If you're looking for an exciting genre, then mystery might just be the one for you!

After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Learn all about the biography genre, including autobiography and journalism, and read some classic excerpts from its famous authors.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this Valentine's Day reader's theater script to engage students as they practice reading fluently.

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

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

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Understanding who is telling the story is an important skill for young readers. Use this resource with your students to practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Designed to give students practice on identifying script components, this worksheet is a great way to help students practice their writing fluency.

Get excited about going into nature as you read this passage about a camping trip!

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

Your young readers are sure to enjoy this story about Ralph and the discovery he makes on his walk. This worksheet will help strengthen your students' comprehension skills as they answer questions about the text.

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Who is telling the story? Words like I, me, she, and he can help figure this out! Use this exercise with your students to practice determining who is telling the story.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.