After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

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

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.

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.

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

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

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

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.

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

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.