A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Help the Smith family summarize their family vacation with a main idea, details, and a conclusion. Kids will work on reading comprehension and summarizing.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Students will read and recall a story by answering comprehensive questions about the series of the events in the story.

Give your star reader a great way to get their thoughts organized. This star graphic organizer will help them practice basic reading comprehension.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Read about how the capybara live and other interesting facts about capybara. Sure to satisfy your curiosity about capybaras!

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Experience The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from two different points of view!

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

Your students will use their imaginations and context clues to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Your students will love learning all about this fascinating historical figure while also practicing reading comprehension and reading response skills.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Help your second grade students identify the evidence behind the author’s purpose.

Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Students prepare for giving a book talk in which they'll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Ask your students to read the story about Ty's birthday, then answer the comprehension questions by retelling main events of the story on the lines provided.

Tuck this chapter summary chart into reading workshop folders to help students keep track of longer chapter books. When they finish the book, have them look back at this to create a whole-book summary!

Following instructions doesn't have to be boring. Start with a phrase. Then rearrange, add and delete words by following the directions very carefully.

Get some cool facts about geckos on our reading and writing worksheet! Your little one is sure to be tickled by all the curious facts about geckos.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

In this literacy worksheet, learners will read a classic fairy tale, then learn more about another character from the story.

Fairy tales are a great way to engage your students in reading! Help them determine the central message of the classic story, The Tortoise and the Hare, with this fun reading comprehension worksheet.

This open-ended reading reflection journal helps students to think about the books they've read.

Do you remember the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Sit down for story-time with your little reader, and put these mixed-up scenes back in order!

Discover the inner workings of basic earth science in this worksheet on temperature.

Help your child comprehend his reading better by using this graphic organizer. Help him fill out the story map for The Three Little Pigs.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.