Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Read a simple tale about pirates and stolen treasure, then chart the story on a map.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.

Enlist the famous Beatrix Potter in helping your child develop solid reading strategies.

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Your students will love learning all about this fascinating historical figure while also practicing reading comprehension and reading response skills.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

In this worksheet, second and third graders will practice two important reading fluency strategies: rereading and rereading aloud.

One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension.

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.

Understanding the relationship of cause and effect is a cornerstone of strong reading comprehension skills. Students will seek to explain why events happened in a book of their choosing in this cause and effect activity.