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.

Students will compare two informational texts on the same topic using a Venn diagram.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet.

Reading a short passage is a great way to get kids thinking about the main idea and its supporting details.

Is your child crazy about sharks? Give him a fun and informational coloring page, all about the great white shark!

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

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Color the nightingale in honor of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

This worksheet helps introduce students to detail reading through a nursery rhyme.

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

If your students struggle with how to compare and contrast texts, this worksheet can be used for reteaching or extra practice.

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

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

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Kids who love space can learn all about the heroic Sally Ride, the first American woman to venture into space.

Help your child understand the importance of preserving the environment, with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the Iranian jerboa.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Jump over the moon with a nursery rhyme math worksheet! Help your preschooler learn the basics of addition with this nursery rhyme.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.