Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

Use the exercises on this sheet to teach and practice the skill of making predictions.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Make reading fun with this whale of a tale, "How the Whale Got His Throat," by Rudyard Kipling!

Feel inspired to move to the beat with our reading comprehension exercise about Mexican music. Kids answer questions about the article in this writing worksheet.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable worksheet.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Have you ever been the new kid? Well, maybe you can relate to the character’s point of view. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the point of view of a text and explaining the character’s opinions.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Before your child gets started writing research reports, help them learn that not all sources are created equal.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.