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In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Give students practice identifying and correcting misused and misspelled words in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Help students hone their language and vocabulary skills with this worksheet in which learners use sentence-level context clues to write the word that correctly completes each sentence.

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Use this worksheet to help middle school students learn how to tell the difference between historical facts and opinions!

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Naming the function of clauses is as easy as pie in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

Practice spelling with plurals and possessives in this grammar worksheet for middle grades!

Practice identifying and correcting misspellings in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Boost students' spelling skills this fall with this autumn-themed word search puzzle!

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!