Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

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

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

In this worksheet, kids find the titles of well-loved children’s stories — and match them to the sequence of emojis that describe them.

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!