Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

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.

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.

In Aesop's classic fable, a tortoise and a hare race — but the winner may surprise you!

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

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.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Encourage thoughtful media consumption with this set of television show comprehension questions.

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

Test your child's reading comprehension with the story of "The Frog Prince"!

This worksheet teaches kids to look closely at the illustrations in fiction texts to help them comprehend the story.

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!

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

Dig your hands into some earth science with this soil sheet! Your little scientist can hone his reading skills as he learns what soil is and how it is formed.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Color in the pictures that go with the classic nursery rhyme "Frere Jacques."

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Use this handy fluency checklist to help your students track their accuracy, expression, and pacing when reading to support comprehension!

Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.

Test comprehension with this fairy tale jumble! Put "The Ugly Duckling" story scenes back in order.