Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

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.

Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

After reading The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, complete this comprehension page to test your understanding of the story.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

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.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.