Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Reinforce grammar and comprehension as you support your students in understanding the elements of a fictional text! In this activity, students will practice identifying verbs and rewriting the beloved story of "The Frog Prince" in their own words.

With this worksheet students will define the importance of play vocabulary words and provide examples.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

This easy-to-assemble bookmark offers helpful tips for readers as they encounter unfamiliar words and make sense of what they have read.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

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

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

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!

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

Use this reading comprehension exercise with your students to practice determining word meaning.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Get excited about going into nature as you read this passage about a camping trip!

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

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.

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

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.

Go on a camping adventure as you dive into this reading comprehension worksheet!