Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Learn about invasive species—non-native species that cause harm to native ecosystems—with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19–23 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide! 

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

Discover the fascinating history of New Mexico’s Sky City in this middle school worksheet!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!