This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

This worksheet will help your first grader get a better grasp of "I" sounds. She'll decide which words feature a long i sound and which feature a short i.

Guglielmo Marconi was a man who made waves in radio and sound. Learn about his life and work, then answer a short essay question in this science worksheet.

Keep it short and sweet with this resource! In this activity your third graders will practice using common abbreviations in context by rewriting sentences with the help of a word bank.

This cool physics worksheet helps kids learn how centripetal force and centrifugal force can explain why short track speed skaters don't fall over during turns.

Did you know that Japanese Bobtail cats have a short little tail that looks a lot like a rabbit's? Give this unique cat a bit of color to purrrfect the picture.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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

Understanding letter-sound relationships is an important skill for young readers. Give your students the practice they need distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in this long “i” search.

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

This coloring page helps preschoolers and kindergarteners learn the short E sound by challenging them to color all the pictures they can find that start like elephant.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Abbreviations help keep things short and sweet! Give your second graders practice identifying common abbreviations with this fun matching activity in which students draw lines to match words to their abbreviations.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Use this exercise to give your students practice developing an opinion about a nonfiction topic. They will read a short passage and express an opinion about the topic based on the evidence in the text.

Use this resource to give your students practice reading a short nonfiction passage and recognizing the author’s viewpoint about the topic. Then, they will pick out the text evidence that supports the author’s viewpoint.

Ask your readers to keep track of new, interesting, or unknown words with this vocabulary tracker. Students will use the tracker to write the word, the sentence they found it in, and a short definition.