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

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

With this organizer, students will be able to find unfamiliar vocabulary as they read and use context clues to determine meaning.

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with Read and Find Root Words #3!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with Read and Find Root Words #2!

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying the root words "son" and "sect" in context.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.