K12 Reader
The Inner Planets
Here's a reading exercise that uses an article about the inner planets to assess comprehension. After reading the article, kids respond to a series of questions using information from the text.
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Water Water Everywhere
The protection of our water supply is the subject of an article used in this cross-curricular reading comprehension worksheet. After studying the passage, readers use information from the text to respond to a series of comprehension...
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Discussion Web for The Catcher in the Rye
Is Holden Caulfield a reliable narrator? Readers use the provided graphic organizer to record specific textual evidence from The Catcher in the Rye to support their response. A teacher copy of the template is provided.
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Interpreting Metaphors in Shakespeare
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Shakespeare provides the examples on this worksheet that asks readers to identify the two things being compared and to explain the characteristics the two share.
E Reading Worksheets
Tone Worksheet 4
A poet's word choice can be the difference between a poem that is merely sad, and a poem full of heartbreaking regret. Middle schoolers discern the tone in four different poems, noting the relevant textual evidence that supports each...
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Cloze Passage: The Sun
Use this Cloze activity in your science lesson or reading unit. Second graders read two paragraphs about the sun and seasons, and fill in eleven missing vocabulary words. This activity contains an answer key.
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Vocabulary Extension
Group words into categories to promote word meaning associations and connections. There are 20 words and four categories. Scholars sort them into their respective lists: farm, weather, foods, and clothes. Once they've done this, consider...
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Poetry Writing Practice
In this poetry writing worksheet, students identify the topic, similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme, and alliteration in a poem. Students fill out this information in a given diagram.
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Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor
What is figurative language? Introduce your young learners to the most popular forms of figurative language: the simile and the metaphor. Start by reading "Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam, and identify where similes are used. Then look...
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Scan It
In this reading strategies worksheet, learners will learn how to scan for information. Then students will scan a non-fiction passage about weather and complete 4 short answer questions.
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Finding the Main Idea: The Storm
Readers analyze a brief excerpt describing a storm, then choose the most applicable from four main ideas. They jot down three details from the story in three boxes. The excerpt isn't anything special; however, for a quick practice with...
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Rewriting Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite twenty sentences by changing the subject from plural to singular or singular to plural. Students keep all the verbs in the present tense.
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Cloze Activity: The Water Cycle
In this recognizing the water cycle cloze activity learning exercise, students use the words in the word box to fill in the blanks about evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Students write 23 answers.
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You
After reading a poem entitled You class members share what they think the poem is about and offer support for their interpretation.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar
For this reading response worksheet, learners complete three drawing and essay activities pertaining to Chapter 13 of the book Holes by Louis Sachar.
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Idioms Quiz: Weather
For this English idioms about weather worksheet, students interpret sayings about weather and complete sentences using them correctly.
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Forces of Nature Vocabulary Quiz
In this science worksheet, students draw lines to match 13 words pertaining to forces of nature to their definitions in another column. Example: tornado, tide, erosion, pressure.
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Idioms: Nature 2
In this English idioms about nature worksheet, students interpret sayings about nature and complete sentences using them correctly.
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ESL: Song Activity-"Tokio Hotel"
In this ESL song worksheet, students watch a video and listen to "Tokio Hotel," then replace shown pictures with the correct words from the song. Page has a link to audio and HTML code.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Sounds
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students first name the picture and then circle the word that matches. Students say the word aloud and listen for the vowel sound.
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Ou Words
In this ou words worksheet, students read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with the ou words listed in the word bank. Students also write 5 original sentences that include ou words from the word bank.
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Fall finger tree
In this fall tree worksheet, students cut and paste the leaf and apple shapes onto a tree made from their fingers. Students have 6 shapes to cut out.
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How to Answer Moral Questions
In this character education learning exercise, students respond to five short answer questions related to ideal moral judgment. First, they explain why it is important, which components is most difficult, and how one engages in rational...
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Spring Weather Crossword Puzzle
In this spring weather activity instructional activity, students use the 24 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle