In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Use this exercise to teach your students how to gain information from the text and the text features to better understand a topic.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Provide your students support as they work on improving their reading comprehension skills by creating a nonfiction text summary.

Young readers practice close reading as they learn about black bears in this literacy worksheet.

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!

Take an adventure through the woods with this "Little Red Riding Hood" story, fit for young readers.

Learn to separate fact from fiction with this comparative worksheet.

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

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.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

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

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

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.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

This rubric can be used with any lesson where students are learning or practicing fluency.

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

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Find presidential and historical words in this election-themed word search.

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

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.