After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

This coloring page tells the story of the Princess and the Pea, perfect for any child who loves fairy tales to color in!

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

Help your child learn the sight word "the" with this printable phonics worksheet.

The Ant and the Grasshopper is a fable that teaches kids the value of hard work. Kids will focus on comprehension and predictions in this worksheet.

We all know the story of the tortoise and the hare... but this story is all mixed up! Build basic comprehension skills with a fun storyboard activity.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

In this classic fable by Aesop, the tortoise learns an important lesson when he catches a ride into the sky with a duck. Exposing kids to classic texts like "The Tortoise and the Duck" is a great way to give them important reading practice.

Oh no! The Princess and the Pea story has gotten all mixed up. Can you put the story in the right order?

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Teach kids that there is a time for play and a time for work with this lesson featuring Aesop's The Ants and the Grasshopper.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

After reading the poem, draw a picture of the two main characters.

Help Ricky the Caterpillar find the softest, squishiest apple to burrow his way through.

This ocean-themed worksheet helps students with their reading comprehension skills as they figure out the order in which the story goes.

Children practice their two-digit counting skills by drawing the citrus on the tree.

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Help your early reader get to know a classic Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. He'll make a prediction about what will happen, and identify the moral.

Connect the dots from 1 to 22 to complete the picture of the jack in the box then color him in.

Gain practice drawing your shapes! Trace the triangles in the picture to complete the mountains in the background.

The Ant and the Grasshopper story cards help your visual learner understand what happens in the classic fable. Kids arrange picture cards to tell the story.

Use this writing response to test your little reader's understanding of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm.

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

Gain practice drawing your shapes by tracing the rectangles that form the train cars to complete the picture.

How many fish are in each tank? Help Alex the Alligator figure out the number by using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols.

The letter A is awesome! Add color to the apples with uppercase and lowercase A's by following the color guide. Then count the number of apples.

Traffic is piling up! Count up the traffic cones in each group, and write out the number on the dotted lines.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Draw the hands of a rotary clock to tell the correct time.