Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

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.

Your students will use an abridged version of "The Princess and the Pea" to practice analyzing and expressing character traits with the help of a word bank.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Batter up! It's time to get a hands-on history lesson in this fun printable activity that flexes your fourth-grader's memory and comprehension muscles

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Dive into the fascinating world of seahorses in this watery worksheet! 

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Learn more about this magnificent marsupial in this science and reading worksheet that presents some quick facts and a fun writing exercise!

Help your students find the perfect book for their reading level! In this activity, students will use the five-finger rule to find books that aren't too easy or too hard, but rather just right!

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

This worksheet will help your child organize the details needed to write about a book they've read!

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Use this exercise to teach your students how to gain information from the text and the text features to better understand a topic.

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

How well do you know the Rumpelstiltskin story? Hone comprehension skills with this fun fairy tale mix up.

This quick activity will enable your students to practice the skill of making predictions.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

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

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Do you know why hammerhead sharks have such a funny-shaped head? Here's a fun and informational shark coloring page for you and your child to share!

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.