This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

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!

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the main idea the author wanted to communicate by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.

Read this poem, then illustrate your favorite part!

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

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.

Read the story of the magical soup pot, then answer two reading comprehension questions.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

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.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

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.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.