Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

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

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.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

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.

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.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

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.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Get ready to read! Set students up for success by showing them how to preview texts before reading. Young readers are challenged to predict what the book is about using the title and illustrations before diving into the story.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

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.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

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

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Encourage thoughtful media consumption with this set of television show comprehension questions.

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

Is your child just learning how to cook? Help her learn the fundamentals of kitchen safety with this cheat-sheet.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.