Subjects

Math

English Language Arts

Science

Social Studies

Foreign Language

Grades

Pre-K

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Worksheets

Games

Build a Worksheet

Word Scramble

Word Search

Crossword Puzzle

Sudoku Generator

Addition Worksheet Generator 

Subtraction Worksheet Generator

Multiplication Worksheet Generator

Division Worksheet Generator

See All

More Resources

Arts & Crafts

Hands-On Activities

CVC Words

Guided Lessons

Common Core State Standards

Common Core Math

Common Core ELA

Roly Recommends

Weekly Recommendations

Early Childhood

Social Emotional Learning

Back to School

Fall

Hispanic Heritage Month

Showing Results for what

Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details. 

What Happened?

After reading nonfiction books, encourage students to share what they’ve learned by writing letters to a family member. Students will use this letter template to share the name of the book and a detailed summary of what they learned.

Share Your Summary

Have students record new words in this organizer and jot down what they think they mean.

New Nonfiction Words Template

Students can use this organizer to jot down the new words they encounter and also note what they think they mean.

New Nonfiction Words Organizer

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game

Engage reluctant readers with this fun video game-themed worksheet! Students will share what happened at each point in the book as they advance through each level of the retell game.

Ready, Set, Retell

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.

Retell Sentence Frames

Nonfiction books are jam-packed with information, which is why it’s important to read them more than once! This worksheet encourages students to reread nonfiction, summarizing what they learned with pictures and words.

Reread It!

Engage your students in retelling stories and sharing their thoughts with this fun worksheet. After reading a book independently, young critics will tell what happens in the story and explain why they would or would not recommend it.

Would You Recommend It?

Who doesn't love sharing about a good book? Your students will love writing and drawing about their books in this reading comprehension activity. After students read independently, have them share about what they read using this fun worksheet.

Tell Me Everything

Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

Give a Book Talk!

Summarizing a whole book can be daunting, so why not start with just one page? Help students to retell information they’ve read in nonfiction books by choosing one page to summarize.

What's This Page About?

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Rock Painting: Retell a Story

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

String Story Necklaces

In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension skills after reading “The Paper Bag Princess” together as a class. Afterward, students will role-play, make inferences, and use summarization to strengthen literacy skills.

The Paper Bag Princess

This comprehensive overview of story elements will definitely leave students with a better understanding of author's purpose, character traits, sequence, and main idea. It features the acclaimed Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus.

Craft Stick Story Elements

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Main Topic Cards

Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Tell Me About Your Favorite Book

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Main Topic Worksheet

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

Think, Jot, and Talk About Facts

Take your students to a magical place by having them read stories such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "Rumpelstiltskin." They can read these magical stories and figure out the main idea and details in them!

Main Ideas and Details

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

Weekly Reading Response

Use this fairy tale story map to follow the details of your child's favorite stories and strengthen his reading skills.

Fairy Tale Story Map

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Play Picture Book Charades!

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.

Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Story Sequencing Activity

Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.

Learn Story Elements

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while they have fun.

Subjects

Grade Level

Resource Type

Common Core

Game Type

Arts & Crafts

English Language Support

Text Type

Showing Results for what