Elementary School Reading Worksheets : Page 8

Children learn about Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who would became a well-known symbol of the World War II war effort, in this social studies worksheet.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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

Kids put their reading comprehension skills to work as they write out the main idea and come up with their own concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

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

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

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

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

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

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

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

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

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