Rewards of Reading

Taking a day off of school can feel like a lot more work than going because of the time and effort that goes into making sub plans. Make your life easier with a daily plan for a guest teacher designed to meet the needs of sixth graders...

If you found five hundred dollars in the park, would you keep it or turn it in? Exercise both reading comprehension skills and philosophic beliefs in a language arts reading activity about three boys who stumble upon a small fortune —...

Reading is rewarding on its own, but why not add in some extra incentives? As individuals read, they can fill out the bingo board included here, earn coupons, create bookmarks, and fill out a banner, piece by piece.

Read the story Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter by John Steptoe to your class, then have them identify story events that support a given theme. They read Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman and complete a worksheet in which they list examples of...

Discovering the main idea in fiction is like uncovering buried treasure; one must persevere to locate it, and the reward is priceless. Scholars delve deep into leveled stories using three questions to aid in identifying the main idea. 

One of the big challenges of assigning independent reading is helping class members find a book to read. Another is encouraging readers to read a variety of genres. Never fear, help is here in the form of a quest that asks individuals to...

In this reading worksheet, 5th graders read seven 1/2 page passages and answer multiple choice questions about them. Students complete 25 questions.

Explore different types of advice with this reading comprehension quiz. Robert Bentley offers two different kinds of advice in a short excerpt, and young writers answer four questions about various details in the reading. Use this...