First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

Students will hone their reading comprehension skills while reading about the Loveland Frog.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

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.

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

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

Do you know how to haiku? This haiku worksheet gives your budding poet practice with counting syllables and noticing the role of rhythm in poetry.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

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

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

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

In this worksheet, kids will learn about the author's perspective, an essential component of nonfiction comprehension.

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

How many similies can you find in this Christmas poem? Get into the holiday spirit with a holiday classic, "The Night Before Christmas"!

With this open-ended worksheet and graphic organizer students can practice locating events and connecting these events to a central idea.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

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

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

Go on a camping adventure as you dive into this reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.