Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Don't lose your head over reading comprehension this Halloween...try it with Ichabod Crane and the story of Sleepy Hollow.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Learn more about the imposing tsunami with this worksheet about the science of tsunamis.

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool sea turtle facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Support students’ comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

Learn all about wildfires, a natural phenomenon looked upon with awe and caution.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

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

This graphic organizer can help students analyze a story, scenario, disagreement or controversy from multiple perspectives.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.