After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

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

Practice some hands-on storytelling with these shadow puppets, modeled after The Three Little Pigs.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.

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

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

Explore a remarkable example of Maya engineering with this sixth through eighth grade nonfiction reading worksheet.