Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

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

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

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

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.

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

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn key vocabulary related to the executive branch of the U.S. government in this spelling worksheet.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of rock 'n' roll music and the history of African-Americans in pop music!

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

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

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

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

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.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

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

Take a historical tour of Spain, home of the Running of the Bulls! Learn all about this Spanish-speaking country's diverse regions, dialects, and traditions.