With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

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.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.