Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Kids will first read the story about Alice and her dog Bobo, then write her own middle and ending to the story.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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.

Discover the history of the Seminole tribe with this worksheet! This tribe, originally from Florida, has a rich culture.

The “I Voted” sticker has become a tradition at polling booths around the country! Introduce children to this symbol of civic pride with this engaging coloring worksheet.

Use this resource to teach your students about the six most common words used to start questions.

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

Understanding the relationship of cause and effect is a cornerstone of strong reading comprehension skills. Students will seek to explain why events happened in a book of their choosing in this cause and effect activity.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

This tree anatomy worksheet will give your little naturalist a better understanding of the parts that make up a tree.

Don't forget to pack a to-do list in your back to school binder! This helpful checklist will inspire excellent organizational skills in your child.

Help your second grade students identify the author’s purpose as they answer questions about a nonfiction text.

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Travel to the Land of the Munchkins in this Wizard of Oz worksheet, which focuses on story details and setting.

Help your students to process and retain the information they learn from watching videos with this handy worksheet. Students will consider their previous knowledge, what they learn, and what they still want to know.

This resource will help your students practice an important reading comprehension skill as they read a fiction text and identify cause and effect relationships

Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.