Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

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.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Understanding who is telling the story is an important skill for young readers. Use this resource with your students to practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in sentences.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

Get your thoughts organized with this handy graphic organizer! Kids can use this template to deconstruct any story they're working on in school.

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

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

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.

Use this Valentine's Day reader's theater script to engage students as they practice reading fluently.

Use this resource to assess your students’ skills when it comes to responding to narrative prompts.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

Draw, name, and write about your very own snowman in this cheerful activity!

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

Would you rather meet Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy?

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

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