This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

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

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

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

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

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

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

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.