The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

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

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.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

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

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

Any kid studying the American Revolution will likely have to memorize this famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!

Students will strengthen their reading comprehension with this challenging text and the accompanying questions.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

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

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

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

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

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

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

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

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

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

Children learn about Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who would became a well-known symbol of the World War II war effort, in this social studies worksheet.

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Your little learner can learn about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this history worksheet.