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Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken

Worksheet

Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken

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

6th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi

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

6th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Worksheet

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Similes: Easy as Pie

Worksheet

Similes: Easy as Pie

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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Keeping Up with Context Clues

Worksheet

Keeping Up with Context Clues

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

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Simile vs. Metaphor

Lesson Plan

Simile vs. Metaphor

Do your students struggle with similes and metaphors? Do they have trouble identifying the two different types of analogies? This lesson will help simplify the two and put an end to the confusion.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Idioms: A Figure of Speech

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Idioms: A Figure of Speech

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Hyperbole in Poetry

Worksheet

Hyperbole in Poetry

Read this silly, rhyming poem and find examples of hyperbole!

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Arachne and the Weaving Contest

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Arachne and the Weaving Contest

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

7th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Worksheet

Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Use this worksheet to teach your students how to explain the meaning of literal and nonliteral language. Don’t forget the context clues!

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Onomatopoeia

Exercise

Onomatopoeia

Students will have a blast playing with this exercise that shows how spelling onomatopoeias comes from real-life sounds.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Exercise

Similes: Clear as Crystal

Worksheet

Similes: Clear as Crystal

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Create Your Own Story

Lesson Plan

Create Your Own Story

Provide your ELs with extra practice using transition words to create a story. This activity can be used as a stand alone or a support lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Summary with Time Order Words

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Summary with Time Order Words

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Review: Metaphors and Similes

Worksheet

Review: Metaphors and Similes

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Workbook

Pick a Peck of Poetry

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky

Worksheet

Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

7th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

Worksheet

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Black Beauty

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Reading Comprehension: Black Beauty

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Literal and Nonliteral Language

Worksheet

Literal and Nonliteral Language

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Puns with Homophones #1

Worksheet

Puns with Homophones #1

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Reading Closely

Lesson Plan

Reading Closely

Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Vocabulary in Context

Lesson Plan

Vocabulary in Context

In this lesson, students will improve their skills in using context clues to determine the meaning of difficult words. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Journey on the Underground Railroad.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

Lesson Plan

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

Idioms are a challenging piece of figurative language for students, but it can be an easier task with the help of context clues. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Capturing the Clues* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan