This two-page practice template guides young authors through the process of writing strong hooks, including tips, best practices, and common pitfalls.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Use this mid-year assessment to catch a glimpse of your young writers’ style and voice, while simultaneously assessing their skills within the informational writing genre.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

In this simple reading comprehension exercise, learners will learn the difference between realism and fantasy, along with clues for spotting each.

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

This open-ended worksheet inspires students to research fascinating inventors!

This passage talks all about the importance of friends, but what's the main idea? Students will first read the passage, then determine for themselves what they believe to be the main idea of the passage.

This worksheet challenges kids to find the main idea in the passage all about how plants get their food.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

In this worksheet, students will read about Anne Frank, then complete a chart identifying cause and effect.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.