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.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

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

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

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

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

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

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.