Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

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

Learn to extract information from sources with this handy worksheet, perfect for Little Leaguers and baseball fans.

Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

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

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

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

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

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”