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

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

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

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.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

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

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

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.

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.

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

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

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

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

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

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

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

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.

Help your third grader with reading comprehension in this fun activity page on Rudyard Kipling's charming story, "The Elephant's Child."

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

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.

Use this worksheet to teach your students how to write declarative sentences with details from an informational text.

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