Give kids a fun way to practice using parts of speech with this fill-in-the-blank story template! You and your students will be in a fit of giggles as you listen to each other read their completed zoo-inspired stories aloud!

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

Assess kids' understanding of parts of speech with this worksheet.

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

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

A riff on classic dot-to-dots, this dino worksheet asks kids to connect the dots from A to Z.

This letter maze features the letter G. Help the mother giraffe find her calf in this letter G maze.

This worksheet challenges young learners to finish the sentences and write their own story about where the dog is going.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Do your students need extra practice with irregular past tense verbs? This simple sheet will clue them in! Students will convert present tense verbs to past tense verbs using the number of letter blanks to help guide them to the proper spelling.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Little ghosts and ghouls, be prepared for some monstrous alphabet practice! Learn your uppercase letter "A" with this funny monster.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!