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.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Your little learner can learn about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this history worksheet.

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

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

Kids love nonsense, in case you haven't already noticed, and this wacky worksheet will work your wonderful wordsmith into a nonsense whirlwind.

Students will hone their reading comprehension skills while reading about the Loveland Frog.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Find out more about what REALLY dwells in swamp ecosystems with this worksheet all about swamps.

Color in this cool scene at the White House, and learn a few White House facts too!

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

This worksheet prompts students to identify and find different text features to build their reading comprehension skills.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

Are some predictions better than others? In this worksheet, students identify the event most likely to happen and use details from the story to explain their thinking.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Learn about the plants and animals that make deciduous forests their home, then complete the crossword puzzle.

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

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.