Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

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

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

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

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

This resource will help your students practice an important reading comprehension skill as they read a fiction text and identify cause and effect relationships

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

In nonfiction, bolding and underlining are frequently used to help words stand out. In fiction, authors can use ALL CAPS to add emphasis to a character’s voice.

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

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Mix history and fiction and write your own story about what would happen if Captain Hook of "Peter Pan" and Captain Blackbeard met!

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Add some color and fun to your classroom library bins with the help of these Brainzy-themed book bin labels!

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

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

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.