What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

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

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!