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

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.

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

In "The Elves and the Shoemaker," the reader meets a friendly shoemaker. This Grimm's fairy tale is told through colorable pictures and kid-friendly text.

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

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.

How do the Sun and the Moon interact with the Earth, and how do all three depend on one another? Find out in this science worksheet.

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

It's up to your 2nd grader to make a story based on a prince, a princess and two huge grins. Try story elements like setting, background and a problem.

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

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

This resource helps your EL students identify and explain charts, graphs, and diagrams.

Let this worksheet cause you to develop your cause-and-effect skills!

Learn about these lush, diverse biomes and practice spotting their inhabitants.

Take your young reader on an adventure in the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. Color the illustrations and practice reading and counting skills too!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elections and Conditions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparative and Superlative.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect Structure.

Explore the sounds and patterns of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!

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.

Discover the rhythm and rhyme of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.