Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

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

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Print out this minibook and use your imagination to illustrate a short version of this fun fairy tale!

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sharing Opinions About Stories.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

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

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.

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

Help your student's reading comprehension with this short story and clarification questions.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Analyze a short poem in this second- and third-grade practice worksheet!

Build third and fourth graders’ reading fluency with this short story!

This one page printable features the Hanukkah story for kids in a very short version.