Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Add some color and fun to your classroom library bins with the help of these Brainzy-themed book bin labels!

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

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.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

This resource offers readers 10 different discussion focuses for critical reflection towards thesis writing development.

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this 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.

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

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.

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

Dive into the world of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with this reading comprehension page.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.