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

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

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.

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

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

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

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

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!

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

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 will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Use this exercise to give your students practice gaining information from both the text and the text features. Help your learners build a foundation of comprehension when reading nonfiction text.

Use this resource with your students to practice looking at pronouns in sentences to determine the point of view narration. Your students will be challenged to create new sentences written in first person.

Your young historian can step back in time and read about an important battle that helped to end the American Revolution.

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

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

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

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