Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Challenge your kids to translate LOL into an academic sentence! Give your students extra practice rewriting online comments so that they fit the academic setting.

Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

This grammar and mechanics worksheet helps students understand the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.

Children build their vocabulary in this word meaning and spelling worksheet by learning 10 new vocabulary words, along with their definitions, then writing them on the spaces provided.

This prefix practice will help fifth graders determine the meaning of words by introducing them to the prefixes "pre," "re," "anti," "co," "un," and "dis."

This printable memory match game is a fun way to learn about five movie inventors and their innovations. See if you can match the inventor with his invention!

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Your students will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words while reading this classic Aesop fable.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

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

Kids travel to a golden cave to learn new vocabulary in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

Your students will have a blast learning 18 new vocabulary words, which were selected from a list of challenging words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

This worksheet gives kids the opportunity to compare and contrast two different versions of the Greek myth of Persephone.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Introduce your students to argument writing with this high-interest prompt about homework!