Make reading time fun, with this classic short story by Rudyard Kipling. Then, complete a few comprehension activities on "How the Alphabet Was Made."

If your kid is crazy for castles and knights, have her read Eleanor's biography in this worksheet. Enhance her reading skills with a short comprehension quiz.

Introduce your child to The Steadfast Tin Soldier, a classic short story by Hans Christian Andersen. Add some color to these storybook pages as you read!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Children learn editor's marks for a variety of grammar, formatting, spelling, and punctuation errors, then practice using them to read and edit a short paragraph.

Abbreviations help to keep it short and sweet! Use this resource with your third graders to enhance their understanding of common abbreviations by using them in context.

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.

Teach your child history, science and reading all at once with this short biography of Marie Curie, a scientist and the first woman to earn a Nobel Prize.

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

Ease your young student into verbs with this worksheet full of verbs that start with E. There are short verb exercises, plus a fun letter maze at the end.

Munchkin cats are like the corgis of the cat world, only more agile with all those cat-reflexes! This munchkin cat coloring page shows off their short legs.

The key to a strong story is superb editing. Students are asked to read the short story, then come up with compliments, suggestions, and corrections to improve the story.

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, learners will select and draw an animal to represent each season, then write a short paragraph describing one of the animals.

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.

Guglielmo Marconi was a man who made waves in radio and sound. Learn about his life and work, then answer a short essay question in this science worksheet.

Keep it short and sweet with this resource! In this activity your third graders will practice using common abbreviations in context by rewriting sentences with the help of a word bank.

Did you know that Japanese Bobtail cats have a short little tail that looks a lot like a rabbit's? Give this unique cat a bit of color to purrrfect the picture.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Understanding letter-sound relationships is an important skill for young readers. Give your students the practice they need distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in this long “i” search.

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Abbreviations help keep things short and sweet! Give your second graders practice identifying common abbreviations with this fun matching activity in which students draw lines to match words to their abbreviations.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.