tale of the Trojan Horse, one of the most legendary Greek myths ever told.