Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

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

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.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Encourage thoughtful media consumption with this set of television show comprehension questions.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

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

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

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.

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!

Take an adventure through the woods with this "Little Red Riding Hood" story, fit for young readers.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.