The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

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

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Liberty is precious to humans and to horses. Your young student can read about Beauty's longing for liberty in this worksheet for "Black Beauty."

This graphic organizer gives students the opportunity to analyze the extent to which a filmed production of a story stays faithful to or departs from the related text.

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

With this reading worksheet, your students will read about basketball player Steph Curry and then write three inferences.

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.

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

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

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

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

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

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.