When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this reading comprehension exercise with your students to practice determining word meaning.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

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

This worksheet will have your students use codes to help them understand the meaning of the story.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

With this worksheet, students will practice determining if the sentences fit under the category of fantasy or realism.

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.

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.

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

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

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

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

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

What better time to learn how to rhyme? Try this worksheet; it'll be sweet! Your child can learn rhyme scheme using this famous Robert Frost poem.

Find out how rhyme scheme works with this simple exercise using Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

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

Interpret a charming poem about pet friendship in this reading comprehension resource! 

Analyze a short poem in this second- and third-grade practice worksheet!