Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

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

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!

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

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

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

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

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

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

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

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

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

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

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

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.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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

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

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.