Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

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

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Is your child just learning how to cook? Help her learn the fundamentals of kitchen safety with this cheat-sheet.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

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

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in sentences.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.