Relive the experience of trying something new with this personal narrative writing prompt for third, fourth, and fifth graders!

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Challenge your students to read and interpret information in the first quadrant.

If your child wants to solve this funny riddle, she'll have to complete a slew of division problems, first.

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

What has eyes, but cannot see? If your child wants to solve this riddle, they're going to have to solve some division first!

Captain Christopher Newport led one of the first journeys across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World and started what would become Jamestown.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Build your child's confidence in descriptive words with this worksheet. First students will identify adverbs and write sentences using adverbs.

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

Track first impressions of a text and kickstart background knowledge using this efficient organizer. This resource goes along with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

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.

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!

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Help students tune into their emotions by writing their own haiku poem. First, kids will learn a bit about haikus and read a sample. Then, they'll brainstorm a list of words related to emotions before drafting their own emotions haiku.

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.