Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.

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!

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the main idea the author wanted to communicate by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.

Read this poem, then illustrate your favorite part!

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa's boat and then answer the questions.

Read the story of the magical soup pot, then answer two reading comprehension questions.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

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.

Your students will seek to read and complete sentences using a word bank of common reading comprehension terms, such as conflict and setting.

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

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

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.

Oh no, Jack's beanstalk story is all jumbled up! Cut out the pictures and fix the story sequence to help Jack get his story straight!