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Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: The Art of Embracing Cold Weather

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Winchester Mystery House

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

Video Games: Not Just for Fun

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of George Washington Carver

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky

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

All About Mummies

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall

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

Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Central Idea and Key Details

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Althea Gibson

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;We Wear the Mask&rdquo; by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

Informational Reading Comprehension: Artistic Swimming: One Tough Sport

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!

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

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Novel Discussion Guide for Teachers

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.

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Novel Study: Wonder: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Movies and Main Ideas

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Glossary: Main Idea and Supporting Details

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

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #3

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Make a Timeline of an Influential Person

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #2

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Historical Heroes: Eleanor Roosevelt

This workbook teaches kids about the math and physics behind some of the coolest Winter Olympics sports! Kids solve physics problems with applied math and conduct fun physics experiments at home.

Ode to the Olympics: Winter Edition

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Novel Discussion Guide for Parents

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

Double Bubble Thinking Map

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

Tracking Important Details: A Look into Marie Curie's Life

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