Elementary School Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 5

Young readers can build their comprehension skills as they read this passage from a children's classic, "The Story of Dr. Dolittle."

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

How do you know when it's wintertime? Have your child complete this winter writing prompt to exercise writing skills and reinforce seasonal knowledge.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Children learn the difference between a fact and an opinion, then decide if each of eight sentences are facts or opinions.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching 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.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Read this charmingly illustrated story of "The Three Little Pigs" then use the finger puppets to retell it!

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

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.

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.