One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

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

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

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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

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

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

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

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.

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

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

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.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

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

Use this resource for fluency practice.

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

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

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

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.