Read about the darnedest can in two fables adapted from Aesop's Fables. Readers answer three reading comprehension questions that prompt them to compare and contrast animal characters in the two stories.

Standing up for beliefs sometimes leads to trouble! The father in Flush takes knows this all too well when he sinks a boat in protest to its illegal dumping. With his dad behind bars, the son, Noah, takes matters into his hands by...

Whether you use this reading comprehension worksheet as the basis for a short lesson on comprehension strategies or for additional practice, the passage about tricky octopi is sure to engage the interest of your young scientists. 

Does pride really goeth before the fall, or can it be essential to one's development? Second graders read two of Aesop's fables that refer to pride in their morals, and write a short essay about whether pride is good or bad, based on...

How can you teach a text to a group of readers who struggling with the language? The second in a set of three ESL lessons related to Theme 4: Problem Solvers engages English language learners by introducing vocabulary and grammar...

How do you handle conflict? Individuals look inward to determine their own conflict style through group discussion and a short quiz. The sixth installment in a series of 15 conflict management lessons examines how our feelings and...

Louisa May Alcott's third novel about Josephine March, spunky-sister-turned-successful-writer, is the focus of a reading comprehension activity. As class members read an excerpt from the third chapter of Jo's Boys, they answer four...

Being able to recognize patterns, craft generalizations, and draw conclusions based on information in a text passage are essential critical thinking skills. Encourage learners to hone these skills with a activity that asks them to read a...

In this searching the Internet worksheet, students solve and complete 20 various short answer questions related to the Internet. First, they find information on the Internet and communicate that information to others via email. Then,...

In this cells worksheet, learners click on the links to learn about the plant and animal cells complete a comparison chart and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.

In this Street Pharm comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer questions covering pages 224-261 of Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen in order to help them better understand the novel.

In The Westing Game chapter questions worksheet, students complete a series of short answer questions for chapters seventeen through twenty to advance their understanding of the text.

In The Contender worksheets, students complete a series of short answer questions to further their understanding of chapters seven through nine.

In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 18 short answer questions covering chapters 23-24 of Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech to help them better understand those chapters.

In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check activity, students respond to 16 short answer questions covering chapter 9 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor in order to help them better understand the chapter...

In this "The Diary of Anne Frank" comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 26 short answer questions covering Act I, Scenes 4 and 5 of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in order to help them better understand the play.

For this The Contender comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions covering chapters 15-17 of The Contender by Darren Shan so that they better understand the chapters and the novel.

In this Street Pharm comprehension check instructional activity, students respond to 21 short answer questions pertaining to pages 262-297 of Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen in order to help them better understand the novel.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

In this Congressional responsibilities worksheet, students respond to 10 true or false and 17 short answer questions about Congressional duties and lobbyists.

In this Imperialism study guide worksheet, students read over notes and the related questions that accompany them. Students also read responses to the 7 short answer questions.

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "The Bean Eaters."

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on Donne's poem "The Flea."

What is a Leap Year and why do we have it? Find out with this Leap Day/Leap Year response to reading worksheet in which scholars read a short passage and use their new-found knowledge to answer five questions with short...