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

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

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

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.

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

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

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

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

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.

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.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

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

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

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

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

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

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

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.