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

Teach your child about an endangered species with this information page, all about the Forest Owlet. They can color as they read some interesting facts.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

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

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

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

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.

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.