Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

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.

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

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

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

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

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

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

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

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

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

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