Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

Read a classic fable, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", with your young reader.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

How many similies can you find in this Christmas poem? Get into the holiday spirit with a holiday classic, "The Night Before Christmas"!

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

The classic children's fable "Stone Soup" is all about sharing! Share this story with your young reader to build basic comprehension skills.

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Enjoy the story of "The Princess and the Pea" with your beginning reader. Use this story as a starter for literary activities.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children will learn about the St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Oh no, Jack's beanstalk story is all jumbled up! Cut out the pictures and fix the story sequence to help Jack get his story straight!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!