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.

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.

This resource offers readers 10 different discussion focuses for critical reflection towards thesis writing development.

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

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.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

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

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Students will rewrite the narration and point of view of various texts.

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

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

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

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

What if you could make up your own animal species? Your child will have fun as she uses her imagination to hone her writing skills.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Use this worksheet to help students make a prediction about a characters’ actions.

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.

With this worksheet, students will practice determining if the sentences fit under the category of fantasy or realism.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.