Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

This worksheet teaches kids to look closely at the illustrations in fiction texts to help them comprehend the story.

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

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

Help students analyze the words and form of a poem with this fun worksheet.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this handy fluency checklist to help your students track their accuracy, expression, and pacing when reading to support comprehension!

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

These baseball rules for kids are a sneaky way to spice up study time.

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

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.

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.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

The Ant and the Grasshopper story cards help your visual learner understand what happens in the classic fable. Kids arrange picture cards to tell the story.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.