Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

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

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

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

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

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

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

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