Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

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.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

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

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

Learners will discover seven facts about Mars, then use these and their own research to draft a work of science fiction.

Learn more about this magnificent marsupial in this science and reading worksheet that presents some quick facts and a fun writing exercise!

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.

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

Read this poem, then illustrate your favorite part!

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

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

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.

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Here is a fresh and fruity way to learn a bit of life science. Sit down with your little one and teach them all the different parts of an apple!