After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

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

In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

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.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

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.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

This is the third part in the classic Grimm's fairy tale, "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Share this story with your child during the holidays.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

Find out what happens to the elves and the shoemaker in the final page of this classic story by the Brothers Grimm.

In part two of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader finds the shoemaker surprised to see fancy and freshly-made shoes in his workshop.

The Ant and the Grasshopper story cards help your visual learner understand what happens in the classic fable. Kids arrange picture cards to tell the story.

Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

Share some special storytelling time during the holidays. Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

This classic Aesop's fable is missing some punctuation! Can your child correct the mistakes? He'll have to add in the missing commas and periods.

Can your child help punctuate this passage? He'll read an Aesop's fable and then add in the periods where they are missing in the story!

Have a fun storytelling session in the spirit of Christmas! Cozy up with your little reader to enjoy "The Elves and the Shoemaker".

Kids will practice their editing skills by adding punctuation to the story. Read about the new girl at school while adding periods, commas, and quotation marks.

Your students will use an abridged version of "The Princess and the Pea" to practice analyzing and expressing character traits with the help of a word bank.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

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

Take a trip to the zoo in this first- and second-grade grammar worksheet!

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that makes up a word. With this worksheet, your students will count the syllables in each word, then color in the number that matches the amount of syllables.

This pink rabbit needs some punctuation! Kids will add pauses, quotes, and exclamations by adding the proper punctuation to this story.

Here is a great punctuation worksheet that includes reading a classic Aesop's fable! Your child will add in the missing periods and quotation marks.

Introduce your child to a classic Aesop's fable with this punctuation worksheet! She'll get to build reading skills while she adds in the missing punctuation.