Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids who are just starting to read nonfiction can get their feet wet with this easy Julia Child biography that has a quick comprehension exercise at the end.

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

After reading a short story, your students will practice writing a simple summary.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Learn all about conflict in literature and how it makes the story possible in this conflict in literature worksheet.

Learn to extract information from sources with this handy worksheet, perfect for Little Leaguers and baseball fans.

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Travel to the Land of the Munchkins in this Wizard of Oz worksheet, which focuses on story details and setting.

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Have students use this worksheet during partnership discussions to ask and answer questions about a topic or text.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.