Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

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.

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!

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa's boat and then answer the questions.

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.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

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

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

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!

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

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.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.