Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

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.

Children learn about the food cycle in a rain forest as they color in a scene of snakes, butterflies, leopards, and other forest-dwelling creatures.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

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.

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

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.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

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.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!