Use this resource for fluency practice.

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.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

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

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.

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

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.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

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

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

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.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

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

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

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

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.