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.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Review or assess your second graders' understanding of simple non-fiction text features with this table of contents activity. Young readers will practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions about chameleons.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Guide students to get the most out of non-fiction texts by thinking about their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know. When they finish, they can trim it to paste into a spiral-bound notebook.

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

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

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.

Follow Hank’s sunny adventure with this first and second grade story-retelling worksheet!

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.

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.

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Test comprehension with this fairy tale jumble! Put "The Ugly Duckling" story scenes back in order.

The next time you're having story time, be sure to use this fairy tale graphic organizer to boost comprehension!

Oh no! The Princess and the Pea story has gotten all mixed up. Can you put the story in the right order?

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa's boat and then answer the questions.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Draw the Headless Horseman into the climactic scene from the American classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Children will select a chapter book, then make predictions as they progress through the story, in this reading comprehension template.