Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

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

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

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

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

What is the purpose of a narwhal tusk? Explore some interesting new findings about the narwhal, also known as the unicorn whale.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

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

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

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

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

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

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

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

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.