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The Fox and the Crow
The Fox and the Crow
Interactive Worksheet
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The Fox and the Crow
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Interactive Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
The Fox and the Crow
Interactive Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise
Worksheet
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The Hare and the Tortoise
Kindergarten
Reading
Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.
Worksheet
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise
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The Hare and the Tortoise
Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
Worksheet
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Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
First Grade
Reading
Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
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Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
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Tell Me About Your Favorite Book
Students learn to retell familiar stories by sharing about one of their favorite books. Students will share important details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Worksheet
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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Furry Bear
Furry Bear
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Furry Bear
Kindergarten
Reading
Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.
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Furry Bear
Furry Bear
Worksheet
Furry Bear
Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
All About Jane Goodall
All About Jane Goodall
Worksheet
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All About Jane Goodall
Second Grade
Reading
Use this reading worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.
Worksheet
All About Jane Goodall
All About Jane Goodall
Worksheet
All About Jane Goodall
Use this reading worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
Activity
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Worksheet
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The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Kindergarten
Reading
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
Worksheet
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Worksheet
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
Workbook
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Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
First Grade
Reading
Revisit some of your favorite stories and fables in this reading workbook. Colorful illustrations and considered writing and drawing prompts encourage thoughtful reading and reflection.
Workbook
Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
Workbook
Stories, Fables, and Comprehension
Revisit some of your favorite stories and fables in this reading workbook. Colorful illustrations and considered writing and drawing prompts encourage thoughtful reading and reflection.
First Grade
Reading
Workbook
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
Worksheet
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The Ugly Duckling
First Grade
Reading
Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.
Worksheet
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
Worksheet
The Ugly Duckling
Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
First Grade
Reading
Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!
Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Worksheet
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Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Second Grade
Reading
Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.
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Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Activity
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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Second Grade
Reading
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
Activity
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Activity
Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Spiders and Their Webs
Spiders and Their Webs
Interactive Worksheet
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Spiders and Their Webs
Second Grade
Reading
Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.
Interactive Worksheet
Spiders and Their Webs
Spiders and Their Webs
Interactive Worksheet
Spiders and Their Webs
Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Second Grade
Reading
Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Ocean
The Ocean
Worksheet
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The Ocean
Second Grade
Reading
This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.
Worksheet
The Ocean
The Ocean
Worksheet
The Ocean
This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
Interactive Worksheet
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Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Interactive Worksheet
Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
Interactive Worksheet
Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Story Sequencing
Story Sequencing
Interactive Worksheet
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Story Sequencing
First Grade
Reading
This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.
Interactive Worksheet
Story Sequencing
Story Sequencing
Interactive Worksheet
Story Sequencing
This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.
First Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Federal Government
Federal Government
Worksheet
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Federal Government
Second Grade
Reading
Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!
Worksheet
Federal Government
Federal Government
Worksheet
Federal Government
Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Activity
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Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Kindergarten
Reading
Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f
Activity
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Activity
Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem
Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f
Kindergarten
Reading
Activity
Interesting Animals: Bats
Interesting Animals: Bats
Worksheet
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Interesting Animals: Bats
First Grade
Reading
This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.
Worksheet
Interesting Animals: Bats
Interesting Animals: Bats
Worksheet
Interesting Animals: Bats
This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Starfish Text Features
Starfish Text Features
Worksheet
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Starfish Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.
Worksheet
Starfish Text Features
Starfish Text Features
Worksheet
Starfish Text Features
Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The United States Flag
The United States Flag
Worksheet
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The United States Flag
Second Grade
Reading
Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.
Worksheet
The United States Flag
The United States Flag
Worksheet
The United States Flag
Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
Worksheet
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
Second Grade
Reading
This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.
Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Prediction and Comprehension
This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Sequence of Events
Sequence of Events
Interactive Worksheet
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Sequence of Events
Second Grade
Reading
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.
Interactive Worksheet
Sequence of Events
Sequence of Events
Interactive Worksheet
Sequence of Events
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.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Platypus
Compare and Contrast: Platypus
Worksheet
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Compare and Contrast: Platypus
Second Grade
Reading
In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Platypus
Compare and Contrast: Platypus
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Platypus
In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Three Branches of Government
The Three Branches of Government
Worksheet
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The Three Branches of Government
Second Grade
Reading
Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.
Worksheet
The Three Branches of Government
The Three Branches of Government
Worksheet
The Three Branches of Government
Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Tall Tales
Tall Tales
Workbook
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Tall Tales
Second Grade
Reading
Can you read 100 books in a day? Run a mile in 30 seconds? Kids can compare fact and fiction with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and others to learn about story structure, character analysis and hyperbole.
Workbook
Tall Tales
Tall Tales
Workbook
Tall Tales
Can you read 100 books in a day? Run a mile in 30 seconds? Kids can compare fact and fiction with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and others to learn about story structure, character analysis and hyperbole.
Second Grade
Reading
Workbook
Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Worksheet
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Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Second Grade
Reading
Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Short Stories
Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Cause and Effect for Kids
Cause and Effect for Kids
Interactive Worksheet
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Cause and Effect for Kids
First Grade
Reading
Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.
Interactive Worksheet
Cause and Effect for Kids
Cause and Effect for Kids
Interactive Worksheet
Cause and Effect for Kids
Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.
First Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
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