In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

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

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

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Children learn about the food cycle in a rain forest as they color in a scene of snakes, butterflies, leopards, and other forest-dwelling creatures.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Use this half-sheet graphic reading log to help students write simple summaries.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of rock 'n' roll music and the history of African-Americans in pop music!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.