Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

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.

This old Native American myth, The Raven Steals the Light, is the perfect story to spook -- but not scare -- kids this Halloween.

Read Vasilisa the Brave, one of Russia's most famous folk tales, with your child this Halloween, then help her answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Have your child try her hand at storyboarding in this reading comprehension sheet.

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.