Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Making inferences using visual clues takes practice! Use this worksheet to help analyze visual elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

Help students master summarizing using keywords with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

A rebus story is told using pictures and drawings instead of words.

Fill in the blanks of this Christmas story by using pictures that represent words.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

Early readers practice using context clues to order a simple story in this appealing worksheet.

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

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Invite kids to take their emoji skills to the next level by using them to describe books, events, and themselves!

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

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.

What better time to learn how to rhyme? Try this worksheet; it'll be sweet! Your child can learn rhyme scheme using this famous Robert Frost poem.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Support students to construct summaries of informational books by using the sentence frames on this handy worksheet. Your students will get useful practice retelling what they've learned from their nonfiction reading.

Have students practice reading fluency by reflecting on what they’ve read using this fun worksheet. After reading independently, students are encouraged to share what they’ve read, ask questions, and make predictions.

As students become independent readers, they may have questions about what they read. Instead of taking the questions as they come up, encourage students to write them down using this handy worksheet.