Celebrate National Reading Month in March—or any month of the year—with a selection of versatile graphic organizers. The worksheets prompt readers to easily compare characters, predict what will happen next in a story, track their...

Four multiple choice questions, four short answer questions, a summary, and a reflection make up a worksheet dedicated to Rosa Parks. Following a one-page informational text, scholars show what they know by way of a variety of reading...

Which option would most children choose: One marshmallow now, or two marshmallows in 10 minutes? Learners watch the social experiment on video and discuss their observations. They then read articles and work in small groups to analyze...

Sarah-Kate has a charming elf village with tiny stick houses hiding in her backyard, and it's just waiting to be explored! With the Afternoon of the Elves novel study, scholars answer questions and acquire new vocabulary. They also...

The official motto of the World State, the unified government in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World, is "Community, Identity, Stability." Scholars explore how the motto is depicted in the text by answering comprehension questions...

Buzz! Beep! Hiss! Scholars invent their own examples of onomatopoeia in response to a prompt in the The Boy in the Striped Pajamas novel study guide. Pupils also write a quatrain poem that focuses on a theme from the text and demonstrate...

The flowers danced to the tune of the howling wind. Wait, how do flowers dance? Learners write their own examples of personification using The Boxcar Children novel study. They answer reading comprehension questions and complete language...

The Borrowers is a story about a family of tiny people who live beneath the floorboards of a house and borrow from human beans for survival. With the literature study, scholars answer questions about the fantasy novel and create an...

Big Red is a classic tale of love at first sight ... between a teenage boy and an Irish setter. Using a novel study, scholars write about their impressions of main characters and answer questions about the text, practice vocabulary, and...

In Scott O'Dell's novel The Black Pearl, the frightening Manta Diablo is a giant, cave-dwelling manta ray. With The Black Pearl novel study, pupils use their imaginations, artistic abilities, and details from the text to bring this...

The lightning rod, bifocals, and swim fins: it is difficult to imagine a world without the inventions of Ben Franklin. With the Ben and Me novel study, pupils research fascinating facts about the famous inventor. Scholars also write...

What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of having siblings? Pupils explore this topic with the Beezus and Ramona novel study. Additionally, scholars answer questions about chapter one of the time-honored book by Beverly Cleary...

The comedian, the intellect, the new kid ... every classroom has its cast of characters, and Mr. Terupt's fifth-grade class is no exception. Using the novel study, scholars explore Because of Mr. Terupt with comprehension questions and...

Anne Shirley, the main character from Anne of Green Gables, is imaginative, passionate, and impulsive. With the novel study, scholars devise similar adjectives to describe her personality and appearance. Additionally, young readers...

Watch out! According to the tenets of Animalism, the philosophy of the revolting pigs in Animal Farm, anything walking on two legs is an enemy. With the novel study, pupils answer questions based on the first chapter of the classic...

How long would it take to circumnavigate the globe? As it turns out, only 80 days! With the Around the World in Eighty Days novel study, learners answer reading comprehension questions and unscramble anagrams. They also create similes...

Abbot, wimple, and valerian are three words featured in the novel Adam of the Road that are now obsolete. Using the novel study guide, scholars learn the meanings of these words and define additional terms from the book. Learners also...

Six tasks make up a lesson plan designed to reinforce comprehension and language skills using the poem "The Pied Piper" by Robert Browing. Scholars discuss and define unknown words, identify adjectives and onomatopoeia, review complex...

If you have a favorite author, you probably recognize his or her style. Conduct a close read of the text, marking it up as they go. Collaborative sharing time and a short summary writing prompt follow the main activity.

Explore the works of Eric Carle with a set of four lessons focused around the stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Young readers develop a storyboard,...

A three-part assessment promotes reading comprehension skills. Class members read literary texts and take notes to discuss their findings, answer comprehension questions, write summaries, and complete charts. 

Sometimes summarizing keeps a writer from going deeper into their analysis—don't fall into that trap. Learn the difference between summarizing and analyzing using an insightful resource. Focusing on introductions, the lesson shares...

Is your city's history a mystery to your class? Ever wonder if your county contains a bounty of folklore? Young computer scientists incorporate technology with time-honored tales during a project with both individual and group...

When you ask students to summarize a text, some are content to write a sentence, while others write a paragraph. Here, a comprehensive guide introduces a variety of methods to summarize texts effectively. The methods range from graphic...