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Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

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

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this eighth-grade worksheet!

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

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

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

Introduce students to the ecological benefits of terracing with this middle grades science worksheet!

Give students an opportunity to learn about William Penn and his contributions to early American history.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.