How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

Become a storyteller with this fun reading comprehension activity! Use your creativity to fill in the story where it's missing text.

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

Can you haiku? Put your syllable knowledge to good use and count the beats with these seasonal haiku poems.

Learn a little bit about the different kinds of breakfast foods consumed in different countries with this scrumptious reading comprehension worksheet.

Count the syllables in the limericks in this poetry worksheet!

Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.

Stretch student understanding of story sequencing into a summary with this graphic organizer. Students will start by jotting down quick notes to remember each part of the story, then they'll use their notes to write a complete summary of the text.

Young readers can discover the history of the Choctaw Native American tribe with this history worksheet.

The Siege of the Alamo was an important point in the Texas Revolution. Your youngster can learn the story of the siege in this worksheet.

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer.

Can you tell what's happened just by looking at the pictures? Practice drawing conclusions with this visual worksheet.

If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.

Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

Put the events of the story in sequential order from what happened first to what happened last. Then read the story to learn more about Rocky!

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Introduce your child to a classic Aesop's fable, re-told in a series of fun coloring pages! Your child will be honing her reading skills as she colors.

Searching for a worksheet to help your budding, young scientist? This printable will help with them with their reasoning skills.

These printable booklets are a great way to inspire children with the work of accomplished scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall while helping them master early literacy concepts.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

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.

Give your young writer a chance to practice procedural writing by sharing how to complete a simple recipe of their choosing. Having students consider each step of a process sets them up for success when writing how-to books.

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.