Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Children are known to be excellent volunteers! Channel this skill and passion for helping others by facilitating a community service project, and then have them use this worksheet to reflect more deeply about their experience.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Point of View Pronouns.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Submerge yourself in the fascinating history of submarines! Your little inventor will get a taste of the early stages of this important technology.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

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

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

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

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.