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

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

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

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

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

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

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

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this 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.

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

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

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.

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

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.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.